Shane Ball fights for possession against Northwood. Shane went on to score the only goal in the game.
The opening game of the 2013 KZN football season took place on Saturday 20 July at Westville Boys High School against Northwood.
The game was a scrappy one with both sides seeking to create opportunities from open play. Both sides tried to maximize their set plays in order to create further opportunities. Westville had the better of the exchanges in the first half and came close to scoring on three occasions. Despite this the game remained 0-0 at half time.
The second half brought tactical changes from Westville with Simiso Buthelezi coming on up front for Lwando Suanders. As a result of the change, Westville were able to launch more attacks from set plays in dangerous areas. Westville finally took advantage of one of those when Kingsley Jollands rose high to head the ball into the goal mouth from a corner kick which had been perfectly taken by Ibraaheem Vahed. Shane Ball was then able to head the ball into the back of the net.
A Northwood player was sent off which created further chances for Westville but no further goals were scored. Westville held onto their one goal lead.
The full set of results were as follows:
1st won 1-0
2nd won 3-0
3rd won 2-1
4th won 2-0
5th won 4-3
6th lost 1-2
16a lost 3-2
16b lost 1-3
16c won 1-0
16d lost 0-4
16e drew 1-1
16f won 4-3
15a won 6-0
15b won 3-0
15c lost 1-4
15d won 4-1
15e won 5-2
15f lost 1-2
14a won 3-2
14b won 5-1
14c lost 0-1
14d won 4-1
14e drew 3-3
14f won 6-2
14g won 9-3
Soccer vs Kearsney at Kearsney:
7th vs Kearsney 6th drew 1-1
8th vs Kearsney 7th lost 1-2