Teboho Phiri

Centre Forward - SuperSport United
12 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Teboho Phiri

15 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

SuperSport United keep winning on the road

7 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Squad

Themba 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 SuperSport United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Khama Billiat

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Itumeleng Williams the difference as SuperSport United beat Polokwane City

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Itumeleng Williams. 2‑0 against Polokwane City, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Luther Dolly

Marked 8.40 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Itumeleng Williams in the eights

A performance of 8.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Andile Mothiba 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.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Themba Zwane

A mark of 5.58 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

Market

The Percy Vilakazi story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Percy Vilakazi signs something — a contract at SuperSport United or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

SuperSport United up to position 1

22 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Match

SuperSport United keep winning on the road

5 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Match

Whatever happens, SuperSport United do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Tempers go at SuperSport United

Thulani Mokotjo 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.

Match

SuperSport United find a way past Free State Stars

Free State Stars made SuperSport United work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Itumeleng Williams

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Khama Billiat was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.52. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad

Percy Vilakazi 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.

Squad

Luther Dolly named player of the month

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

In brief