[1] The original Highlands Park were founded in 1959 and had been champions of the National Football League on eight occasions.

Larry Brookstone however continued to work as the managing director of Silver Stars until May 2007, when he sold his majority of shares to Royal Bafokeng Nation, who moved the playing ground from Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane to Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Phokeng, and also renamed the club to Platinum Stars.

[5] After the short-term affiliation with Silver Stars, the Highlands Park amateur club had also continued to develop on its own.

The club gained promotion in May 2007 to Vodacom League, and Larry Brookstone at the same time made the decision to dedicate all his energy and further investments to Highlands Park FC, where he worked as CEO.

[7] In the subsequent 2010–11 season, the club managed to win the Gauteng division and qualified to the playoff stage, held in May 2011, between the nine divisional winners divided into two round robin groups.

The team was promoted to the National First Division in 2014 after winning the ABC Motsepe League Group B Play-offs by beating Natal United 2–0.

This bigger facility was used until 2009, and was also used as the training ground of the Platinum Stars football club, in which the owner of Highlands Park, Larry Brookstone, continued to hold some personal shares until November 2008.