DeMbare Ranked 13th In Africa

However, their longest barren spell remains the 10 years the club spent staggering in the darkness, without being champions, between 1997 and 2007.

They have virtually disappeared from the jungles of continental inter-club football, where they used to be one of the regular participants, usually punching way above their weight, if one considered their lack of resources.

They have not won a league title in six years but, somehow, Dynamos are ranked as high as the 13th top African club, by one of the world’s leading data collection football sites.

The Glamour Boys are in the midst of their second longest barren run, in search of the league championship.

The dry spell matches a similar fruitless six-year search, without a league title, between 1970 and 1976.

A magical run into the final of the CAF Champions League in 1998 represented the high point of their battles on the continent.

Then, a dozen years ago, David Mandigora also took them on a merry run, in the same tournament, as they reached the semi-finals.

British newspaper, The Guardian, even hailed their tale as world sport’s finest achievements that year. Herald