Sixoxa lomdlali wenguqu owake waba lodumo, uDouglas ‘British’ Mloyi, owadlalela iqembu leHighlanders okweminyaka efika amatshumi amabili
Wacula umculi olodumo uLovemore Majaivana wathi kulelilizwe sake sashayina, waphinda wathi iTshilamoya ayilamathambo, ngabu uDouglas British Mloyi udlala njani. Konke lokhu kuyikuthi uBritish wayedlala ibhola ezingeni eliphezulu. Wazalelwa koBulawayo wafunda khona, waqala ukudlala ibhola esasemncane esafunda. Pho waqala nini ukudlalela iBosso?
“Right ku-reserve side ngaku1972, 1972, yah, 1973 yikho angangiku reserve side ngoba kwaku le reserve league and then 1974 yikho lapho engangena ku1st and from there hayi. *Ukuthi British kwavela nga?* kulotitsha okwakuthwa nguBhule wayengu Referee eh wathi wena ah ah complexion yakho le-accent yakho, ha, it's British even le-type of play yakho it's British yikho elahle lakhula khona ibizo."
UBritish wayengumvimbi kuqembu lamahlolanyama. Wayethakazelela ukudlala lobani kuBosso?
"Banengi because mina ngingena kuHighlanders, I was the youngest player and then ngi-retire ngacina sengili oldest player so uyazi vele amalokhuzeni akhona atshiyene tores ngadlala laye twin sonke center back but I enjoyed kakhulu ngilobani ngilo Xander (Alexander Maseko) ikakhulu khonapha sengisiya retire ngilabo Xander."
Abasekeli beBosso babesithi vala ngebhetshu Dougie ngesikhathi edlalela iHighlanders inqoba okuzwayo emdlalweni yenguqu. Wawukwenzanjani Mloyi?
"Ha khona ukukhuluma iqiniso mina ngangizinikela. l tried, hayi, ngoba amastrikers ayekhona sibili they were dangerous angifuni kukutshela amanga ukuthi ngithi lowu hayi kwakunzima sibili mina ngangizinikela ukuthi nje, hayi, try and shut them out. Ah! Sathanyela konke kwasala iLeague nje kuphela yodwa iLeague yiyo eyasalayo kuphela. Inkezo yeChibuku kwasokungani ngeyethu, kwasokumele nje basinikeze bethi, hayi, thathani, eh, Castle Cup yacina sokuthwa yiZifa Cup, lenkezo yeIndependence, konke.”
UMloyi esekhumule ijogwe, wayafundela ukuqeqetsha abadlali benguqu.
"Ngathi ngi retire hantso vele bahle bathi kungcono ngingene kucoaching, right, sengithethe ama-certificates lawa, eh, kwasokuthwa khona kungcono uyekuma lower division hayi ngahamba kuma lower division sibili ngatshova ukuthi lami ngithole okuthiwa yi-experience, so mbayi mbayi-ke basebe ngifaka kuHighlanders as assistant coach ngancedisa uMadinda (Ndlovu)."
UBritish uthi abadlali bakudala ngesikhathi sakhe labakulez’insuku abasafani ngoba abakulez’insuku abaqinanga.
"Angikhulumi ukuthi just because ngadlala but there is a big difference. Kule difference. Umehluko yikuthi, one, awuthi ngiqale ngokuthi laba abafana bakhathesi badlela imali thina it was all about passion right, abaqina because lokudla abakudlayo thina sidlala sasiziphekela isitshwala yonke into esiyifunayo right yikho you will find ukuthi sasiqinile ukudlula laba abafana."
Abantu bathi abadlalela iBosso kumele kube yibo abaphatha izikhundla kuqembu leHighlanders. Ukubona njani lokhu uMloyi?
"Kunzima ukungena lapha. Kunzima in the sense yokuthi ukuze ungene laphana kuphela sekumele ubelemali manje thina singo njwathi asila lutho but we are trying ukuthi siyefika khonaphana angazi kumbe sizafika siyakubeka kuNkulunkulu lokhu ukuthi size siyefika lathi phezulu khonangale."
UDouglas British Mloyi uthi uzathembela enkosiini ukuthi ngolunye usuku uzaphatha iqembu leHighlanders kumbe aphiwe ithuba lokuliqeqetsha. Okwamanje kenzi lutho kwezomdlalo wenguqu.
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