UMaseko ngomunye wabadlali beqembu leHighlanders abalodumo loba nje sekuleminyaka eminengi wayekela umdlalo wenguqu. Ubeyingxenye yeqembu leHighlanders lodumo elihluphe ngeminyaka yama 1980s kodwa uthi ekuqaleni wayethandabuza ukuyalidlalela ngoba ngesikhathi yena esiyadinga umsebenzi kulo ngo1983 kabazange bemqhatshe.
“Ngahamba kuma trials ngemva kokukhuthazwa ngabangane bami kodwa ngemva kwesikhathi mina labanye satshelwa ukuba kabasoze basithathe. Ngabuyela kuqembu lami eleDRG Vikings okwakuliqembu lenkampani engangiyisebenzela. Kwenzakala ukuthi owayesengumqeqetshi weqembu leHighlanders uBobby Clark, wangibona ngidlalela iqembu lami wabe ebatshela abeHighlanders ukuthi lowu ngiyamfuna azodlala kithi. Ngithe sengitshelwa ngumqeqetshi wami kuDRG Vikings ukuthi abeHighlanders bayangifuna ngayala mina ngathi bazangifuna njani bona bangixotsha. Umqeqetshi nguye owangikhuthaza ukuba ngihambe kuHighlanders njalo bangithenga nge$500."
UMaseko uthengwe liqembu leHighlanders edlala phambili kodwa kuthe ngemva kokulimala kuka Douglas ‘British’ Mloyi wayadlala emuva. Ubeyimvimbi yeqembu leHighlanders ethenjiweyo kwaze kwafika umnyaka ka1989 lapho asuke wayadlalela iqembu leDarryn T esigodlweni iHarare. Abalandeli beqembu kabazange bakuthakazelele ukusuka kwakhe bamthuka besithi udonswa ngamakhala ngunkosikazi wakhe.
“Kwaba lesikhathi lapho engasuka lami ngezwa kusithi ngimile impiko lami ngihambe. AmaNdebele abe esithi iShona leli selithatha uMaseko lizasibulalela ithimu. Ngangifuna ukukhuphuka nje lami yikho ngasuka ngayadlala okomnyaka owodwa kuqembu leDarryn T. Iqembu lalisithi lingabuya lizodlala eHarare ngihambe ngiyolibona njalo aboMercedes babengikhuthaza ukuba ngiphenduke ekhaya. Ngaphenduka-ke njalo ngo1990 saphakamisa isicoco seligi,” kutsho uMaseko.
Uphinde wabuyela njalo esigodlweni uMaseko esethole umsebenzi kweyinye inkampani khonale njalo uthi ukubuyela kwakhe kwadala ukuba acine etshiya iqembu leHighlanders ngoba engasadlaliswa.
“Ngaphinda ngabuyela eHarare sengithole umsebenzi enkampanini okuthiwa yiBrian Lawrence njalo ngangisadlali njengenjayelo kodwa abalandeli beqembu bathi uMaseko ngowethu angeke ayandawo, kumele azilolonge khonale eHarare simthathe ngempelaviki. Umqeqetshi uRoy Barreto kazange akuthakazelele lokho njalo ngiyakhumbula umdlalo owangicaphula kakhulu lapho esadlala leTanganda eMutare basitshaya 3 – 0 uWillard edlala emuva mina ngihlezi ebhentshini. Ngemva kwalokho kwaba lomdlalo esawudlala eGweru kwaba lenhloli eyavela kwele South Africa eyathi bayangifuna elizweni leSouth Africa njalo lami ngahle ngavumela phezulu ngoba lapha ngangingasadlali kuhle."
UMaseko uhambe kwele South Africa wayadlalela iqembu leMamelodi Sundowns kwaze kwafika u1996 lapho athatha ipemtsheni ngemva kokulimala idolo. Esukalapho waba ngumqondisi wenkampani eyenza omakhalekhukhwini.
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