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
Steve Komphela joined Bloemfontein Celtic which was undergoing financial struggles at the time. Kaizer Chiefs almost ruined steve Komphela's career after almost 3 years. Several fans were uttering negative comments about him on most Social Media platforms, mainly blaming him for Kaizer Chiefs's inability to win trophies. Following his departure from the Kaizer Chiefs, the team however, did not seem to get any good results. Shortly after he started his new career with Bloemfontein Celtics, he started the 2018-19 Premier Soccer League league with a huge surprise. He won the first six consecutive league games. Perhaps a biggest upset, at least to