Luther Khune

Defensive Midfielder - Free State Stars
30 Mar 2027
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Marked for Luther Khune

30 Edition

The Free State Stars Chronicle

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings22 Feb 2027

Both of them Gift Mabunda's — 8.89

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.89, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Words exchanged at Free State Stars

Ronwen Jali and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match20 Feb 2027

Free State Stars get the job done against Polokwane City

A 2‑1 win over Polokwane City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The terraces22 Feb 2027

The crowd has taken to Teboho Mphela

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad22 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Free State Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siyabonga Dube was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Luther Khune signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luther Khune commits to Free State Stars for another 3 years.

The dugout22 Feb 2027

Bradley Manyama: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑1, already talking about the next one.

The dugout22 Feb 2027

Erick Billiat 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.

Squad22 Feb 2027

A ban for Ethan Chislett

One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Free State Stars lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.

In brief

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The Free State Stars Chronicle

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market15 Feb 2027

Keagan Mahlangu 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 Free State Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Remember the name: Teboho Mphela

He is 20, he is averaging 7.20, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad15 Feb 2027

A falling-out at Free State Stars

Ronwen Jali and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Zuko Mdunyelwa 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.

Match13 Feb 2027

Free State Stars come up short against Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

Bradley Manyama answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings15 Feb 2027

Teboho Mphela leaves them behind him

Shots: 8. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Squad15 Feb 2027

A first team debut at 19 for Luther Khune

Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 19. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

Erick Mphela knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Erick Mphela trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief