Erick Phiri

Central Midfielder - Black Aces
2 Dec 2026
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Marked for Erick Phiri

18 Edition

The Black Aces Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market30 Nov 2026

Lebogang Vilakazi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Black Aces can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

No sign of nerves from Erick Phiri at 21 — 7.89

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Erick Phiri did not need any: 7.89, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Black Aces

Dean Jali 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 dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Lebogang Vilakazi

“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.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Morgan Hlatshwayo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match28 Nov 2026

Black Aces share the spoils with SuperSport United

A 2‑2 draw with SuperSport United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Sifiso Mokoena: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 2‑2 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Looking ahead30 Nov 2026

Black Aces take on the side everybody is chasing

Mamelodi Sundowns arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Evidence Vilakazi 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.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Black Aces Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market2 Nov 2026

Lebogang Vilakazi asks to leave Black Aces

“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.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Both of them Teboho Dala's — 8.92

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.92, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Black Aces

Dean Jali 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.

Match31 Oct 2026

Black Aces come up short against Platinum Stars

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

The terraces2 Nov 2026

One of their own: Teboho Dala

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Lebogang Vilakazi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Teboho Dala is the month’s best young player

At 20 he was better than everybody his age in the division for four weeks running, which is harder than one good afternoon. Black Aces will try not to make too much of it.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 2‑3 Sifiso Mokoena left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Teboho Williams 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.

In brief