Pheto and committee face the axe

But reputation, like a championship run, is fragile. In the space of two seasons, the club has gone from a period of high-profile investors and public confidence to a governance crisis that now leaves chairperson, Bafana Phempheretlhe Pheto, and his committee teetering on the brink of dismissal. Rollers head to Palapye tomorrow for a make-or-break special assembly.

Last weekend's general assembly decision to place Rollers in a State of Emergency and recall the Executive Committee (EXCO) and National Branches Committee (NBC) is the latest and clearest symptom of months of investor churn, unpaid obligations and destabilising politics that have dogged the club since the exit of Jagdish Shah.