The Spoils of War

In a post last week we looked at what happens to those that fail to retain their Absa Premiership status. It appears Vasco da Gama will learn all about that next season as they toil away in the National First Division without the R450 000 that would have come their way if only they had managed to pull off victory. As it happens, they were trounced, an aggregate 4-2 defeat at the hands of Black Leopards.

Leopards now take on the winner of the other semi-final, Port Elizabeth's Bay United. Relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2008/2009 season, United will no doubt feel confident they can force Leopards to spend another year in the lower league after their 4-1 victory over Thanda Royal Zulu.

 Leopards will want to do away with the foul taste left in the mouth after losing the final of the Nedbank Cup at the end of May with victory over United. The first of two legs takes place on 15 June, with the second happening on the 18th.