{"id":427150,"date":"2011-05-20T05:25:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T05:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/20\/city-relegated-civics-in-trouble\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T05:25:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T05:25:02","slug":"city-relegated-civics-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/20\/city-relegated-civics-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"City Relegated, Civics in Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46.621415417\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/namibian180.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheefeni Nikodemus<\/p>\n<p>16 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Oshakati City&#8217;s 15-year presence in the Namibia Premier League came to an end on Saturday, following a 4-2 defeat at SKW.<\/p>\n<p>While City wallowed in their misery, Mighty Gunners may yet have escaped relegation with their 1-0 victory away to Tigers at the Independence Stadium, while Blue Boys lost 2-1 at home to champions Black Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Winger Anton Dawid&#8217;s thumping near-post effort was all they needed to collect the vital three points against a poor Tigers side. Victory lifted Gunners out of the second relegation spot and more significantly above Civics, who reportedly secured a controversial 1-1 draw against Ramblers.<\/p>\n<p>Gunners &#8211; on 26 points &#8211; are now placed ninth, followed by Civics on the same number of points with Blue Boys on 24 dropping to 11th.<\/p>\n<p>City have 19 points collected from 20 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Waters edged Eleven Arrows 2-1 to move onto 28 points and into the top half of the table as they moved out of relegation trouble.<\/p>\n<p>A visibly dejected City side were still in the match at halftime with the scores tied at 1-1, however SKW stepped up a notch in the second half to win 4-2 and condemn Oshakati City to second-tier football.<\/p>\n<p>The sombre mood continued as the City team boarded the bus to begin their long trek home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The guys were demoralised,&#8221; said Oshakati City&#8217;s head of operations, George Hauwanga.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They had that thing that they were relegated before the match,&#8221; he added<\/p>\n<p>Hauwanga said the team &#8211; whose demise he attributed to poor planning &#8211; now intends on making a quick return to the premier league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s now back to the drawing board,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We plan to keep most of the players and bounce back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>African Stars and Orlando Pirates played out a goalless stalemate in their encounter at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>That result meant Stars on 30 points for the season dropped to fourth, while Pirates on 29 are fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Ramblers (35) cemented second spot, while SKW (31) occupy third going into the final round of play.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105200023.html\" title=\"City Relegated, Civics in Trouble\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City Relegated, Civics in Trouble<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sheefeni Nikodemus 16 May 2011 Oshakati City&#8217;s 15-year presence in the Namibia Premier League came to an end on Saturday, following a 4-2 defeat at SKW. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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