‘British’ speaks on Bosso legend death

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HIGHLANDERS legend Douglas “British” Mloyi takes us down memory lane on his relationship with the late former Highlanders striker Majuta Mpofu who passed away on Tuesday.

HIGHLANDERS legend Douglas “British” Mloyi takes us down memory lane on his relationship with the late former Highlanders striker Majuta Mpofu who passed away on Tuesday.

Mloyi played with Mpofu for five years.

Below are some of his memories of Mpofu: It is very disappointing and shocking that Mpofu is no more. It is very sad because I played with him at Highlanders.

He joined Highlanders from Eagles, but I cannot remember the exact year. He was already a senior player when he joined Highlanders and I was already in the senior team as well.

I used to enjoy playing with him because he was a good striker. He was very helpful on the ground and he was a dribbling wizard. I knew that if the ball got to him he would dribble past one or two defenders and position himself to score.

If he was not in a good position to score he would pass the ball to any player who was in a better position to score. In short he was not a selfish player.

I cannot single out any league or cup games final that I played with him, but I remember our derbies against Zimbabwe Saints.

He would make sure that he would beat defenders and he was always working hard to ensure we would win. I played with him for five years then he retired.

The difference between today’s players and that of yesterday is that in the olden days football was not all about money.