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Louisvale Pirates (often misspelt as Louisville Pirates) are a football club from the town of Louisvale in the Northern Cape.

They were promoted from the SAFA Second Division (Vodacom League for sponsorship reasons) in 2004. [1] In the 2004–05 season they were relegated from the National First Division. [2]

Until Hungry Lions in 2021, they were the only team from the Northern Cape province to play in the PSL. [3]

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References

  1. "South Africa 2003/2004". RSSSF . Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. "South Africa 2004/2005". RSSSF . Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. Moyo, Lovemore. "Hungry Lions becomes first Northern Cape team in PSL since Louisvale Pirates in 2004/05". KickOff. Retrieved 29 July 2023.