Football’s long walk to professionalism

Five clubs’ future in the Premier League hangs in the balance after they failed to meet Club Licensing requirements. Popular Lobatse side, Extension Gunners leads a group that has Eleven Angels, Morupule Wanderers, Mogoditshane Fighters and Masitaoka, in the predicament. The quintet was recently shown the red card after initially failing at the First Instance Body (FIB) before their appeals were thrown out. The FIB is the body responsible for licensing clubs.

Club Licensing is a relatively new introduction in Africa and Botswana adopted it as part of widespread reforms in the game.