NFL
Final Table:
1.Arcadia Shepherds 28 16 8 4 50-21 40
2.Cape Town City 28 17 5 6 40-19 39
3.Maritzburg 28 15 6 7 47-22 36
4.Highlands Park 28 14 7 7 37-31 35
5.Hellenic 28 13 7 8 46-26 33
6.Durban United 28 12 9 7 36-30 33
7.Jewish Guild 28 11 9 8 43-43 31
8.Rangers 28 13 4 11 40-27 30
9.Lusitano 28 8 9 11 30-34 25
10.Durban Celtic 28 8 8 12 33-40 24
11.Durban City 28 7 9 12 34-51 23
12.Germiston Callies 28 8 5 15 23-38 21
13.Berea Park 28 6 6 16 21-48 18
14.East London United 28 6 4 18 25-54 16
15.Boksburg 28 6 4 18 25-56 16 Relegated
NB: total goal difference -10
Promoted: Shamrocks
Durban Celtic apparently renamed (moved?) Pinetown Celtic for 1975
NFL - National Division II
Final Table:
1.Shamrocks 24 17 6 1 59-18 40 Promoted
2.Corinthians 24 16 7 1 62-13 39
3.Florida Albion 24 16 4 4 61-25 36
4.Wits University 24 14 7 3 60-25 35
5.Parthenon 24 12 4 8 44-33 28
6.Olympia 24 11 2 11 49-47 24
7.Port Elizabeth City 24 8 7 9 39-40 23
8.Windhoek City 24 9 5 10 44-46 23
9.Viktoria 24 7 6 11 42-48 20
10.Southern Suburbs 24 3 9 12 24-46 15
11.Harmony 24 3 7 14 27-67 13
12.Vaal United 24 4 1 19 23-75 9
13.Koedoe Park 24 1 5 18 13-64 7
NB: after the season, Windhoek City merged with SK Windhoek into
Sportklub Windhoek City.
NFL Castle Cup 1974
Round 1
[dates ?]
Highlands Park 7-1 Roodepoort Rovers
Durban City 8-2 Hume park
East London 7-2 Olympia
Berea Park 3-0 Durban Deep 20's
Corinthians 1-4 Lusitano
Parthenon 4-0 Virginia
Boksburg 0-1 Arcadia Shepherds
Germiston Callies 2-0 Windhoek City
Shamrocks 2-3 Maritzburg
Hellenic 3-1 Jewish Guild
[Jun 8]
Durban Celtic 1-0 Koedoe Park
Port Elizabeth City 1-2 Florida Albion
Wits University 4-0 Southern Suburbs
Vaal United 0-3 Rangers
Harmony 0-1 Viktoria
[Jun 20]
Cape Town City 1-1 Durban United
Round 1 Replay [Jun 28]
Durban United 1-0 Cape Town City
1/8 Finals
[dates ?]
Durban United 5-2 Lusitano
East London 1-0 Berea Park
Highands Park 2-1 Durban City [aet]
Durban Celtic 1-0 Parthenon
[Jun 25]
Germiston Callies 0-1 Wits University
[Jun 28]
Maritzburg 7-1 Viktoria
Hellenic 1-2 Rangers
[Jun 29]
Arcadia Shepherds 2-1 Florida Albion
Quarterfinals [Jul 27]
Highlands Park 3-0 East London
Maritzburg 1-0 Durban Celtic
Wits University 1-2 Arcadia Shepherds
Rangers 0-1 Durban United
Semifnals
First Legs
[Aug 18]
Durban United 1-0 Arcadia Shepherds
[Sep 9]
Maritzburg 0-1 Highands Park
Second Legs
[Sep 3]
Arcadia Shepherds 1-1 Durban United [aet]
[date ?]
Highlands Park 4-0 Maritzburg
Final [Sep 28]
Arcadia Shepherds 2-0 Highlands Park
Coca Cola Shield 1974
Group Stage
Final Tables:
Cape Section
1.Hellenic 4 3 1 0 9- 2 7 Semifinals
2.Cape Town City 4 2 1 1 9- 5 5
3.East London United 4 0 0 4 3-14 0
Natal Section
1.Maritzburg 8 5 1 2 17- 5 11 Semifinals
2.Durban United 8 4 1 3 12- 8 9
3.Durban Celtic 7 3 2 2 8- 6 8
4.Durban City 8 3 0 5 12-16 6
5.Shamrocks 7 2 0 5 8-22 4
Transvaal A Section
1.Arcadia Shepherds 6 5 0 1 14- 9 10 Semifinals
2.Berea Park 6 4 0 2 13- 9 8
3.Lusitano 6 2 0 4 8- 9 6
4.Boksburg 6 1 0 5 10-18 2
Transvaal B Section
1.Jewish Guild 6 5 1 0 14- 4 11 Semifinals
2.Highlands Park 6 2 3 1 11-11 7
3.Germiston Callies 6 1 2 3 9-13 4
4.Rangers 6 0 2 4 4-10 2
Semifinals [Apr ?]
Arcadia Shephers 2-6 (?)1-2 Maritzburg
Jewish Guild 3-2 2-4 Hellenic
Final [dates ?]
Hellenic 0-0 2-2 Maritzburg [Hellenic on away goals]
NPSL
Final Table:
1.Kaizer Chiefs 30 23 4 3 106-27 50
2.Moroka Swallows Ltd. 30 19 3 8 74-43 41
3.Zulu Royals/AmaZulu 30 16 9 5 61-38 41
4.Pretoria Bantu Callies 30 15 9 6 66-45 39
5.Orlando Pirates 30 15 7 8 55-41 37
6.Witbank Black Aces 30 15 6 9 58-43 36
7.Pimville United Bros. 30 12 11 7 67-51 35
8.Welkom Real Hearts 30 12 7 11 66-48 31
9.Vaal Professionals 30 10 9 11 53-55 29
10.Benoni United 30 10 8 12 70-63 27 [*]
10.Lamontville Golden Arr. 30 9 8 13 45-65 26
12.Mangaung United 30 6 10 14 58-78 22
13.African Wanderers 30 7 6 17 58-77 20
14.Moroka Swallows 30 9 1 20 38-77 19
15.Real Katlehong City 30 4 9 17 27-59 17
16.Durban City All Blacks 30 3 4 23 24-94 10
[*] Benoni's W-D-L record should either read 9-9-12 or 10-7-13
NB: one more win than loss; odd number of draws;
total goal difference +22
Natal Football League
NB: the season was split into two parts;
one was a single round robin in which the five clubs active at the national
level (Durban Celtic, Durban City, Durban United, Maritzburg and Shamrocks)
entered;
the other was a double round robin (dubbed Promotion League) without those
five clubs;
it is not known whether results from the single round robin were carried over
to the Promotion League, or in which order matches were played.
Reported Final Table (single round robin):
Final Table:
1.Durban United 14 10 3 1 32-18 23 [*1]
2.Maritzburg 14 9 2 3 31-17 20 [*1]
3.Pinetown 14 8 3 3 29-17 19
4.Durban City 14 18 [*1] [inferred]
5.Durban Celtic 14 8 0 6 44-23 16 [*1]
6.Virginia United 14 7 2 5 24-17 16
7.Parkhill 14 6 4 4 24-23 16
8.Stella 14 5 3 6 24-17 13
9.Wanderers 14 3 6 5 12-17 12
10.Dodo 14 5 1 8 24-35 11
11.Hillary 14 4 3 7 17-27 11
12.Escombe 14 4 2 8 23-31 10
13.Umbilo Congella 14 3 4 7 18-28 10
14.University 14 3 2 9 17-32 8
15.Shamrocks 14 3 1 10 17-37 7 [*2]
NB: record Durban City not given in source;
without it, there are 4 more losses than wins and the total goal difference is -3
[*1] Durban Celtic, Durban City, Durban United and Maritzburg played in NFL I
[*2] Shamrocks played in NFL II
Promotion League
Final Table:
1.Pinetown 18 12 2 4 45-16 26
2.Stella 18 10 5 3 34-16 25
3.Virginia United 18 11 3 4 35-17 25
4.Parkhill 18 7 6 5 36-31 20
5.Hillary 18 7 4 7 28-29 18
6.Wanderers 18 6 4 8 19-28 16
7.Escombe 18 6 3 9 29-31 15
8.Umbilo Congella 18 4 6 8 24-36 14
9.Dodo 18 4 4 10 23-46 12
10.University 18 2 5 11 20-43 12
1973.
1975.
Sources: [Raa 02], http://todor66.com/football/Africa/South_Africa/Natal/1974.html
Thanks to Hans Schöggl
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