The Golden Arrows Herald
The terraces18 Jan 2027
A $110.0K sale, and a town that did not want it
Nkosi Gumede has gone, the accounts have $110.0K in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Market18 Jan 2027
Nqubeko Dlamini 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 The request is on a desk at Golden Arrows, and it is not being withdrawn.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 dugout18 Jan 2027
Kwanele Nayo 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Kwanele Nayo’s move to Tusker falls through
The deal that would have taken Kwanele Nayo to Tusker has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Golden Arrows with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market18 Jan 2027
Business is business: Nkosi Gumede goes
Bidvest Wits paid $110.0K and Golden Arrows took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Thabo Matlaba 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Teboho Tlolane in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Golden Arrows this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Jerome Karelse beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Nobody on the pitch touched Thabo Matlaba
7.48, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Golden Arrows had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- Market Nduduzo Sibiya placed on the list
- The dugout Teboho Tau on the point
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Mpendulo Dlamini