Cape Town City FC have taken the Premier Soccer League by storm since they came into existence in 2016, and in this week’s podcast we speak to the man who’s built one of the continent’s most exciting team’s John Comitis. Hear how City serve the community, why Bafana Bafana “missed a trick” by not giving their former coach Benni McCarthy the national team job, and how the African Super League could be “a complete disaster” for local football.
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Host: Courtney Freese (former PSL winner)
Guest: John Comitis (Cape Town City chairperson)
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Show Notes
01:00 – Life during the Covid-19 pandemic
03:30 – From running a burger franchise to setting up Ajax Cape Town
14:30 – Cape Town City was born to serve the community first
20:30 – Comitis: “I haven’t seen a bag of money score a goal yet.”
23:20 – Bafana Bafana missed a trick not appointing Benni McCarthy
29:45 – African Super League will be “a complete disaster” for local football
35:15 – Comitis: “Without the fans there’s no football”
Duration: 36:35
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