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Ronnie Schloss keen to see another North West side in the top flight

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Premier Soccer League official Ronnie Schloss says it will take the North West to have another team in the top tiers for the province to host football matches once more.

The 2010 World Cup Stadium is based in Phokeng near Rustenberg and was until last season used by Platinum Stars, who were sold to a Cape Town-based consortium after being relegated.

With no professional football club in both the National First Division and in the Absa Premiership, it remains to be seen when the football drought in that part of the country will come to an end.

"It's not being used, there's no team that plays there so there's nothing much we can do, because there's only so many PSL teams," Schloss told snl24.com/kickoff.

"It's up to whoever gets promoted, if there's a team from that area and that team gets promoted, I presume they will play there but we can't force teams to play anywhere. They choose where they want to play. 

"So there's nothing we can do. We need a local team so that the community can support it. At this stage there's no team in the NFD. That stadium was built a long time before the World Cup."

Schloss says there is little chance of the venue becoming a 'white elephant' as it's a multi - purpose centre.

"The stadium is used a lot by the community, it's got athletics tracks there and also the other events are held there, it is used very much," he added.

Asked if there was any possibility of the League taking the Nedbank Cup final to Rustenburg this year, Schloss replied: "No I don't think so, no."

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