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Cape Town Spurs were an association football (soccer) club from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Cape Town Spurs was a Cape Town soccer team that rose to prominence in the 1960s though they had been in existence for many years. They played in the South African Soccer League (SASL) until 1967 when it disbanded. Cape Town Spurs then joined the Federation Professional League (FPL) in 1969 and won the league in 1970 for the first time.

They won the league title again in 1971 when it had been renamed the Mainstay League. The year 1973 was a good year for Cape Town-based football teams when Cape Town Spurs won the Mainstay League again and another local team, Cape Town City, won the National Football League (NFL), the league reserved at that time for those of European descent.

Spurs won the Mainstay League again in 1974 and 1976. They went onto win the league twice more – in 1979 and in 1981 – before the FPL was disbanded in 1991. However, Cape Town Spurs had already transferred to the OK League which was a feeder league to the National Soccer League (NSL). They won the OK League in 1987 and 1991, and narrowly missed winning it again in 1994.

At the end of 1994, they transferred to the NSL where they had their finest year in 1995 achieving victory in both the league and the cup double. This team was coached by Mich d’Avray and included players such as Francis Shonayi, André Arendse, Edries Burton, David Nyathi, David Modise and Shaun Bartlett who went on to become the second highest goal scorer for Bafana Bafana.

In 1998 Cape Town Spurs was merged with another well-established Cape Town club, Seven Stars Football Club, to form Ajax Cape Town.

Category:Defunct South African football (soccer) clubs Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1999 Category:Association football clubs in Cape Town

Cape Town Spurs