1991 NSL Second Division

The 1991 NSL Second Division (known as the OK League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh edition of the second tier competition organised by the National Soccer League. It was divided into two divisions known as streams.

NSL Second Division
Season1991
ChampionsCape Town Spurs
Promoted
  • Cape Town Spurs
  • Ratanang
Relegated
  • Bluebells United
  • De Beers
  • Fordsburg City
  • Jasair Birds
  • Kroonstad Rabbits
  • Leicester City
  • Neac All Stars
  • Rockridge
  • Tembu Royals F.C.
  • Zulu Royals
  • Bush Bucks
  • Real Aces
  • Umtata Liverpool
  • Berea
  • Maritzburg United
  • Coronation
1990
1992

Streams

O-Stream

Club City Home venue
Benoni Wanderers Benoni Northmead
Bluebells United Lenasia Lenasia
Boksburg Boksburg Prince George Park
De Beers Johannesburg George Goch
Fordsburg City Johannesburg Union
Health Centre Utd Bushbuckridge Pauliana
Jasair Birds Pretoria Laudium
Leicester City Klerksdorp Alabana
Kroonstad Rabbits Kroonstad Seisoville
Manchester City Benoni Wattville/Actonville
Neac All Stars Dobsonville Dobsonville
Pretoria Callies Pretoria Super
Ratanang Phuthaditjhaba Phuthaditjhaba
Ravens Bloemfontein Seisa Ramabodu
Real Rovers Potgietersrus Mahwelereng
Rockridge Johannesburg Orlando
Sparkling Monarchs Wonderkop Wonderkop
Swaraj United Johannesburg Lenasia
Vaal Professionals Sharpville George Thabe
Zola United Stars Johannesburg Orlando


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ratanang (P) 38 26 8 4 82 34 +48 60 Qualification to Championship playoff
Promotion to NFL First Division
2 Vaal Professionals 38 23 9 6 70 29 +41 55
3 Ravens 38 22 8 8 73 42 +31 52
4 Boksburg 38 21 9 8 63 33 +30 51
5 Benoni Wanderers[lower-alpha 1] 38 16 13 9 66 37 +29 45
6 Pretoria Callies 38 18 8 12 66 61 +5 44
7 Real Rovers 38 15 13 10 68 52 +16 43
8 Swaraj United 38 15 12 11 60 42 +18 42
9 Zola United Stars[lower-alpha 2] 38 16 9 13 55 47 +8 41
10 Sparkling Monarchs 38 13 15 10 52 47 +5 41
11 Health Centre United 38 17 6 15 58 55 +3 40
12 Manchester City 38 15 8 15 65 61 +4 38
13 Bluebells United (R) 36 14 10 12 58 63 5 38 Relegation to SASA Third Division
14 Kroonstad Rabbits (R) 38 11 7 20 56 76 20 29
15 Leicester City (R) 38 10 6 22 50 82 32 26
16 Neac All Stars (R) 38 6 13 19 44 80 36 25
17 Fordsburg City (R) 38 8 8 22 35 76 41 24
18 Jasair Birds (R) 38 9 7 22 49 83 34 25
19 Rockridge (R) 38 6 8 24 31 58 27 20
20 De Beers (R) 38 5 10 23 31 62 31 20
Source: [1]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Also referred to as Benoni Northerners
  2. Also referred to as Zola Real Young Stars

K-Stream

Club City Home venue
Battswood Cape Town Athlone
Berea Durban Chartsworth
Blackburn Rovers Butterworth Umsobomvu
Bush Bucks Durban Glebe
Cape Town Spurs Cape Town Parow
Coronation Durban Curries Fountain
Crystal Brains Durban Umlazi
D'Alberton Callies Durban Curries Fountain
Dynamos Newcastle KR Rumelin Stadium
E.L. Bluebells East London
  • North End
  • Bisho
Hotspurs Port Elizabeth Adcock
Manchester United Escourt Forderville
Maritzburg United Pietermaritzburg Northdale
P.E. Callies Port Elizabeth Adcock
Real Aces Vryheid Hlobane
Royal Tigers Durban S J Smith
Stanger United Stanger Stanger
Tembu Royals F.C. Umtata Independence
Umtata Liverpool Umtata
  • Matatiele
  • Independence
Zulu Royals Durban Kwa Mashu
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cape Town Spurs (C, P) 38 28 5 5 115 23 +92 61 Qualification to Championship Playoff
Promotion to NFL First Division
2 Battswood 38 26 6 6 99 33 +66 58
3 P.E Callies 38 21 12 5 67 32 +35 54
4 Royal Tigers 38 19 12 7 68 41 +27 50
5 Crystal Brains 38 20 7 11 57 47 +10 47
6 Hotspurs 38 16 13 9 58 40 +18 45
7 EL Bluebells 38 18 9 11 62 53 +9 45
8 D'Alberton Callies 38 16 10 12 68 55 +13 42
9 Dynamos[lower-alpha 1] 38 13 11 14 61 68 7 37
10 Manchester United 38 12 10 16 36 44 8 34
11 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 10 16 46 57 11 34
12 Stanger United 37 11 12 14 50 59 9 34
13 Tembu Royals F.C.[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 12 9 17 39 46 7 33 Relegation to SASA Third Division
14 Zulu Royals (R) 38 11 11 16 42 57 15 33
15 Bush Bucks (R) 38 9 14 15 34 46 12 32
16 Real Aces (R) 38 9 8 21 45 67 22 26
17 Umtata Liverpool (R) 37 9 8 20 42 70 28 26
18 Berea (R) 38 9 7 22 37 75 38 25
19 Maritzburg United (R) 38 8 8 22 48 107 59 24
20 Coronation (R) 38 3 12 23 28 83 55 18
Source: [1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Dynamos F.C. is referred to as both Chippa Dynamosand Iscor Dynamos in the PSL General Meeting minutes.
  2. Tembu Royals F.C. was known as Grinaker Tembu Royals due to a sponsorship with construction group Grinaker.

Championship playoff

Cape Town Spurs4-1Ratanang
Hartleyvale Stadium, Cape Town

RatanangUnknownCape Town Spurs
FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Cape Town Spurs won the Championship.

The New Republic Bank Knockout Cup

A new cup for the NSL Second Divisions teams was introduced in 1991 sponsored by the New Republic Bank. Sixteen clubs in total entered the competition, 8 from each stream.

Final
Cape Town SpursUnknownVaal Professionals
FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Cape Town Spurs won the Knockout Cup.

References

  1. 7th Annual General Meeting. National Soccer League. 26 April 1992.
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