However, in the reverse fixture at Kilembe in the final match of the season the home side gained revenge by defeating Express 1–0 to hand the title to Prisons FC.
Former Cranes internationals Mike “Computer” Kiganda, Hussein Matovu and Emmy Kalanzi were some of the club's stars.
However, the mines fell victim to President Idi Amin’s “economic war” aimed at empowering indigenous Ugandans.
The Canadian company that managed the mines was expelled as a consequence and at the same time copper prices on the world market plummeted.
This arose after the government of Uganda handed down a concession to manage the former copper giant to a consortium of Chinese companies.