The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel
Match9 Jan 2027
24 matches without a win for Bloemfontein Celtic
The run now stands at 24, and the questions being asked around Bloemfontein Celtic are no longer polite ones.
Match9 Jan 2027
Chastening afternoon for Bloemfontein Celtic
A 0‑3 beating by Black Aces was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market11 Jan 2027
Bloemfontein Celtic say no — this time
The offer from Nagoya Grampus for Gift Zwane was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Kermit Jali 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.
Match9 Jan 2027
Bloemfontein Celtic cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Kutlwano Letlhaku 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Hlompho Jali 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Kermit Mahlangu
“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.
Boardroom11 Jan 2027
Nobody left the Bloemfontein Celtic dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
In brief
- Player ratings Gift Zwane runs at them all day
- Market The Kermit Mkhize story refuses to die
- Market Hlompho Zwane runs his contract down