South African NFL Football (Soccer) vintage memorabilia from the 1950s to 1980s. Some extremely rare

South African NFL Football (Soccer) vintage memorabilia items from the 1950s to 1980s.

Some of these badges are extremely rare and may never be found again.

PLEASE SEE NOTES ON ALL THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS BELOW, AS WELL AS DETAILS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

Rand Stadium (25mm hard enamel button-hole badge)

Commemorating Opening Rand Stadium 23rd March 1951 Southern Transvaal Football Association.

Even though the Rand Stadium had a complete make-over in 2009 for the 2010 World Cup, with an all-seater stadium, the old scoreboard was retained for heritage purposes. The Rand Stadium is currently the training venue for Orlando Pirates F.C.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Castle Cup (32mm x 18mm stick pin badge). This badge was electro-plated with colour inset. A small section of the plating has come off, but this badge is an extremely rare item.

The NFL Cup (widely known as the Castle Cup due to its sponsorship from Castle Lager SAB) was the association football cup competition of the National Football League in South Africa under Apartheid. It was established in 1959 and disbanded in 1977. Highlands Park won the cup six times during this period.

Condition: Apart from the small section of silver plating coming away, it is in very good condition (see all photos).

Old Arcadians F.C. (16mm x 15mm stick pin hard enamel badge)

Old Arcs F.C. were formed in 1957 and became Jewish Guild in 1960.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Jewish Guild F.C. (26mm x 26mm hard enamel brooch-style badge)

Jewish Guild Johannesburg Football pin badge (formed in 1960 from Old Arcs). Makers name, McCallum Cape Town, on reverse.

In 1960, the Old Arcs (the home was founded in 1897) asked Jewish Guild to run their football team. From then on the club now renamed Jewish Guild went from strength to strength. In May 1974 George Best turned out for Jewish Guild F.C. while still only 27 years old.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Highlands Park F.C. (3 badges: two 26mm x 26mm hard enamel brooch-style Supporters Club badges and one Highlands Park footballer stick pin).

Highlands Park were founded (from the Balfour Park amateur club) in November 1959, and were champions of the old National Football League eight times. The record home attendance at Balfour Park Stadium was set at the match against Durban City in 1963, when 13,500 spectators watched a 30 victory for Highlands. The club was sold to Jomo Sono in 1983, who renamed the club Jomo Cosmos F.C.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Durban City F.C. (Two stick pin badges)

Durban City F.C. was formed in 1959 by Norman Elliott, and was dissolved in 1988.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Durban United F.C. (Two hard enamel pin badges)

Durban United Football Club was founded    in 1970. Their homeground was at New Kingsmead stadium in Durban.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Boksburg F.C. (Two hard enamel pin badges)

Boksburg F.C. was founded in 1960. Their home ground was at Prince George Park in Boksburg.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Bloemfontein City F.C. (Two hard enamel pin badges)

Bloemfontein City F.C. was founded in 1963 and their home ground was at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Southern Suburbs F.C. (One hard enamel pin badge)

Southern Suburbs F.C. was founded in 1961.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Olympia F.C. (One hard enamel pin badge)

Olympia F.C. was founded in 1965 at the Italian Sporting Club in Johannesburg.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Western Province Football Association (WPFA) (33mm x 33mm hard enamel brooch-style badge)

The WPFA was based at Hartleyvale Stadium in Observatory, Cape Town.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Kaiser Chiefs F.C. (One hard enamel pin badge and one epoxy-coated pin badge with Butterfly Clasp Clutch on the back).

Kaiser Chiefs F.C. was founded in 1970.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Orlando Pirates F.C. (One soft enamel pin badge with Butterfly Clasp Clutch on the back).

Orlando Pirates F.C. was founded in 1937 as the Orlando Boys Club. Known as The Buccaneers, they are a South African professional football club based in Orlando, Soweto, and play their home games at the Orlando Stadium.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Botswana Football Association (One hard enamel stick pin badge)

The Botswana F.A. was established in 1966.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Nigeria Football Association (One hard enamel brooch-style pin badge).

The Nigeria Football Association was founded in 1945.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Lesotho Sports Association (One hard enamel stick pin badge).

The Lesotho Football Association was founded in 1932.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

African Cup of Nations South Africa 1996 (One hard enamel pin badge with Butterfly Clasp Clutch on the back).

South Africa won their first African Cup of Nations title, beating Tunisia 20. The match was attended by both then-president Nelson Mandela, deputy president F. W. de Klerk. The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Condition: Excellent (see all photos).

Premier Soccer League South Africa (4 x pin badges with Butterfly Clasp Clutches on the backs)

The South African Premier Division is the premier men's professional soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organised since 1996.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

The History of South African Football 1955 1985 Segregation to Integration DVD Part 1 (with more than 10,000 images) and Part 2 (with archive SA Mirror film footage). Four DVDs in each case.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Southern Callies Football Club (embroidered cloth badge).

Southern Callies played their home games at Christopherson Park in Turfontein, Johannesburg.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Eric Litchfields Book of Soccer published in 1965

This book is signed by many of the NFL First Division players from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Stars such as Bennie Booysen, Martin Cohen, Malcolm Rufus, Hennie Joubert, Ernie Pythian, Phil Venter, Lucky Styliano, Raymond Broad, Brian Hogan, Jingles Pereira, etc.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

S.A. Book of Soccer 1966 showing all stats, league tables, clubs, etc.

S.A. SoccerSokker 72 73 showing all stats, league tables, clubs, etc.

Germiston Callies F.C. vs Rangers F.C. Match Programme at Driehoek Stadium 1971 Season. Includes a signed photo of Mickey Lill the Callies manager, from when he was a Wolverhampton Wanderers player in the late 1950s.

Condition: Good (see all photos).

Bloemfontein City F.C. vs Germiston Callies F.C. at Springbok Park 5th April 1969