Highlands Park F.C. (1990)

Highlands Park Football Club were a South African soccer club based in Highlands North, Johannesburg. The club was founded in 1990 as a successor to the original Highlands Park, founded in 1959, following the sale of the club's license to Jomo Sono and the formation of Jomo Cosmos. and They were promoted to play in the National Soccer League for the 1991 season. After the 1991 season, the club had played well enough to avoid relegation, and was then bought by the relegated NSL club Port Elizabeth Blackpool, as part of a merger deal, where the new team continued to play in Johannesburg and continued to compete with the name "Highlands Park FC". When this merged club, once again had managed to avoid relegation after the 1992-season, this at the same time meant, that they ceased to exist. The professional side of the club and its NSL licence, were bought by the new club Welkom Eagles, with a relocation of the team for the 1993 season, now to play 267 km away from Highlands North, in the city known as Welkom.

Highlands Park F.C. (1990)
Full nameHighlands Park Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lions of the North
FoundedJanuary 1990
DissolvedDecember 1992
(bought by the Welkom Eagles)
GroundBalfour Park Stadium,
Highlands North, Johannesburg
Capacity13,500
LeagueNational Soccer League
1992 season18th
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