Soccer rebels arrive
NZPA-Reuter Johannesburg Five members of an 18man squad of top soccer players have arrived in South Africa for a controversial two-week. six-match tour. The South African Press Association (S.A.P.A.) and the "Citizen” newspaper quoted football sources as saying the five were the former England striker. Brian Greenhof, who plays for Leeds United, a former Tottenham Hotspur
goal-keeper, Milja Aleksic. Derby County's Barry Powell and Jimmy Gordon, and an unnamed British black player. The. reports said the players', whereabouts were being kept secret until the Football Council of South Africa (F.1.5.A.) made its expected announcement launching the tour today. F.I.S.A.’s legal adviser, Raymond Heck, who is also vice-chairman of the national
professional soccer- league. I declined to comment on the i reports beyond saying: "Wait until Wednesday's press conference where everything ; will be cleared up." : F.1.F.A., soccer's interi national controlling body, has i warned players who take part in the projected tour ; that they would face reprisals.’ South Africa was , expelled from F.I.F.A in 1976 > because of its apartheid poliI cies. .
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