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The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Golden Arrows, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market

Bongani Tau 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.

Squad

Ramahlwe Williams keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bloemfontein Celtic may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Sifiso Vilakazi out for 32 days

The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Sifiso Vilakazi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad

Luther Mkhize in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bloemfontein Celtic this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Hlompho Hlatshwayo

Marked 8.88 — 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Lebogang Zungu

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Siyabonga Mothiba in the eights

A performance of 8.64 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

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The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The cup run ends for Bloemfontein Celtic

1‑2 against Mamelodi Sundowns, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Ramahlwe Williams says Bloemfontein Celtic went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic

Luther Mkhize 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Ramahlwe Mothiba

Marked 9.26 — 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Siyabonga Dube

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Siyabonga Dube, and the manager let it.

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic get the job done against Free State Stars

A 1‑0 win over Free State Stars, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

One of those days for George Matlou

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.45, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Thulani Mphela out for 55 days

The medical room confirms 55 days on the sidelines for Thulani Mphela, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Ramahlwe Mphela runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief