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Swallows and Orlando Pirates have announced their starting line-ups for this evening’s DStv Premiership encounter at Dobsonville stadium. The Original Soweto derby is set to take place under the floodlights this evening. The Dube Birds are coming into this game after registering their first win away from home this...

Swallows head coach Ernst Middendorp was furious after the final whistle following two red cards for his side and heated exchange with the referee in the tunnel.  The Dube Birds suffered a 2-0 defeat, their second successive loss in Cape Town in a space of a week after losing to...

Former Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi has not yet been unveiled by Swallows despite joining the club in January and Ernst Middendorp has now addressed the situation. The shot-stopper has been training with Swallows since September but they couldn’t sign him, as they were still banned by FIFA in...

SAFA have suspended two match officials who have made huge mistakes recently after the body’s review committee found them to have erred in their work. The first of the two suspended match officials is Cledwin Baloyi, as first reported by SABC Sport. He was first assistant when he denied Swallows...

Swallows FC head coach Ernst Middendorp has revisited his Nedbank Cup final defeat with Kaizer Chiefs against TS Galaxy in 2018/19 season when discussing upsets of cup competitions. On Wednesday evening, Gauteng ABC Motsepe League leaders, Dondol Stars, who are 30 places below SuperSport United in the South African football...

Sekhukhune United head coach Brandon Truter and his Swallows counterpart Ernst Middendorp clapped hands for Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya’s stunning goal, in their DStv Premiership tie in Polokwane on Friday.  The former Kaizer Chiefs left-back was starting his first game under Truter and he scored a beauty from 40 yards out...

Swallows coach Ernst Middendorp almost stormed out of his post-match press conference following his side's goalless draw with TS Galaxy. The German tactician was left boiling by the line of questioning from the media when he was asked about the Sekhukhune United match in the first question after the...

Swallows coach Ernst Middendorp was furious with TS Galaxy midfielder Mlungisi Mbunjana receiving the Man of the Match award after his side's goalless draw with the Rockets. The Dube Birds collected one point despite playing for almost an entire half with just 10 men after Gregory Damons got sent...

Former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder has recalled the day he made his debut for the Amakhosi, revealing what then coach Ernst Middendorp told him before the match. Blom, 23, came through the club's youth ranks but completed a transfer to Major League Soccer side St. Louis City on 23 December. The midfielder...

New Swallows coach Ernst Middendorp says he shouldn’t be judged based on winning trophies but on the contribution he has made in this country by giving unknown players a chance. One of those players Middendorp gave a chance to is Njabulo Blom at Kaizer Chiefs, who has been signed by...