Erick Williams

Goalkeeper - Bloemfontein Celtic
4 Oct 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Erick Williams

6 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Percy Jali

Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

SuperSport United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Bloemfontein Celtic did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Mandla Phiri 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 The request is on a desk at Bloemfontein Celtic, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

The Chippa United deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Erick Williams reports back to Bloemfontein Celtic with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad

Ramahlwe Zwane 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.

Squad

Gift Mothiba named player of the month

The award goes to Gift Mothiba, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.

Squad

Luther Modiba named in the team of the month

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

Player ratings

Dumisani Zuma takes the honours

Marked 7.02 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Bloemfontein Celtic had the best player on the pitch.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Samkelo Mzolo

“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.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic leave it late against Mamelodi Sundowns

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 87th, and Mamelodi Sundowns spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Market

Enyimba come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Bloemfontein Celtic did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Erick Williams 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 Bloemfontein Celtic can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic

Ramahlwe Zwane 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.

Market

Erick Williams attracts admirers

The name of Erick Williams has come up in conversations Bloemfontein Celtic were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

Bloemfontein Celtic see off Mamelodi Sundowns

Three points for Bloemfontein Celtic, 1‑0 the final word against Mamelodi Sundowns in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Ronwen Ngcobo 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.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Gift Mothiba at his very best

Marked 8.10. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Bloemfontein Celtic.

Squad

Oscar Marchant gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief