Bay Stars F.C.

Bay Stars
Full name Bay Stars Football Club
Founded 2011
Dissolved 2013
Ground Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Capacity 3,000
Chairman Tony Lovegrove
Coach South Africa Urban de Kock
League SAFA Second Division
2012–13 SSD 2nd (Eastern Cape Stream)

Bay Stars was a semi-professional South African football (soccer) club based in the city of Port Elizabeth that played in the SAFA Second Division.

The club was set up in 2011, after purchasing the SAFA Second Division franchise of Bay Academy.[1] Bay Academy's parent club, Bay United, had been sold and moved to Polokwane, leaving Port Elizabeth without a professional football club. The club spent both years of its existence in the third tier of South African football. During the 2011–12 season, the league was known as the Vodacom League, during the 2012–13 season, it was known as the SAFA Second Division.

Following the 2012–13 season, the club's Second Division franchise was sold, and became Morning Stars.[2] The SAFA Regional League franchise was sold later in the off season, and became Motherwell Academy.[3]

Ownership

Bay Stars was owned by local businessmen Yusuf Adams and Tony Lovegrove, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. In 2013, the club's SAFA second division franchise was sold to the municipality's deputy mayor, Chippa Ngcolomba, whobegan the process changing the club's name to Morning Stars.[4]

Tony Lovegrove ran the club as its managing director, while Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University ran the club's academy team.

Home stadium

The senior team played its SAFA Second Division matches at the Gelvandale Stadium. The academy team played its SAFA Regional League matches at the Missionvale Campus of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Honours

2011–12
2012–13
2012–13 –

Club records

Senior team

2011–12 – 3rd (Eastern Cape stream)
2012–13 – 2nd (Eastern Cape stream)
2012 – Vodacom League Qualification Play-offs
2013 – SAFA Second Division Qualification Play-offs

Academy team

2012–13 – 2nd (Nelson Manedla Bay stream)

Former coaches

  • South Africa Graham Harrison: 2011 – 2012
  • England Mark Harrison: 2012 – 2013
  • South Africa Mark Tommy1: 2013
  • South Africa Urban de Kock: 2013 –

Former captains

  • South Africa Niven Kops 2011 – 2012

Player of the year

  • South Africa Leroy van Rensburg 2011–12[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Launch of Bay Stars ignites soccer hopes". The Herald. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bay Stars become Morning Stars FC". Algoa FM. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Pefa outfit score big with Bay Stars Academy". The Herald. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Deputy mayor scores Bay Stars". The Herald. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bay Stars Leroy van Rensburg Player of the Year". MyPE. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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