Bradley Manyama

Left Midfielder - Free State Stars
22 Jul 2029
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135 Edition

The Free State Stars Chronicle

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The terraces26 Feb 2029

Anger at Free State Stars spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Market26 Feb 2029

Only the photograph left for Rivaldo Grobler

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Rivaldo Grobler will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Free State Stars the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match24 Feb 2029

Nobody wants to play Free State Stars right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad26 Feb 2029

Words exchanged at Free State Stars

Thulani Dala 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.

Match24 Feb 2029

Free State Stars see off University of Pretoria

Three points for Free State Stars, 2‑1 the final word against University of Pretoria in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout26 Feb 2029

Khama Dala frozen out at Free State Stars

This is not rotation. Khama Dala has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Free State Stars is pretending otherwise.

Match24 Feb 2029

Nobody wins at Free State Stars

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

The dugout26 Feb 2029

Themba Manyama left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Themba Manyama will call it something else in private.

The dugout26 Feb 2029

Junaid Sait 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

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The Free State Stars Chronicle

7 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Aug 2028

Erick Tau 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.

The dugout7 Aug 2028

Williams Grobler says Free State Stars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Transfer targets7 Aug 2028

Facundo Quintana will not be coming to Free State Stars

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Deportes Tolima is saying, and nobody at Free State Stars is enjoying the guessing.

Squad7 Aug 2028

Words exchanged at Free State Stars

Thulani Dala 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.

Boardroom7 Aug 2028

6 academy graduates step up at Free State Stars

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Transfer targets7 Aug 2028

Door shut on Kadir Barría

Free State Stars asked and Cuiabá said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad7 Aug 2028

Erick Vilakazi 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.

Market7 Aug 2028

One of our own: Thamsanqa Mphela joins the Free State Stars first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thamsanqa Mphela is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market7 Aug 2028

Free State Stars promote Siyabonga Hlatshwayo from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Siyabonga Hlatshwayo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief