South Africa Soccer
Club Profiles
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Bush Bucks |
| LIQUIDATED September 2006 | |
| Nickname: | Imbabala |
| Address: | PO Box 671, East London 5200 |
| Web Site: | http://www.bushbucks.co.za |
| Tel: | 043 731 2890/1/2 |
| Fax: | 043 731 2894 |
| Founded: | 1957 |
| Previous Name: | Umtata Bush Bucks |
| Home ground: | Absa Stadium, East London & Sisa Dukashe Stadium, Mdantsane |
| Team Colours: | Black & Gold |
| Coach: | Felix Okey Emodi, Nigeria Emodi signed a 1½ season contract in January 2006 following the departure of interim coach Clive Barker in December 2005 but failed to avoid a drop to the Mvela Golden League. Emodi is the 2005 African Coach of the Year having guided top Nigerian club Enyimba to the 2004 CAF Champions League title. Barker assumed the reins on October 25 2005 from temporary coaches William Mugeyi and Tauya Mrewa who had held the fort after Mlungisi "Professor" Ngubane resigned on September 21 2005 winless in six matches. Ngubane had been appointed head coach on March 16 2005 just one month after losing his job at Golden Arrows and one week after the resignation of Bruce Grobbelaar who had spent an unsuccessful four months at the club since taking over from interim coach William Mugeyi in November 2004. |
| Major Honours: | First Division Coastal Stream Champions 2003/04 League Cup (Coca-Cola Cup) Winners 1993, 1996 Second Division* Champions 1989 |
| *Second Division became First Division in 1997/98 | |