BT Football Academy yet to provide explanation for what went wrong with Europe trip
A group consisting of 34 teen footballers and 4 coaches flew to Spain earlier in July to take part in an international football tournament, but were left stranded after they discovered their flights home hadn’t been booked
The team and their coaches were stranded for a week after their return tickets were never booked. They touched down in South Africa on 24 July 2025. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - BT Football Academy is yet to provide an explanation for what went wrong with the trip involving 34 teen footballers and 4 coaches.
The group flew to Spain earlier in July to take part in an international football tournament.
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But they were left stranded after they discovered their flights home hadn’t been booked, despite their parents forking out R50,000 for the trip.
Law Society's criminal law committee chairperson, William Booth, said parents who wish to take legal action against the academy could be compensated due to the fact that return tickets were never booked.
“My view is that at least theft and or fraud would be applicable in this instance. Then what laws or regulations does the academy appear to have violated?
"Well, look, obviously the common law of theft or fraud, and then you've got laws possibly in terms of the Immigration Act and the Child Justice Act.”