The Free State Stars Chronicle
Match26 Sep 2026
8 matches without a win for Free State Stars
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Free State Stars are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Free State Stars
Riyaaz Koopstadt 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Themba Erasmus’s goal not enough for Free State Stars
Themba Erasmus scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Bidvest Wits, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad28 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Keagan Tau
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Keagan Tau, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Bongani Modiba 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Lebogang Zwane knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Free State Stars, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Siyabonga Mokotjo
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Bradley Zwane could not find anything
5.69. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A day to forget for Percy Phiri
Marked 5.80, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Morgan Williams
- Market Andile Zungu leaves for nothing