Kermit Lorch

Goalkeeper - Black Aces
10 Oct 2026
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Marked for Kermit Lorch

6 Edition

The Black Aces Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Kermit Lorch puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Black Aces, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Black Aces

Itumeleng Lorch 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.

Match5 Sep 2026

Itumeleng Lorch sends Black Aces past University of Pretoria

It finished 2‑1, and it was Itumeleng Lorch’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Black Aces.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Itumeleng Lorch was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.55. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

One of those days for Thulani Williams

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Ninety minutes of Ronwen Phiri at his very best

Marked 8.06. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Black Aces.

Squad7 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Sifiso Manyama

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

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ronwen Phiri is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ramahlwe Tau named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Ramahlwe Tau is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Black Aces Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market10 Aug 2026

Black Aces turn down Kaizer Chiefs for Itumeleng Lorch

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market10 Aug 2026

Kermit Lorch 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Itumeleng Lorch signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Itumeleng Lorch commits to Black Aces for another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Itumeleng Lorch 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 Black Aces this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Black Aces

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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Black Aces promote Ronwen Mokotjo from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ronwen Mokotjo 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Black Aces promote Ramahlwe Lorch from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ramahlwe Lorch 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Ramahlwe Tau

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

Match8 Aug 2026

Rivaldo Manyama the difference as Black Aces beat Bidvest Wits

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rivaldo Manyama. 1‑0 against Bidvest Wits, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

1 Edition

The Black Aces Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Itumeleng Lorch wants more than Black Aces are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Khama Erasmus 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 Black Aces this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Black Aces training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Itumeleng Lorch is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Kermit Mokoena signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kermit Mokoena commits to Black Aces for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Itumeleng Lorch asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nobody at Black Aces has picked up the phone to Percy Lorch

24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief