Ancient Moroka Swallows star Steve Sekano
On this model of My Muti Tale, Moroka Swallows story Steve Sekano admits that that the pre-match rituals that native clubs had been infamous for produced the specified outcomes most ceaselessly.
Sekano shares his muti experiences from his taking half in days with KickOff.
Who and the place?
“All I will enlighten is, within the past, muti did work in football. For one thing to work, you non-public to think in it.
“In the present day, we relied on muti plenty. Incessantly, we would no longer disclose the gate to enter a stadium, we would soar a fence. We knew totally that at the same time as you stepped on the muti by mistake, you’ve got already lost that individual match.
“If we had a game against Vaal Mavens, we knew precisely the place they attach their muti. We would steer a long way flung from that individual place and disclose a clear entrance.
“After we performed [Orlando] Pirates, we wouldn’t dare disclose the dressing rooms. Swallows would first send a leer, naso siyothela awethu amakhathakhatha [so he could plant our own muti] sooner than we would glide in.
“I take into account the day we performed Pirates at George Goch. That is the day that made me realise multi does work in football. I scored the actual honest that individual day, and Pirates had been all over us. The late Screamer Tshabalala used to be our coach. Bra Stan’s muti would lock the opponents.
“I draw no longer know the draw many targets Pirates missed that day at George Goch. But within the 88th minute, I right toe-poked the ball and it went in. We beat them 1-0.
“Bra Stan had his have muti, which used to be consistently amongst the soccer boots and the jerseys and all the pieces.”
Why had been you doing it?
” the asserting: While you are in Rome, you draw as the Romans draw. You never attach a query to a lot of questions.
“I take into account the membership’s locations of work had been in Bree Boulevard. Throughout the late ragged Swallows chairman David Chabeli’s place of work, there used to be a tiny muti room that looked love form of a steam room. Interior that room, there used to be consistently one thing burning. That room used to be consistently plump of smoke.”
Who used to be the muti man?
“They would perhaps bring a clear muti man now after which. So we did no longer non-public a muti man as such; there used to be this younger boy we dilapidated to call Mdu; he used to be some form of errand boy for Swallows; and even opposition groups knew him. He would glide interior the pitch attach the muti there and glide away.”
Did each person rob section?
“The white avid gamers we had at Swallows those days – the likes of Graham Louw, Andrew Ramsden and Gregor Wille – would on occasion refuse to rob section, significantly when we needed to be cut back with a razor blade or had to drink some stuff.”
What stood out?
“All the pieces has its have time. Due to at the contemporary time I’m a church individual, I will expose you that muti would no longer work, God is the respond to all the pieces. God is the predominant individual. Correct pray and God will present.”
