When Lobatse based outfit Extension Gunners announced the arrival of new investor Chief Ali Kgomongwe a week ago, a collective sigh of relief was felt among the team’s long suffering support base.
The arrival of Kgomongwe marked the end of their everyday struggles as they trudged along the often-perilous road to professionalisation, a journey fraught with backstabbing, sabotage, and betrayal by team managements. For Gunners in particular, the journey back to the Botswana Premier League (BPL) was daunting.
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