Jan 19, 2021 - 01:35 pm By PSL Media
Swallows FC duo of Brandon Truter and Ruzaigh Gamildien have been named the DStv Premiership Coach and Player of the Month award winners for December/January (5 December 2020 - 10 January 2021) respectively.
Truter, who guided Swallows FC to promotion to the top division, has continued his impressive start to the 2020/21 DStv Premiership with the high-flying Birds, winning his second individual monthly award for two months in succession. The Birds remain unbeaten after their opening 11 games.
The experienced judging panel for the awards praised Truter for showcasing an exciting brand of football with Swallows as well as creating unity by combining a group of talented youngsters with experienced players at his disposal, including an incredible fightback in some of their tougher fixtures.
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AFL by Rebecca Williams, Matthew Turner and Chris Cavanagh 15th Jan 2021 1:04 PM
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Subscriber only Not long after he was drafted from East Fremantle to Geelong in the 2007 national draft, Harry Taylor wrote down some goals. Taylor s early ambition was to play 150 AFL games with the Cats, so he could secure a life membership with the club. I have always been very process driven and goal-orientated and I wrote down some goals not long after I got drafted, the recently-retired defender said. I wanted to play 150 games because that would allow me to become a life member of our footy club.
Dec 14, 2020 - 07:00 pm By Sipho Mlotha
Swallows FC head coach Brandon Truter has revealed how the ambitious club lost out on two former Mamelodi Sundowns stars. Brakkies has confirmed that the Beautiful Birds were interested in former Bafana Bafana defender Clayton Daniels as well as Wayne Arendse.
Both players were recently released by their respective clubs SuperSport United and Mamelodi Sundowns and are currently available on free transfers.
The Cape Town-born duo are vastly experienced and were almost snapped up by Swallows, who are currently in their maiden top-flight season.
However, Truter has since explained what curtailed their interest in the two centre-backs.