The Black Aces Herald
Match4 Sep 2027
The wait goes on for Black Aces
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Siyabonga Manyama signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Siyabonga Manyama and Black Aces agree another 2 years.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Black Aces
Thato Sibiya 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.
Match4 Sep 2027
A bad afternoon for Black Aces against University of Pretoria
1‑2 to University of Pretoria, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Bradley Mphela runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
One of those days for Bongani Billiat
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.59, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad6 Sep 2027
No hiding place for Samkelo Dlamuka
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Samkelo Dlamuka, and the manager let it.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“I want to play”: Samkelo Dlamuka speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Off the pace: Teboho Dolly
A mark of 5.62 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
In brief
- Player ratings Samkelo Dlamuka never got going
- Market Itumeleng Billiat leaves for nothing
- Market Sifiso Manyama leaves for nothing