BackpageThe KwaZulu-Natal provincial government is pushing to have February's Soweto Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates played at Moses Mabhida Stadium.
This traditional fixture is scheduled for FNB Stadium and it will be the first of this season on February 1.
Fans react to the possibility of this fixture being played in Durban and GOAL runs through some of the comments.
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BackpageNabi will cook the whole season he has enough wood now - Samuel Skhalaze Magagasi
BackpagepixThat's the worst form of this clash. It's again proving that fans no longer matter in this game - Zano TakaPhawu Mbekela
GalloOrlando Stadium is our home, let them play there and first come, first serve for the tickets. We did play there sometime back for MTN8 semis and there was no problem. 🙄🙄🙄 - Samuel Ketsise
Getty ImagesFNB makes business sense. Pirates and Chiefs must only play Cup games outside of Gauteng - Rector Pholoane
BackpagepixThey must consider Cape Town. Durban has had a lot of football in all the years - Ta Roger
BackpagepixIt won't make business sense to cut or deprive 40k supporters to watch the game, this is the biggest derby in Africa's calendar year by no chance that the game will be moved to Durban - Ndumiso Ntshangase
BackpagepixThen we should change the name to Country Wide Tour Derby. Can you imagine the Manchester Derby played in London, the Madrid Derby played in Valencia or Seville or the Milan derby in Rome? Take us seriously lona - クゴツオフラング クリス
Getty ImagesWow what a blessing, Pirates to take three points in our home soil Moses Mabhida - Senzo Mudes
BackpagepixThat's what I've been saying, chips have an advantage there but peeps are blind, Mabhida is where we will humiliate chips 😁 - Makee Bucs
ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty ImagesSoweto derby should only be played at FNB stadium to accommodate all fans....we do not want another tragic stampede - Makoma Komape