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Rollers, dirtiest team in the league

Rollers player tackling the ball PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Rollers player tackling the ball PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Record league champions, Township Rollers have come out as the most ill-disciplined team of the 2022-2023 Botswana Premier League (BPL) season.

As per the BFL annual report, Rollers were awarded a total of 59 cards in 30 games of the last season. Popa had seven red cards and 52 yellow cards in the 2022-2023 season as the team endured a dull season. The Blues finished fourth and failed to qualify for the CAF interclub competitions as they finished the season without silverware.

Rollers’ cross town rivals, Gaborone United are second in the BPL ‘bad boys’ list with 53 cards. The Reds were awarded 49 cautions and four dismissals. In third is relegated Holy Ghost with 40 cards but the team had not received a dismissal in the season. Champions, Galaxy are fifth on the list with 64 cards, 61 cautions and three dismissals while Security Systems are fourth with 74 cards, the highest in the league. Meanwhile, Extension Gunners are the BPL ‘good boys’ as the team was awarded only 38 cards, 35 yellow cards and three dismissals.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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