A former Orlando Pirates fan favourite remembers the extreme circumstances he went through just to escape Kaizer Chiefs!
Orlando PiratesWhile nowadays playing abroad is the objective, back in the days playing for Chiefs or Pirates was regarded the pinnacle.The desire to join either Chiefs or Pirates is often fuelled by certain factors. In those days money was not the objective, motivation nor even present in South African football. What the players had was the love for the game and their clubs. What attracted one to a Chiefs or Pirates was the desire for trophies or even popularity.
In fact, some of the greatest legends from either side of the Soweto divide grew up supporting their rivals. It is also common for the two club’s academy products to end up playing for the other side. i is one in a long list of examples of that. Ntsimbi, as he was affectionately known, details how he escaped the Chiefs academy in 1999.“The team that I was playing for fetched me from Chiefs Academy. In 1999, I was in the Kaizer Chiefs academy but I ran away, Bobby knows the story.
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