The Golden Arrows Herald
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.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
$30.0K settles it between the clubs for Bongani Grobler
Free State Stars have accepted the money. What Golden Arrows do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Market9 Aug 2027
Kwanele Nayo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Golden Arrows is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Golden Arrows
Asanele Velebayi 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.
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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Philani Khumalo attracts admirers
The name of Philani Khumalo has come up in conversations Golden Arrows were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at Golden Arrows training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cassius Mailula 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 Flávio Silva
Golden Arrows asked and Kaizer Chiefs said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market9 Aug 2027
Golden Arrows promote Percy Khune from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Percy Khune 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
- Market One of our own: Rivaldo Grobler joins the Golden Arrows first team
- Squad Philani Khumalo stays put
- Boardroom Golden Arrows board go back on their word