Miscellaneous SC Serowe

Miscellaneous Sporting Club is a football club based in Serowe, Botswana. Miscellaneous is also known as Tsenala (the red and white), Mmamonotwane, the official nicknames of the club. The club is also often referred to as (Miscellaneous), a nickname that developed in the early days but has never been officially adopted by the club.

Miscellaneous Sporting Club is a soccer club based in Serowe, Botswana.^[1] The club is currently playing in the Botswana Premier League.^[2] The club's colours are red, white and green.

The team is owned by its supporters, whose membership of the club qualifies them to be a part of the Miscellaneous SC’s inner sanctum. The society membership elects the Miscellaneous executive committee at annual general meetings (AGM). The team has a strong following outside Botswana, most notably in Scotland.

Club Administration[]

The club is currently administered by an executive committee comprising (Chairman), (Vice Chairman), (Secretary General), (Vice Secretary), (General Manager), (Public Relations Officer), (Treasurer), (Marketing Manager), and Additional Members and .

History[]

The last time Miscellaneous competed in the elite league was in the 1970s when there was only National First Division. That was then and since their demotion to the lower ranks, the Serowe side has struggled to make ends meet.

The first President of Botswana, late Sir Seretse Khama when he returned from exile, formed Miscellaneous in 1962.^[3] At the time, Khama is reported to have found Motherwell being the only side in the village. He formed Miscellaneous and recruited some players from Motherwell. Khama found it strange that there can only be one team in Serowe and wanted Miscellaneous to challenge Motherwell.^[3]

Miscellaneous became a household name and produced a number of players who have gone to shine at other Gaborone sides like Township Rollers, Gaborone United and BDF XI.

If you look at the history of Serowe, the royal family led all the teams. Seretse handed the team to his son Ian in the 70s and has since remained the life president of the club.

Miscellaneous has always produced brilliant players but were disadvantaged by lack of job openings in the village. The likes of [[OG Godirwang]], , and lately have all deserted the Serowe giants to seek greener pastures south of Dibete cordon gate. This saw Miscellaneous struggling to find their footing.

Current squad[]

As of 1 July 2018^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BOT 2 DF  BOT Thabo Mosielele 3 DF  BOT Bokani Leeto 4 DF  BOT 5 DF  BOT 6 MF  BOT 7 MF  BOT 8 DF  BOT 11 MF  BOT 12 MF  ZIM 13 MF  RSA 14 DF  BOT 15 MF  ZIM

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  BOT 17 MF  BOT 18 MF  BOT 19 FW  BOT 21 DF  BOT 22 MF  BOT 23 GK  BOT 24 DF  BOT 26 GK  BOT 27 DF  RSA 28 MF  BOT 29 MF  BOT

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