Here today … gone tomorrow
Highlands Park to Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Sono was in the market for a top-flight status to start his own club and found a willing seller in Highlands Park in 1983, a club who would later three times come back from the dead.
Highlands were founded in 1959, had been league champions eight times and were a famous name through the 1960s and 70s.
Their last game in their original carnation was the final of the BP Top 8 in February 1983, when they lost 2-0 to Orlando Pirates, before the owners decided to sell up to an eager Sono.
The club was originally rebranded Dion Cosmos, but by 1984 had taken on the name they have today, and would go on to claim the National Soccer League (NSL) title in 1987.
The team also lifted the Bob Save Super Bowl in 1990, Coca-Cola Cup in 2002 and 2005, and the SAA Supa8 in 2003.
But their star began to wane soon afterwards and after suffering relegation in 2008, they have yo-yoed between the top two divisions with no further trophy success.
The last few years have been particularly difficult as they have been involved in a few relegation battles to the third tier and amateur football.
Highlands Park briefly returned with a phoenix club in the early 1990s and when Larry Brookstone took ownership in 1996, he later merged with Silver Stars to form HP Silver Stars, which was eventually
