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979. In February 1980 the official name was changed to Dion FC. The club was referred to as "Dion Highlands FC" from 1981 to February 1983. The club played its last official professional match at 12 February 1983, where the club lost the final of the BP Top Eight Cup 0-2 to Orlando Pirates. Ahead of the 1983-season, the club's league franchise for NPSL, was purchased by Jomo Sono. The new club name became Dion Cosmos, which ahead of the 1984-season was renamed to Jomo Cosmos. In 1990 a newly formed professional team with the name Highlands Park FC was created and, were promoted to play in the 1991 National Soccer League, where the club finished at a respectable 9th place. NSL team Port Elizabeth Blackpool purchased the franchise after their own relegation in the same season. The team ceased to exist in 1991, as the clubs sponsor did not want to prolong their relationship. The new owners created a new club Welkom Eagles, to play in Welkom and replaced "Highlands Park FC" in the National Soccer League in 1993. As the city Welkom is located 267 km from Johannesburg, the new owners only had interest to buy the clubs league license and professional players, while the junior teams and senior amateur teams were not a part of the deal. In 2000 Highlands Park created a collaboration between themselves and Silver Stars, Silver Stars were renamed to "HP Silver Stars", while the Highlands Park junior team for a couple of years worked as the nursery team for the club. In 2003 the club managed to create a second semi-professional Phoenix Club with the name Highlands Park FC. During the first four seasons, the reborn "Highlands Park FC" competed in the fourth tier of the South African football league, known as SAFA Regional League