Swallows FC Saviour Dylan Kerr Gets Green Light to Continue as Manager of DStv Premiership Side

Swallows FC Saviour Dylan Kerr Gets Green Light to Continue as Manager of DStv Premiership Side

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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  • Dylan Kerr has been given assurance that he will be the head coach of Swallows FC for the new season
  • Swallows FC coach Dylan Kerr led the Soweto-based side to safety in the relegation/promotion playoffs
  • Dylan Kerr has expressed his love for Swallows FC and the country and highlighted his ambitions for the club

Dylan Kerr’s miracle of saving Swallows FC from relegation has earned him a permanent contract.

Kerr was brought in by Swallows on a six-month contract, with his contract expiring at the end of June.

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Swallows FC Chairman David Thiediela has assured Dylan Kerr that he will be the coach next season after he saved the club from being relegated. Image: @thomasmlambo
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He admitted recently that he was unsure about his job at the Soweto-based club and sparked rumours that he was leaving the country for good with a recent Twitter post.

Many believed that it was Kerr's way of saying goodbye to the club and country.

The South African has now reported that Kerr has been given assurances that he will remain in charge next season.

“The chairman, David Thidiela, spoke to me last week and said ‘look, forget about all the rumours about Gavin Hunt, Ernst Middendorp and Cavin Johnson coming to Swallows. You are going to be the coach here next season’,” Kerr said.

Kerr also expressed his love for Swallows and ambitions of growing the club but admitted that the club will have to avoid making the same mistakes as the last season.

“Let’s go forward and learn from our mistakes. Every football club has its flaws, every football club does things that you are not supposed to do. We learn from it and we grow from it,” he added.

Moroka Swallows coach Dylan Kerr was spotted in a shebeen with supporters to celebrate escaping PSL relegation

Moroka Swallows coach Dylan Kerr appears to be intent on enjoying the team's miraculous escape from relegation in the best possible way.

The 55-year-old Maltese posted on his Twitter account him hanging around with Dube Birds supporters out in Soweto.

He was at a tavern called Peter's Place in the neighbourhood of Moletsane.

Dylan Kerr's future at Swallows FC remains uncertain despite leading the Sowetan club to safety

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.

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.

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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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