{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e1f20a82c5631a201cf87bc/6514018bdde53c0011a4ea6d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Roger Links on playing in the first Bafana Bafana team and becoming a youth coach","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e1f20a82c5631a201cf87bc/1695809612579-1101c4ff1509d26037af7b787adb98c9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Today we go back to the origins of Bafana Bafana with one of the first ever players to don the South African kit, Roger Links. The classy defender turned youth coach opens up on his time rooming with Lucas Radebe, playing in the first ever games of the young nation and his career as a youth coach.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Host: Courtney Freese</p><p>Guests: Roger Links (former Bafana Bafana defender)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>#BafanaBafana #AFCON #Ubuntu #CapeTown</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Follow us on IG: @otw_podcast</p><p>Follow us on Twitter: @otw_podcast</p><p>Like us on Facebook: On The Whistle Podcast</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Show Notes</p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>01:21 - Representing first Bafana Bafana team</p><p>07:22 - Being Lucas Radebe's roommate&nbsp;</p><p>08:43 - Football clubs letting down youngsters</p><p>16:18 - State of football in South Africa</p><p>20:11 - South Africa lacking identity</p><p>Duration: 25:13</p>","author_name":"Zayn Nabbi"}