South Africa 1966


NFL League (for whites)

Final Table:

 1.Highlands Park          30  22  6  2 101- 26  50
 2.Port Elizabeth City     30  19  5  6  70- 38  43
 3.Durban United           30  18  5  7  72- 55  41
 4.Arcadia United          30  15  7  8  68- 44  37
 5.Cape Town City          30  14  7  9  59- 50  35
 6.Rangers                 30  14  6 10  65- 48  34
 7.Olympia                 30  15  4 11  54- 53  34
 8.Durban City             30  14  5 11  69- 60  33
 9.Hellenic                30  10  8 12  55- 66  28
10.Germiston Callies       30  10  7 13  49- 57  27
11.Southern Suburbs        30   9  7 14  52- 60  25
12.Addington               30   8  7 15  50- 65  23 
13.Westview Apollon        30   8  5 17  39- 64  21
14.Boksburg                30   9  2 19  44- 79  20
15.East Rand United        30   6  6 18  45- 71  18  Relegated
16.Bloemfontein City       30   4  3 23  51-107  11  Relegated

Promoted: Corinthians, after beating SKW (Windhoek) 9-0; in this season,
          the SWA (South West Africa) football league was integrated in
          the NFL structure, and SWA champions SKW were entitled to enter
          the promotion playoff in which they were drawn against Welkom
          in the first round.

Castle Cup 

Round 1
Germiston Callies       1-2 Highlands Park
Southern Suburbs        9-4 Viktoria
Port Elizabeth City     4-1 Hellenic
Apollon                 2-1 Rangers
Cape Town City          8-0 Jewish Guild
Harmony                 1-6 Olympia
Powerline               6-0 Boksburg
Bloemfontein City       2-1 East Rand United
Arcadia United          9-1 Vereeniging Athletic
Brothers                3-0 East London City
Kenilworth              1-5 Berea Park
Parkhill                2-3 Wanderers
High-Ansonia            2-3 Durban City
Pretoria Suburbs        1-3 Addington
Durban United           4-0 Wits University
SK Windhoek             1-2 Corinthians         
 
1/8 Finals
Highlands Park          4-2 Southern Suburbs
Port Elizabeth City     2-0 Apollon
Cape Town City          abd Olympia                 [abandoned at 1-1]
Powerline               4-2 Bloemfontein City
Arcadia United          3-0 Brothers
Berea Park              3-2 Wanderers
Durban City             3-1 Addington
Durban United           4-0 Corinthians   

1/8 Final Replay
Cape Town City          1-0 Olympia
 
Quarterfinals
Highands Park           4-4 Port Elizabeth City
Cape Town City          3-1 Powerline
Durban United           0-1 Durban City
Arcadia United          6-0 Berea Park       

Quarterfinal Replay
Highlands Park          3-2 Port Elizabeth City
 
Semifinals
Arcadia United		1-1 Durban City
Cape Town City          0-1 Highlands Park   
 
Semi Final Replay [at Kinsmead Stadium, Durban]
Durban City		0-1 Arcadia United
 
Final
Highlands Park		3-0 Arcadia United
   [Kalk ?, 53, Walter ?] 
   [Highlands Park: Ryder, Rufus, Stewart, Gough, Jacobitz, Frickleton,
                    Hume, Santoro, Walter, Kalk, McIntosh;
    Arcadia United: Gething, Goddard, Lloyd, Tocknell, Breitenbach, Hewie,
                    Werge, Barber, Cocker, Shaw, Botten]

 
Floodlight Bowl [end-of-season cup]

First Round
Highlands Park		bt  Arcadia United
 
Semifinal
Durban United		4-7 Highlands Park
 
Final 
Rangers			3-1 Highlands Park
1965.
1967.
list of champions.
list of cup winners.
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Ian King for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Ian King
Last updated: 16 Mar 2023