Sapolamokwatla: Where BDF XI built a title

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Fortress: BDF XI women’s team playing at Sapolamokwatla PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

There is something timeless about a football fortress. It does not need glossy stands or corporate suites but just noise, belief, and a sense that once one step onto that patch of grass or bare ground, they are already in trouble.

That is the energy currently radiating from Sapolamokwatla Grounds in the SSKB, a name that fittingly translates to “the backbone”. And right now, it is carrying BDF XI’s title ambitions on its shoulders.

In the men’s game, the blueprint is well documented. Jwaneng Galaxy turned their home ground into a gold mine during their dominant run aiding to the last two of their three league titles.

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