Dylan Kerr’s Future at Swallows FC Remains Uncertain Despite Leading Sowetan Club to Safety

Dylan Kerr’s Future at Swallows FC Remains Uncertain Despite Leading Sowetan Club to Safety

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:04 PM
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  • Swallows FC survived the drop thanks to Dylan Kerr but his future is still uncertain at the Soweto-based club
  • Dylan Kerr's contract with Swallows FC expires at the end of June and he has not been given any reassurance
  • Dylan Kerr was brought in for six months to replace Brandon Truter and help save Swallows FC from relegation

Dylan Kerr kept Swallows FC in the promised land but is in still unsure about his future at the club.

Swallows beat the University of Pretoria 1-0 to win the relegation/promotion playoff and secure their spot in the DStv Premiership next season.

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Dylan Kerr is uncertain about his future at Swallows FC, despite leading the club to safety in the recent relegation/ promotion playoff. Image: @iDiskiTimes
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Kerr was appointed as coach of the Soweto-based side after Brandon Truter was fired and given six months to help the club avoid relegation, which he did.

His contract is set to expire at the end of June but he has yet to receive any reassurances of a new deal, iDiski Times reported.

Kerr will also head back to the UK after saving Swallows to attend to personal matters and won’t be in the country to discuss a possible contract renewal, Sowetan Live confirmed.

“I came for six months. It is something that we both agreed on, me and the chairman David Mogashoa, but I need to go home to the UK because I have some personal issues I need to sort out,” he said.

He added that it was up to the chairman now to decide whether he deserves a new contract with the club.

“In football there are so many coaches looking for jobs and I am hoping that the chairman is happy with what we have done. I hope he is happy with the way we played’” Kerr added.

Swallows FC coach Dylan Kerr encourages Hugo Broos to visit Premier Soccer League clubs' training sessions

Dylan Kerr is the latest person to comment on Hugo Broos’ recent statements about the standard of football in South Africa.

The Bafana coach commented that The Premier Soccer League (PSL) didn’t have quality players to allow the national team to compete globally.

Kerr referenced the comments during his post-match talk after Swallows FC’s game against the University of Pretoria. Swallows won the match 1-0 to secure their DStv Premiership status, Times LIVE reported.

Swallows FC survives relegation with a dramatic PSL Play-Off Tournament victory over the University of Pretoria

Moroka Swallows will play in next season's DStv Premiership campaign.

The Dube Birds ran out 1-0 winners against the University of Pretoria at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville, Tshwane on Wednesday afternoon. Yagan Sasman scored in the 61st minute to score what would turn out to be the winner.

The University needed only just a draw and possibly more to be promoted, while a win and nothing less was required for Swallows to retain their status in South Africa's top flight.

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Byron Pillay
Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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