The Golden Arrows Herald
Market9 Aug 2027
Terms done: Sabelo Sithole is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Shooting Stars waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Golden Arrows is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market9 Aug 2027
Ayabulela Maxwele 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 The request is on a desk at Golden Arrows, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Themba Mantshiyane keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Golden Arrows may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Dumisani Msibi keeps Golden Arrows in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Golden Arrows
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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Philani Khumalo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Philani Khumalo commits to Golden Arrows for another 4 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at Golden Arrows training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Van Wyk is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Door shut on Luke Le Roux
Golden Arrows asked and Portsmouth said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Golden Arrows
Ayanda Jiyane 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.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Golden Arrows against Bloemfontein Celtic
- Market Golden Arrows promote Siyabonga Mkhize from within
- Market Golden Arrows promote Lebogang Erasmus from within