Football fans have long memories and they'll remember that 20 years ago, Kaizer Chiefs broke a 12-year league hoodoo when they won the first of two league titles under the late Ted Dumitru.
Dumitru had won two league titles with Mamelodi Sundowns in the 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons, kickstarting a dominance of the domestic league that has endured through the past two and a half decades.
Across the eras of Sundowns' hegemony with different coaches, Chiefs always held their ground, but the past three seasons have been marked by one-sided matches that were capped by Thursday night's 5-1 capitulation at home.