Amagents F.C.

Full nameAmagents Football Club
Short nameAmagents F.C.
GroundLekhubu Secondary School[1]
CoachJonathan Laverick

Amagents Football Club is a football club based in the Broadhurst district of Gaborone, Botswana. For the 2010/11 Season they will be playing in the GACFA Second Division.

Organisation

The club consists of the first team and two youth teams, who play at the Under 17 and Under 15 levels. The first team is coached by Jonathan Laverick, who was appointed in May 2009, the youth teams are managed by William Monene.

Colours

Amagents play in Black Shirts/Shorts with Orange trimming. The youth teams play in an all white kit. There are currently no shirt sponsors. The youth teams play in Blue, with the kit being donated by Billingham Campus School in the UK.

Recent history

Amagents had an eventful 2008/9 season moving to Lekhubu Private School after their home ground was demolished for development. Although they led the league at Christmas, the team ended up missing out on promotion after a poor second half of the season. This led to the appointment of a new coach. This led to a strong start to the 2009/10 season, but only a sixth-place finish.
The U17 team gained third place in an international 7-a-Side competition held at Maru a Pula School in September 2009. Following this success a campaign was launched to organise boots and equipment for the youth team. This campaign was featured in the Northern Echo.[2]
The club has also featured in raising HIV/AIDS awareness.[3]
2009 saw the launch of the club's website, one of the first for any club team in Botswana.[4] This in turn led to worldwide publicity following an AFP film crew visit and the setting of a YouTube channel carrying match highlights, another first in Botswana.

References

  1. ^ "Amagents Football Club - 2011/12". www.WebTeams.couk. Web Teams. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Fay, Chris (28 September 2009). "Botswana Football Team Need kitting Out". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ SARPN Newsflash "Aids activists challenge men to test for HIV", The Voice (Botswana)
  4. ^ Amagents FC "24th September – Amagents FC, One Month Online" Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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