Ranking January 1979 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | 1. | Durban City | 45 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 69: | 12 | +57 | 26* | 2. | Suburbs United | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 48: | 27 | +21 | 25 | 3. | Dynamos | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 42: | 24 | +18 | 25 | 4. | Cape Town Spurs | 33 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 46: | 29 | +17 | 25 | 5. | East London United | 29 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 33: | 27 | +6 | 26* | 6. | Bluebells United | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31: | 35 | -4 | 24 | 7. | Maritzburg United | 23 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 34: | 46 | -12 | 23 | 8. | Berea | 21 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26: | 37 | -11 | 24 | 9. | Glenville | 21 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 34: | 49 | -15 | 26 | 10. | Swaraj | 21 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31: | 45 | -14 | 26 | 11. | Manning Rangers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34: | 45 | -11 | 26 | 12. | Port Elizabeth United | 19 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26: | 38 | -12 | 25 | 13. | African Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24: | 41 | -17 | 26 | 14. | Berea Albion | 15 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20: | 44 | -24 | 26* |
|
_ Coca Cola KO Shield: Durban City. | 18 teams started. Hellenic, Cape Town City and Roodeport Guild did not finnish the tournament. Pretoria Sundowns defected during the early stages. | Teams from 1977 NFL: Durban City, Durban United, East London United, Berea Park, Marizburg, Hellenic, Cape Town City and Roodeport Guild. | Suburbs United was a merger between Verulam Suburbs and NFL team - Durban United. Maritzburg was acquired by Durban based Berea! | African Wanderers was a break team of 1978 NPSL African Wanderers! | Durban City, Hellenic, Dynamos and Cape Town City joined 1979 NPSL. | Berea Albion replaced Roodepoort Rangers late in the season but had they started from the begining they would certainly not have been wooden spoonists. | The biggest dissapointment of the season was Swaraj who won the FPL league last season. This club changed hands and names, so often that the ordinary soccer follower became confused. At various stages it was known as Swaraj, Johanesburg Rangers, Johanesburg City, BP Swaraj and then Swaraj again and towards the end, Johanesburg City. | Goalscorer: Ian Gillies (Maritzburg United) 18 goals. | Teams to 1979 FPL: Cape Town Spurs, Bluebells United, Maritzburg United, Berea, Glenville, Suburbs United (Avalon) and Maning Rangers. |
|