The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel
Squad10 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Bloemfontein Celtic
Jordan Lotomba 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Bruce Bvuma 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.
The terraces10 Jan 2028
The crowd has taken to Teboho Modiba
At 16 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.
Match8 Jan 2028
Bloemfontein Celtic see off Black Aces
Three points for Bloemfontein Celtic, 2‑0 the final word against Black Aces in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings10 Jan 2028
Ninety minutes of Matías Esquivel at his very best
Marked 8.15. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Bloemfontein Celtic.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Romario Dlamini 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Relebohile Mofokeng has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bloemfontein Celtic will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market10 Jan 2028
Bloemfontein Celtic put Solly Khunyedi up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Solly Khunyedi may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market10 Jan 2028
Bloemfontein Celtic bring in an old head
Salim Boukhanchouche is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Relebohile Mofokeng
- Market The Jordan Lotomba talk will not go away
- Player ratings Teboho Modiba changes it off the bench