Some picturs from the WInter League 2022 Curtain Call Matches, that saw Warriors 1 and Highlands Park A winning the Champions and Challengers Cup.

It was an evening of great football at Panorama, closing the curtain on the winter season.

In the Champions cup, Warriors completed their amazing season with a 2-1 against Global United.

In the Challengers cup, Highlands Park A beat Randfontein 4-1

In the Divission 1 play-off game, Happy Deals beast Old Parks 3-2

In the champions cup, the final will be between the top 2 teams of Division 1: champions Warriors 1 (who beat Happy Deals 11-2) and Global United (5-0 win against Drunken Pandas).

In the challangers cup, Highlands A book their place in the final with a 3-0 win away at Panorama, while Randofontein continued their excellent recent form with a 2-1 away at Randburg.

Venues to be confirmed

In the champions cup, Global advanced by default with a 3-0 win against Highlands Park B, while Drunken Pandas surprised Atletico with a 2-1 win. The two teams will play at Global for a place in the final.

In the other side of the draw, Happy Deals beat Florida 5-2 and will face at home Warrios 1, who won 3-1 against Old Parks.

In the challengers cup, Panorama will face Highlands Park A after winning 7-1 against Old Parks (Highlands Park A advanced due to a forfeit against GPMI). In the other quarter finals, both division 2 teams beat their division 1 opponent, with Randburg now facing a home semifinal against a red hot Randfontein (winners of the last 8 games) after beating 3-1 Crusaders and 4-2 Lenasia.

With the leagues done and dusted, it’s now time to focus on the Champions and Challengers Cups.

The first preliminary round (played only in the Challengers Cup) saw Sandton Warriors lose to Randfontein 2-0. Randfontein advances and will play Lenasia in the next round

With Division 1 done and dusted, it was time for the exciting finish of Division 2:

Randfontein got automatically promoted with a 7-0 win away aty GPMI, while Florida lost at home to Randburg. In the other game, Sandton Warriors ended on a high with a 5-0 win against champions Highlands Park B.

With only one game left there is still a cahnce for Old Parks to finish 3rd and leap frog Florida for the last promotion chance.

In Division 1, Warriors sealed their title with a 6-4 win away to Lenasia.

Globsal maintained their second spot with a 6-2 win against Crusaders, while Highlands Park, thanks for a 3-1 win against Panorama, consolidated the 3rd position.

Happy Deals and Atletico ended 3-3.

While Warriors are now champions, and Crusaders and Panorama are relegated, Happy Deals will play the play-off against the 3rd classified in Division 2

In Division 2, Randfontein beat Sandton Warriors 8-2 to move in second place, while Florida dropped points in a 2-2 draw with Highlands Park B, the winners of the league.

Old Parks 2 managed to win at Randburg 3-2 while GPMI beat Drunken Pandas 4-2

In Division 1, Warriors needs just 1 point from 2 games to win the league, after beating Highlands Park 3-2.

By winning 4-3 against Atletico, Lenasia managed to pull themselves out of relegation zone and sit comfortable in 5th place and needs just 1 point to avoid the playout.

Panorama (1-2 vs Global) and Crusaders have been relegated.

In Division 2, Highlands Park B have been officialy promoted thanks to a 3-0 away win at Old Parks.

Randfontein continued their good moment of form by beating Florida 6-2, while Old Parks bounced back with a 1-0 win against Drunken Pandas.

With few games left, there are still 5 teams fighting for a chance of promotion: Flordia (25, 13 games), Old Parks (24, 15 games), Randfontein (23, 14 games), Drunken Pandas (22, 15 games) and Randburg AFC (21, 14 games).

In the top of the log clash, Warrios beat Global 6-2, probably sealing the title.

At the bottom, Panorama lost 3-0 to Lenasia, while Crusaders lost 1-3 to Atletico.

Highlands beat Happy Deals 4-1 in the other game

In Division 2 , with Highlands resting, Florida won against Warriors to confirm their second place. Drunken Pandas lost to Randburg 1-6 and GPMI pulled themselves out of the last position with a 3-2 win against Old Parks 1.

In the other game, Old Parks 2 lost 1-5 to Randfontein, who are now fighting with 4 other teams in 2 points for the 3rd place for the promotion playoff

In division 1, Global United (3-1 vs Atletico) and Warriors 1 (4-1 vs Happy Deals) are now the two team fighting for the championship, with Atletico 10 points behind and almost mathematically out of contention.

At the bottom, Panorama and Crusaders finished the game with a 2-2 draw that didn’t do much for their 2 bottom spots.

In Division 2, Highlands Park B took a decisive step towards an automatic promotion thanks to a 10-3 win against Drunken Pandas. Florida Albion jumped to second with a 6-0 win away at GPMI. In the other games Randburg won against Old Parks 2-1 and Sandton Warriors beat Old Parks 2 6-1