The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel
Squad5 Mar 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mothobi Mvala
85 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bloemfontein Celtic lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad5 Mar 2029
81 days out for Lerato Manzini after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bloemfontein Celtic will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
A brace, and Bradley Kekana takes the afternoon — 8.01
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Bradley Kekana provided it, and the 8.01 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market5 Mar 2029
Tapelo Xoki asks to leave Bloemfontein Celtic
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings5 Mar 2029
Ronwen Zungu, 17, steals the show — 7.65
Marked 7.65 at 17, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
The dugout5 Mar 2029
Tebogo Masemola keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bloemfontein Celtic may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Words exchanged at Bloemfontein Celtic
Siphelele Mkhulise 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.
Match3 Mar 2029
Bradley Kekana’s goal not enough for Bloemfontein Celtic
Bradley Kekana scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Chippa United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Mothobi Mvala signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mothobi Mvala commits to Bloemfontein Celtic for another 1 years.
In brief
- Market Luther Mokotjo steps up from the Bloemfontein Celtic academy
- Market One of our own: Siyabonga Lorch joins the Bloemfontein Celtic first team
- Market Bloemfontein Celtic promote Dean Williams from within