Bush Bucks is a South African
soccer
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club. The club was founded in 1957 and originally based in
Mthatha
Mthatha ( , ), alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known ...
in the
Eastern Cape
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. In 2001, the team moved to
East London
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. It was nicknamed ''Imbabala (The Bucks)''.
History
The club was formed by a former official of the
Bush Bucks club from Durban who had moved to the area. It was named Umtata Bush Bucks. They moved to East London (outside of the former homeland of Transkei) in 2001, until suffering relegation at the end of the 2002/03 season. They returned after only one season, but were relegated again at the end of 2005/06 season.
In 2007 Sturu Pasiya became the sole owner when he purchased a license to participate in the
SAFA Second Division
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from Lion City FC. In 2019, Pasiya was sentenced to five years imprisonment for tax offences.
The club relocated to
Mthatha
Mthatha ( , ), alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known ...
prior to the start of the
2022–23 season.
The club plays in the
SAFA Second Division
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Eastern Cape division.
League record
National Soccer League
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1988
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;– 17th (relegated)
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1990
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;– 7th
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1991
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;– 4th
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1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
;– 17th
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1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
;– 5th
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1994
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In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
;– 3rd
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1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
;– 6th
Premiership
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1996–97;– 4th
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1997–98;– 6th
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1998–99;– 9th
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1999–2000;– 13th
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2000–01 – 10th
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2001–02 – 15th
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2002–03 – 15th (relegated)
National First Division
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2003–04 – 1st (promoted)
Premiership
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2004–05 – 11th
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2005–06 – 15th (relegated)
SAFA Second Division
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Eastern Cape Stream
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2018–19 – 14th
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2019–20 – 4th
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2020–21
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– 4th Stream A
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2021–22 – 5th Stream A
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2022–23
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– 8th Stream A
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2023–24 – 6th Stream A
References
Association football clubs established in 1957
Former Premier Soccer League clubs
Former National First Division clubs
Soccer clubs in the Eastern Cape
1957 establishments in South Africa
East London, South Africa
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