Rhodesia 1976

Rhodesia National Football League

Round 18 [Oct 17]
Dynamos        3-1 Zimbabwe Saints

Final Table:

 1.Dynamos                   18  11  5  2  47-18  27  Champions
 2.Highlanders               18  10  5  3  32-12  25
 3.Rio Tinto                 18  10  4  4  43-22  24
 4.Zimbabwe Saints           18   7  5  6  35-25  19
 5.Gwelo                     18   7  4  7  31-34  18
 6.Wankie United             17   6  4  7  33-39  16
 7.Chibuku                   17   5  6  6  23-18  16
 8.Arcadia United            17   5  4  8  21-38  14
 9.Happy Valley              16   3  3 10  19-33   9
10.Umtali                    17   1  4 12  16-61   6  Relegated

NB: remaining matches apparently not played due to irrelevance;
    after the season, Highlanders pulled out of the RNFL and formed the 
    South Zone Soccer League (SZSL) for 1977, which included the clubs: 
      Black Chiefs (Bulawayo)
      Callies (Bulawayo) 
      Portuguese (Bulawayo)
      Old Miltonians (Bulawayo)
      Highlanders (Bulawayo)
      Black Horrors (Plumtree)
      Ramblers (Gwanda)
      Go Beer Rovers (Gwelo)


Castle Cup 1976

Final [Oct 3]
Dynamos        8-1 Zimbabwe Saints

Nyore Nyore Shield 1976

Final [Mar 7, Rufaro]
Dynamos        8-0 Chibuku
  ['Dhidhidhi' (5 goals)]

NB: Dynamos won five of six cup tournaments (losing to Zimbabwe Saints
    in the semifinals for the Chibuku trophy), scoring 67 goals in 19 
    cup fixtures over the season.
    

NB: Dynamos beat Orlando Pirates 7-6 over 2 legs (first leg 3-5 in
    Johannesburg, second leg 4-1 at Rufaro, Salisbury) "to be crowned
    the kings of Southern African football".

1973

1979

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Barry Baker for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Barry Baker
Last updated: 9 Dec 2021