Hlompho Lorch

Central Midfielder - Retired
25 Feb 2029
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88 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces3 Apr 2028

Anger at Bloemfontein Celtic spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Squad3 Apr 2028

A fracture rules Keagan Manyama out for 19 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bloemfontein Celtic will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Boardroom3 Apr 2028

Teboho Furman has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Bloemfontein Celtic can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market3 Apr 2028

Riyaaz Koopstadt asks to leave Bloemfontein Celtic

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic

Christ Evo Ememe 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.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Hlompho Lorch signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Hlompho Lorch and Bloemfontein Celtic agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Teboho Mothiba 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.

Boardroom3 Apr 2028

Bloemfontein Celtic pull $4.4M back off the table

The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.

Market3 Apr 2028

Themba Zwane linked with a move away

The name of Themba Zwane keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Bloemfontein Celtic say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

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74 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces27 Dec 2027

The mood at Bloemfontein Celtic has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Player ratings27 Dec 2027

Kermit Zwane runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic

Teboho 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.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Percy Mkhize 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.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Bloemfontein Celtic pick somebody else ahead of Hlompho Lorch

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Squad27 Dec 2027

The manager makes an example of Hlompho Furman

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

58 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match4 Sep 2027

No end in sight to Bloemfontein Celtic's wait for a win

11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bloemfontein Celtic has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings6 Sep 2027

Themba Jali runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Ayanda Mtshali breaks a bone — 48 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 48 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Oarabile Booysen is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic

Teboho 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.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Hlompho Lorch signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Hlompho Lorch and Bloemfontein Celtic agree another 2 years.

Match4 Sep 2027

Honours even between Bloemfontein Celtic and Polokwane City

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market6 Sep 2027

Hlompho Furman is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bloemfontein Celtic has been clear about where Hlompho Furman stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market6 Sep 2027

The Kermit Zwane question follows Bloemfontein Celtic around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Kermit Zwane’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

47 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad21 Jun 2027

Mandla Dolly damages knee ligaments — 40 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 40 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.

Boardroom21 Jun 2027

Pressure builds in the Bloemfontein Celtic boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Ayanda Mtshali breaks a bone — 133 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 133 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

In brief