1996–97 Premier Soccer League 1996–97 Premier Soccer League The 1996–97 Premier Soccer League, known as the 1996–97 Castle Premiership for sponsorship purposes, was the first season of the newly established top-flight professional football league in South Africa. The league was an 18-team competition established in 1996 by Irvin Khoza, Kaizer Motaung, Raymond Hack and Jomo Sono in conjunction with the South African Football Association and it would run parallel to the European football calendar. Manning Rangers shocked all and sundry by comfortably finishing top of the log to win the first PSL title ahead of several more fancied opponents. The "Mighty Maulers" dominated to
Central Premier League goal rule, Waterside Karori won promotion to the Central Premier League after an 18 year absence Team Taranaki withdrew from the competition for 2018 and Havelock North Wanderers were invited to take up the vacant spot. The following awards were given at the Capital Football awards for the 2017 Central Premier League season. Central Premier League The Central League is a semi-professional/professional status league competition run by Capital Football for Association football clubs located in the southern and central parts of the North Island, New Zealand. It is at the second level of New Zealand Football behind the national association