Dean Ngcobo

Goalkeeper - SuperSport United
19 Dec 2026
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Marked for Dean Ngcobo

15 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Nov 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Gustavo Corti

83 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. SuperSport United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Themba Mahlangu

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Tempers go at SuperSport United

Itumeleng Mothiba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces9 Nov 2026

SuperSport United supporters have found a favourite in Lebogang Mphela

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Lebogang Mphela has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match7 Nov 2026

Luther Dala sends SuperSport United past Polokwane City

It finished 1‑0, and it was Luther Dala’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to SuperSport United.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

A masterclass from Luther Dala

Marked 8.25 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Oct 2026

Gustavo Corti damages knee ligaments — 98 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 98 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Themba Mahlangu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match24 Oct 2026

SuperSport United let it slip despite Percy Lorch

Percy Lorch had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Ajax Cape Town were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Both of them Percy Lorch's — 8.55

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.55, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Match24 Oct 2026

Honours even between SuperSport United and Ajax Cape Town

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ronwen Lorch dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

12 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Gustavo Corti

106 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. SuperSport United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Dean Ngcobo

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match17 Oct 2026

SuperSport United come up short against Bidvest Wits

Bidvest Wits left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at SuperSport United

Gustavo Corti was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Defences have started doubling up on Themba Mahlangu

9 goals and a season average of 7.20 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Thamsanqa Khune

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

2 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Thamsanqa Khune runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Themba Mahlangu signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Themba Mahlangu and SuperSport United agree another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at SuperSport United

Itumeleng Mothiba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

5 academy players handed senior numbers at SuperSport United

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Themba Mahlangu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

SuperSport United supporters have found a favourite in Lebogang Mphela

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Lebogang Mphela has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market10 Aug 2026

Polokwane City watching Dean Ngcobo

The interest is real enough to have reached print. SuperSport United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market10 Aug 2026

Ronwen Phiri steps up from the SuperSport United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ronwen Phiri has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

SuperSport United promote Ramahlwe Furman from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ramahlwe Furman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief