1929 The English Football Association sends an amateur representative side to tour South Africa and they only play against white sides. 1924 Whites only South Africa side tours Britain. 1920 The English Football Association sends an amateur representative side to tour South Africa and they only play against white sides. 1916 The Durban & District Native Football Association is established. The English Football Association sends an amateur representative side to tour South Africa and they only play against white sides. 1910 The South African Football Association joins FIFA, the first association from outside of Europe to do so. 1907 The famous English amateur soccer team ‘Corinthians' tours South Africa for a third time (first in 1897, and then in 1903). African clerks from Natal form ‘Old Natalians' at Simmer and Jack Mine, Johannesburg. State to appeal over group areas case at Curries. 1906 The All-White South African soccer team tours South America. The South African Indian Football Association is formed in Kimberley. 1903 The famous English amateur soccer team ‘Corinthians' tours South Africa for a second time (first in 1897 and later in 1906). The South African Indian Football Association (SAIFA) is founded in Kimberley, where a national competition for Indians ”” the Sam China Cup ”” is held. 1902 Durban ‘Bush Bucks' soccer club is established on an American Board mission station. They are the first South African football side to tour abroad and for most opposition the first black team they played against. They are captained by Joseph Twayi who becomes the Treasurer of the South African Native National Congress in 1915. They play 50 games in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France. 1899 The team is called the ‘Kaffir Football Team’.
1898 The Orange Free State Bantu Football Club tours England, becoming the first South African team to play in Europe. 1897 The famous English amateur soccer team ‘Corinthians' tours South Africa (and again in 19). 1895 SAFA affiliates to the English Football Association 1896 Indian football clubs come together to form the Transvaal Indian Football Association. 1892 The Whites-only South African Football Association (later known as FASA) is formed. 1880 African and Indian soccer clubs are active in Durban and Johannesburg 1882 Natal Football Association (Whites-only) is founded.
1879 Pietermaritzburg County Football Club (Whites-only) is established. This is an ongoing project, if you would like to make a contribution please click on the contribute link above 1862 The first documented football matches in South Africa are played in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (between White civil servants and soldiers).