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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) have made a huge change of policy by allowing Caf B coaching certificate holders to sit on the bench for the forthcoming continental interclub competitions in a move that is expected to cascade down to individual associations’ domestic leagues.
FC Platinum head coach Hendrik Pieter De Jongh concedes he has been left in a tight spot with uncertainty surrounding the kick-off date for the 2020-21 CAF Champions League, combined with an indefinite suspension of the local Premiership football.
Reigning Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Champions FC Platinum have reportedly set spies on their players to ensure they adhere to the 21-day lockdown declared in a bid to contain spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
By Langton Nyakwenda
It’s a flirtation that dates back to the early 1980s but Ndumiso Gumede likes to call it a mere coincidence.
It’s a romance that started in 1983 when Scottish coach Bobby Clark arrived in the City of Kings to take charge of the country’s oldest club — Highlanders.
Dutch coach Hendrik Pieter de Jongh did not only leave Highlanders in a lurch after packing his bags for FC Platinum but he left the Bulawayo giants RTGS$6 000 poor after he crashed the club’s car.
FC Platinum coach Hendrik Pieter de Jongh is reportedly among applicants for the vacant Warriors’ job.
He made such a huge impression in the four months at Highlanders, to an extent that the hard to please Bosso supporters nicknamed Hendrik Pieter de Jongh “Hlabangana” as a sign of his acceptance into the country’s oldest football club.
Hendrik Pieter de Jongh has officially joined FC Platinum, a development that means the champions, who have been in top flight football for ten years, have had an average of one coach every season since they were promoted.
It’s not often that focus is exclusively on coaches when the country’s big teams clash but the focus for the looming Castle Challenge Cup pitting Highlanders and FC Platinum will certainly be in the dugout.
Highlanders have announced the appointment of 59-year-old Briton Mark Harrison as their new head coach, taking over from Dutchman Hendrik Pieter de Jongh.