Kaizer Chiefs legend Lucky Stylianou remembers how he was hilariously welcomed at Amakhosi by his then teammates including legendary goalkeeper Joseph 'Banks' Setlhodi and the late Johannes 'Ryder' Mofokeng.
Stylianou, who played as a midfielder and one of the top players of his generation, joined Chiefs in 1978 which was the first year of the non-racial league in South Africa.
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In reminiscing about the good old days at the Soweto giants, Stylianou says he was told to slaughter a goat as one of the ways to show respect to the ancestors and the club's former players.
"This is something that happened about 20 years ago when I joined Kaizer Chiefs and Ryder (Mofokeng) held me by my hand which was a traditional and African way of introducing me to the players. I was then told that I was going to be a Christian and that I had to be baptised. I said fine, and they then told me that to honour the ancestors and the previous Chiefs players, I had to slaughter a goat," he said.
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"So, we were in the middle of Braamfontein, and you can picture Braamfontein back then, it was a business hub of Johannesburg with all the offices and a lot of business people. So, I said, 'Where do I do this?' They said I've got to do it in front of the hotel in the street. I went downstairs to the chef of the hotel, and I asked for a sharp knife and said I needed to do something very quickly. I was given the knife and at that time Banks (Setlhodi) and them were already outside and standing on the pavement and the team was watching me. They told me that there was going to be a kombi that would be coming around the corner in five minutes and they said I should be on alert when opening the door because the goat would be in there. They said I should stop the goat from jumping out," added Stylianou.
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"The only advantage I had was that when I was growing up my father had a supermarket which had a butchery, so I knew how to cut meat as a young boy. That part didn't frighten me, and I was just worried about standing on the pavement, but I couldn't let the teammates down. When the kombi came, they were all screaming and shouting and reminded me of how careful I should be in grabbing the goat quickly to prevent it from jumping out. After opening the door of the kombi, I jumped in to grab the goat only to realise that the goat was a rubber goat. I had even put overalls on and an apron on and I was ready to tackle the goat and to wrestle it. That was how I was introduced to the Kaizer Chiefs family," concluded Stylianou.
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