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Langton Nyakwenda
Zimpapers Sports Hub
FORMER Dynamos chairman, Patson Moyo, has challenged the Harare giants to “get organised early” and start preparing for the 2026 season to avoid the near calamity of the just ended term.
Although DeMbare won a record third straight Chibuku Super Cup, the nation’s most popular football team had to survive relegation on the last day of the 2025 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season.
The burly Moyo, a veteran football administrator who led Dynamos to the 2008 CAF Champions League semi-finals, believes the reality of relegation was a huge wake-up call for the fading giants.
Dynamos have been thrown to the periphery of local football thanks to the emergence of financially stable and better administered teams, which include new champions Scottland, MWOS, Simba Bhora, TelOne, Ngezi Platinum Stars and FC Platinum.
Instead of attracting the best players in the land, DeMbare are now losing their top players to these emerging clubs at a rate that is both alarming and dangerous.
And Moyo feels the trend could continue if the club’s shareholders do not act swiftly to reverse the situation.
“Now is the time to get organised and solve all issues before the start of the next season.
“It starts with the shareholders reaffirming the mandate of the executive.
“It removes all corridors of speculations, putting the executive to concentrate on putting a good team together,” said Moyo.
His sentiments come at a time when there is speculation on the composition of Dynamos’ executive.
While Moses Maunganidze remains the official chairman of the club, there have been reports linking former vice-chairman Vincent Chawonza with a sensational return as the boss.
Chawonza was seen in the company of club owner Bernard Marriot at the Soccer Star of the Year banquet held in the capital last Friday.
The future of coach Kelvin Kaindu is also uncertain amid word that the Zambian could be lured by 2024 champions Simba Bhora.
“Then also, most importantly, there is the issue of the coaching team.
“You see, teams like Scotland have done that very early which is very good.
“Confirmation of the coach’s mandate and contract gives the coach enough time to assemble the team he thinks is competitive enough to fight for honours in the next season.
“Football is won in the pre-season window period. Sponsors should all be aligned, and there is a need for a good communication channel on new signings with the fans.
“Once the fans are involved, it boosts their confidence level and they attend matches.
“Fans are Dynamos’ biggest strength,” said Moyo.
The Harare businessman was instrumental in galvanising support for Dynamos during the season, when most fans were boycotting matches in protest against the way the club was being run.
“Dynamos’ strength is in its fighting spirit.
“If that spirit hits them, they conquer whatever is in their space,” added Moyo.
“But, for it to work, the team has to be motivated and the fans have to be behind them in their huge numbers.
“That was the weapon Dynamos used to avoid relegation and defend their Cup.
“The boycott was working negatively for the team. The empty stadium created very low spirits not consistent with the Dynamos we have known.
“That’s when I knew something needed to be done. There was that need for intervention from a neutral point. I did step forward, took a big call of calling off the boycott and instead advocated for unity amongst all Dynamos stakeholders.”
Moyo made the bold move before Dynamos faced MWOS at Rufaro on August 2.
DeMbare went on to beat the Norton side 1-0 and never lost again until the end of the season.
They also retained the Chibuku Super Cup after edging Triangle United 1-0 at Gibbo on November 29.
