Bush Bucks is a former South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Football (soccer)

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. The club was founded in 1957 and based in Umtata in the Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...

. It is nicknamed Imbabala (The Bucks).

At the end of the 2005/2006 season, the club was relegated from the Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League

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 to the Mvela Golden League

National First Division

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 after finishing second from bottom in the table.

In September 2006, the club was liquidated due to ongoing financial problems.

A new club Western Province United were formed and granted a license to participate in Buck Buck F.C's place in the National First Division.

In 2007, a phoenix club - Bush Bucks F.C. (2007)

Bush Bucks F.C. (2007)

Bush Bucks F.C. is a South African association football club. The club was founded in 2007 by former Bush Bucks F.C. owner Sturu Pasiya when he purchased a license to participate in the Vodacom League from Lion City FC....

was created.