Former Cape Town Spurs centre-back Clayton Daniels has revealed who should be blamed for the club's short stay in the DStv Premiership.
Spurs, who were promoted through the play-offs, have now been relegated from the top tier of South African football in less than a year.
A goalless draw against SuperSport United on Friday, coupled with a 1-0 victory for Richards Bay FC over Orlando Pirates on Saturday, saw the Urban Warriors being automatically relegated from the elite division.
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Daniels, who was recently released by the club, says everyone at Spurs should take the blame for what has just happened.
"What happened on Saturday was a very sad day for Cape Town football," Daniels admits, speaking to this publication.
"It is difficult to understand the situation, but it's part of the game. They have to answer a lot of tough questions now. They have to look from the beginning up until the end. They have to look at the decisions they have made, was it the right decisions? They have to take ownership.
"They need to ask themselves if they are in the right space or place to run a football club. It's a very difficult time for Cape Town football," he continued.
Daniels also says a number of factors contributed to the club's drop to the second tier, including not having a pre-season because of the play-offs.
"You bring in new coaches, you bring in new players, you look into all those kinds of things. In any business when it's not successful, you have to take the responsibility, whether you are a worker or you are the CEO or the cleaner.
"Everyone must take responsibility. Everyone plays a part. As players also, we have to take responsibility because we are part of whatever went wrong.
"I won't say the squad was too inexperienced because if you look at the players we had there, we did have players with experience also, like myself, Nazeer Allie, Keagan Buchanan, Surprise Ralani and Michael Morton. All these are experienced players who were capable of keeping the team up.
"But in all relationships, you have to have cohesion and have a good team spirit.
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"Not having a sponsor during the season made things difficult, people no longer sponsor football teams as they should, and yes, finances do play a role in a club being relegated."
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