Township Rollers F.C.
| Full name | Township Rollers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tse Tala, The Blues, Popa-Popa | ||
| Founded | 1961 (as Mighty Tigers) | ||
| Ground | Botswana National Stadium UB Stadium Jamali Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 | ||
| Chairman | Walter Kgabung | ||
| Manager | Innocent Morapedi | ||
| League | BTC Premiership | ||
| 2024–25 | 6th | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Township Rollers Football Club is a football club based in Gaborone, Botswana. Rollers are also known as Popa, The Blues or Tse Tala, the official nicknames of the club. The club is also often referred to as Mapalastina, a nickname that developed in the 1990s but has never been officially adopted by the club. Rollers is the most successful club in Botswana football history, having won more league titles and cup competitions than any other local side. It enjoys a large support base all over the country and has been called arguably the best-supported team in Botswana.
The club was founded in 1961 as Mighty Tigers, later adopting the name Township Rollers in 1965. Rollers has an old rivalry with cross town club Gaborone United. The match between the two sides is called the Gaborone Derby. Rollers also have a bitter rivalry with Mochudi Centre Chiefs, and matches between the two sides over time have eclipsed the Gaborone Derby as the biggest football encounter in Botswana due to both clubs' following and success.
Club financier Jagdish Shah has been the most influential figure at the club since 2013. The team is owned by its supporters, whose membership of the club qualifies them to be a part of the Township Rollers society. The society membership elects the Rollers executive committee at annual general meetings (AGM).