Bay United was a South African professional football (soccer) club based first in the city of Port Elizabeth and later Polokwane.

[2] After the 2006–07 season Sipho Pityana purchased the club through his company, Izingwe Holdings and VW became the team's main sponsor.

[3] The main reason given for selling the club were, a lack of funds, stemming from the teams demotion from the Premiership at the end of the 2008–09 season.

The reduction in income due to playing in the NFD, as well as a fine for releasing players seem to be the main causes for the club's problems.

[4] The league franchise was eventually sold to Striving Mind Trading 522 CC, a Limpopo based company, headed by Julia Mogaladi.

The team was relegated at the end of the 2008–09 Premiership season, and then moved its home matches to the smaller Westbourne Oval.