From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for Cotonsport Garoua.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Marked 8.11 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Cotonsport Garoua have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Cotonsport Garoua U18
Dieu Ne Dort Adjini Avama was marked 6.93 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Oct 2029
The offer from Cotonsport Garoua for David Fernande was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market1 Oct 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dynamo Douala can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody made more than Alex Diboto this month
3 assists, 7.23, and a Victoria United player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Oct 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Fortuna Mfou is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Highest marks in the league belong to a Cotonsport Garoua man
Daniel Sosah averaged 8.11 over 5 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
3 goals in 5 appearances for Victoria United leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
5 goals in 5 appearances for Fortuna Mfou, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Sep 2029
Joseph Apam hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Unisport Bafang can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2029
The offer from Unisport Bafang for Junior Dande was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market1 Sep 2029
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Unisport Bafang moved on, Patrick Fergani reports back to Dynamo Douala, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Aug 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Fauve Azur Elite, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Aug 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Aug 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Aigle Royal de la Menoua is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jul 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jul 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Jul 2029
The deal that would have taken Adam Musah to Gazelle Garoua has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Colombe du Dja et Lobo with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jun 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stade Renard de Melong is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 May 2029
Junior Dande hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dynamo Douala can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 May 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Fortuna Mfou they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 May 2029
Carlos Yougouda is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Cotonsport Garoua has been clear about where Carlos Yougouda stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Apr 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Unisport Bafang, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Fortuna Mfou is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Apr 2029
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Gilbert Neossi has his answer from PWD Bamenda; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Nobody scored more than Seidu Basit
The month closes with Seidu Basit out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Gazelle Garoua have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Seidu Basit is the division's player of the month — 7.99
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Gazelle Garoua man on 7.99 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Domnan Panse is the month's best young player — 7.48
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.48 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Cotonsport Garoua player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Mar 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colombe du Dja et Lobo can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Mar 2029
The offer from Aigle Royal de Moungo for Ismaël Fansu was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Mohamed Niaré leads the division for assists — 7.33
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Victoria United player marked 7.33, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Mar 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Colombe du Dja et Lobo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Seidu Basit is the division's best-marked player — 7.99
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.99 across 4 matches for Gazelle Garoua.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Panthere du Nde leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
4 in 4 for Stade Renard de Melong. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Alex Diboto up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Victoria United — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 4 appearances for Canon Yaounde.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
Marked 8.40 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. PWD Bamenda have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.06 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Cotonsport Garoua player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Feb 2029
Joel Obi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Panthere du Nde can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Feb 2029
The bid was some way short and Stade Renard de Melong did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
Ismaël Fansu leads the division for assists — 7.11
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Fortuna Mfou player marked 7.11, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Feb 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stade Renard de Melong is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
Serge Daura is the division's best-marked player — 8.40
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.40 across 4 matches for PWD Bamenda.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Cotonsport Garoua leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Gazelle Garoua leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2029
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
Junior Kemajou-Dimabi is the division's player of the month — 7.32
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Fauve Azur Elite man on 7.32 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Plateau United
Domnan Panse was marked 7.63 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Jan 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stade Renard de Melong can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
Adam Musah leads the division for assists — 7.04
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Colombe du Dja et Lobo player marked 7.04, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Jan 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Fortuna Mfou they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
Robert Luthuli is the division's best-marked player — 7.88
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.88 across 4 matches for Panthere du Nde.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
Moses Chima up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Panthere du Nde — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
4 goals in 5 appearances for Fauve Azur Elite, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
4 goals in 5 appearances for Colombe du Dja et Lobo leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
3 goals in 5 appearances for Dynamo Douala, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Market1 Jan 2029
Joel Obi is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Panthere du Nde has been clear about where Joel Obi stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Canon Yaounde.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Clinton N'jie is the division's player of the month — 7.66
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Canon Yaounde man on 7.66 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Cotonsport Garoua
Jean François Popess Manguele was marked 6.98 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Dec 2028
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aigle Royal de Moungo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Saidou Nouhou leads the division for assists — 7.55
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Gazelle Garoua player marked 7.55, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Dec 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dynamo Douala is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Lulama Nxumalo is the division's best-marked player — 7.93
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.93 across 4 matches for Unisport Bafang.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
3 goals in 4 appearances for Cotonsport Garoua leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
3 goals in 4 appearances for Colombe du Dja et Lobo, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
3 goals in 4 appearances for Unisport Bafang, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
4 goals in 4 appearances for PWD Bamenda leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Colombe du Dja et Lobo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Marked 7.89 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Aigle Royal de la Menoua have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.13 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Cotonsport Garoua U18 player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Nov 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Nov 2028
Aiman Riahi has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Fortuna Mfou they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Marc Onguene leads the division for assists — 7.26
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Panthere du Nde player marked 7.26, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Blaise Fuh Ndiforchu averaged 7.89 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
2 goals in 4 appearances for Dynamo Douala, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
4 goals in 4 appearances for Cotonsport Garoua, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Market1 Nov 2028
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Dynamo Douala, another week without a signature from Rostand Aliana Fossi.