Strikers fire blanks

11 May 2015 - 02:10 By Nick Said

Premier Soccer League strikers are still failing to find the net, with the highest scorer managing only 14 goals this season. Though Moeketsi Sekola's 14 goals earned him the Golden Boot and shows an upward trend from recent years, it's still a paltry figure.Only once in the past 10 seasons has a striker scored 20 goals in a season, a feat managed by Siyabonga Nomvethe during the 2011-2012 campaign.The late Richard Henyekane came close when he scored 19 goals for Lamontville Golden Arrows in 2008-2009.Free State Stars striker Sekola, whose form earned him a call-up to Bafana Bafana's Cosafa Cup squad, finished a goal ahead of Bloemfontein Celtic's Lerato Lamola.Only five strikers made it into double figures - the others being Polokwane City's Puleng Tlolane (11), Kermit Erasmus of Orlando Pirates (10) and Mamelodi Sundowns' Cuthbert Malajila (10).Special mention should go to Supers port United's New Zealand nternational forward Jeremy Brockie, who only joined the PSL. in January, but scored eight league goals.In total he scored 10 goals in 17 starts in all competitions and was perhaps the leading marksman of the second half of the campaign.The league's strikers hit an all-time low last season when Kaizer Chiefs forward Bernard Parker picked up the top-scorer prize having managed just 10 goals.The most prolific season since the start of the PSL was when Collins Mbesuma terrorised defences and netted 25 goals in helping Chiefs to the 2004-2005 championship title.The only other players to hit 20 goals since 1996-1997 are Daniel Mudau of Mamelodi Sundowns, who netted 24 in 1998-1999 and former Umtata Bush Bucks forward Wilfred Mugeyi who got 22 in the first year of the PSLPule "Ace" Ntsoelengoe's total of 36 goals for Kaizer Chiefs in 1974 is the most goals scored in one season since the National Professional Soccer League was launched in 1971.Its successor, the National Soccer League, had a 28-goal haul in 1991 by Fani Madida, the year all leagues were unified, as its record...

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