Bay Stars F.C.

Bay Stars
Full name	Bay Stars Football Club
Founded	2011
Dissolved	2013
Ground	Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Tony Lovegrove
Coach	Urban de Kock
League	SAFA Second Division
2012–13 SSD	2nd (Eastern Cape Stream)

Bay Stars was a semi-professional South African football (soccer) club based in the city of Port Elizabeth that played in the SAFA Second Division.

The club was set up in 2011, after purchasing the SAFA Second Division franchise of Bay Academy.^[1] Bay Academy's parent club, Bay United, had been sold and moved to Polokwane, leaving Port Elizabeth without a professional football club. The club spent both years of its existence in the third tier of South African football. During the 2011–12 season, the league was known as the Vodacom League, during the 2012–13 season, it was known as the SAFA Second Division.^{[citation needed]}

Following the 2012–13 season, the club's Second Division franchise was sold, and became Morning Stars.^[2] The SAFA Regional League franchise was sold later in the off season, and became Motherwell Academy.^[3]

Ownership

Bay Stars was owned by local businessmen Yusuf Adams and Tony Lovegrove, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. In 2013, the club's SAFA second division franchise was sold to the municipality's deputy mayor, Chippa Ngcolomba, whobegan the process changing the club's name to Morning Stars.^[4]

Tony Lovegrove ran the club as its managing director, while Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University ran the club's academy team.^{[citation needed]}

Home stadium

The senior team played its SAFA Second Division matches at the Gelvandale Stadium. The academy team played its SAFA Regional League matches at the Missionvale Campus of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Honours

Vodacom League: 3rd (Eastern Cape stream)

2011–12

SAFA Second Division: 2nd (Eastern Cape stream)

2012–13

SAFA Regional League: 2nd (Nelson Mandela Bay stream)

2012–13 –

Club records

Senior team

SAFA Second Division:

2011–12 – 3rd (Eastern Cape stream)

2012–13 – 2nd (Eastern Cape stream)

Nedbank Cup:

2012 – Vodacom League Qualification Play-offs

2013 – SAFA Second Division Qualification Play-offs

Academy team

SAFA Regional League:

2012–13 – 2nd (Nelson Manedla Bay stream)

Former coaches

Graham Harrison: 2011 – 2012
Mark Harrison: 2012 – 2013
Mark Tommy¹: 2013
Urban de Kock: 2013 –

^1 Caretaker coach

Former captains

Niven Kops 2011-2012,Romano Scott 2012-2013

Player of the year

Leroy van Rensburg 2011–12^[5]

References

^ "Launch of Bay Stars ignites soccer hopes". The Herald. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^ "Bay Stars become Morning Stars FC". Algoa FM. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^ "Pefa outfit score big with Bay Stars Academy". The Herald. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^ "Deputy mayor scores Bay Stars". The Herald. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "Bay Stars Leroy van Rensburg Player of the Year". MyPE. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

External links

[1] "Launch of Bay Stars ignites soccer hopes". The Herald. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

[2] "Bay Stars become Morning Stars FC". Algoa FM. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

[3] "Pefa outfit score big with Bay Stars Academy". The Herald. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

[4] "Deputy mayor scores Bay Stars". The Herald. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[5] "Bay Stars Leroy van Rensburg Player of the Year". MyPE. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

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