Mahoto looks to exorcise Shilinde ghost

Any call-up of a player with Botswana links but now living abroad brings the comical and to a lesser extent, painful memories of the Shilinde saga. The ‘player’s representative’ Comfort ‘Big Fish’ Ramatebele thought he had made a big catch when he lured the supposedly excellent AFC Wimbledon player.

However, it did not need a second chance to convince then Zebras coach, Stanley Tshosane that Shilinde was not a football player. The saga threw football into some soul-searching as questions were asked about how someone who had masqueraded as a football player had received a national team call-up.