By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has announced the death of Peter Mancer, a former Marketing and Broadcasting specialist advisor.
Mancer was a founding administrator of the PSL in its inception in the 1996-97 season and credited with many of the league’s marketing initiatives over the years.
Affectionately nicknamed ‘Squire’, he was among the negotiators of the sponsorship and television rights deals of the 2000s that saw the PSL become worth hundreds of millions of rand.
Mancer battled severe lung illness for a number of years and was housebound during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The PSL is mourning the sad passing of Peter ‘Squire’ Mancer,” the league said.
“Mancer spent many years as a PSL marketing and broadcasting specialist adviser.”
The PSL is mourning the sad passing of Mr Peter ‘Squire’ Mancer.
Mr Mancer spent many years as a PSL Marketing and Broadcasting specialist advisor.https://t.co/mDgs05G5Kh pic.twitter.com/9OUUFA95mR
— Official PSL (@OfficialPSL) January 2, 2023
PSL chair Irvin Khoza said of his the death of his friend and close associate: “We express our sincere condolences to the Mancer family. Your loss is indeed our loss.
“Together with you, we will miss the gentle giant — ‘Mancer the Dancer’. When I think about Squire, I think of pedigree — he was one of a kind.
The PSL said the “Mancer family will announce funeral arrangements in due course”.
@MYANC joins the Premier Soccer League (PSL) and the entire soccer fraternity in mourning the untimely passing of renowned soccer administrator Mr Peter ‘Squire’ Mancer. #RIPSquire pic.twitter.com/Nn7phgJFkw
— African National Congress (@MYANC) January 2, 2023
Meanwhile the African National Congress (ANC) joined the Premier Soccer League (PSL) and the entire soccer fraternity in mourning the untimely passing of renowned soccer administrator Mancer.