It’s a double for Swallows FC as their coach Brandon Truter and striker Ruzaigh Gamildien have won the December/January (5 December 2020-10 January 2021) DStv Premiership Coach and Player of the Month awards respectively
Truter, the man behind Swallows’ promotion from the GladAfrica Championship to the Premier Division, won his second individual monthly award for two months in succession. Truter has led the Dube Birds, who are second on the DStv Premiership table, to seven wins and four draws this season.
In the period between 5 December and 10 January, Swallows FC won three games (Maritzburg United, Black Leopards and Cape Town City) and drew twice.
On the other hand, Gamildien was chosen as the best player during this period after scoring five goals including a brace each in victories over the Team of Choice and the Citizens.
Truter and Gamildien, who each received a trophy and R7 000, beat Mamelodi Sundowns’ Manqoba Mngqithi and SuperSport United duo of Kaitano Tembo and Bradley Grobler.
