Big Three raise rare happiness index
Orlando Pirates fans have made no secret of how they now feel with Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns joining the party at the start of the Betway Premiership.The Betway Premiership has brought with it another rare occurrence in domestic football following the completion of all week one fixtures for the 16 clubs in the league.
It is not often that Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns have all won their opening day fixtures in the league since the birth of the PSL back in August 1996.So much blossoms when Amakhosi, the Buccaneers and the Yellow Nation are all happy as has been the case after round one in the league.
Chiefs – whose fan base remains huge despite their recent struggles – carried the torch over the weekend with a 2-1 win over Marumo Gallants before a full house in Bloemfontein.Sundowns were second with a routine league win on Tuesday, before Pirates were forced to dig deep for their 2-1 win over Chippa United on Wednesday night.
For all the 28 years that the domestic league has run under the PSL banner, it’s only happened on four occasions before that all of the Big Three won their first league matches of a new season. The first time was in the 2004/05 season when Pirates won 1-0 against Jomo Cosmos, Chiefs hammered Dynamos 4-1 and Sundowns recorded a 2-0 victory at Santos.The next occasion was the 2010/11 campaign – Bucs won 2-1 at Vasco da Gama, the Tshwane giants were 2-0 winners over Moroka Swallows, while the Glamour Boys recorded a 2-0 triumph against Golden Arrows.
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