Thomas Teka

Central Defender - Tusker
22 Oct 2027
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37 Edition

The Tusker Post

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match10 Apr 2027

Cruel end for Bidco United as Tusker pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Tusker scored in the 94th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Match10 Apr 2027

Tusker make home a hard place to visit

13 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.

Market12 Apr 2027

Thomas Omole has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tusker they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match10 Apr 2027

Nobody wants to play Tusker right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

The terraces12 Apr 2027

Tusker supporters have found a favourite in Teddy Dok

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Teddy Dok has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match10 Apr 2027

Teddy Dok sends Tusker past Bidco United

It finished 1‑0, and it was Teddy Dok’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Tusker.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Ian Simiyu Jr. signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ian Simiyu Jr. commits to Tusker for another 3 years.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Tusker

Ian Simiyu Jr. was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings12 Apr 2027

Teddy Dok was the difference for Tusker

Marked 7.53. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

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The Tusker Post

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market25 Jan 2027

David Polepole has said yes to Sofapaka

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Tusker have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Siyanda Ndlovu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tusker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market25 Jan 2027

Edwin Simiyu moves on

Mara Sugar pay $61.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Transfer targets25 Jan 2027

Tusker rebuffed over Favour Bala

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Plateau United have kept their man, and Tusker go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Tusker lose Yakeen Muthelil

19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Transfer targets25 Jan 2027

Tusker ask about Xhovalin Trifoni

A loan enquiry to Teuta Durrës: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

Thomas Teka gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

Ian Simiyu Jr. gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ian Simiyu Jr. is on it.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Lwandiso Radebe needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Tusker know which stage they are at.

In brief

18 Edition

The Tusker Post

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Brandon Obiero: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tusker have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Siyanda Ndlovu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tusker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom30 Nov 2026

Wages swallow 163% of the Tusker income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Ian Simiyu Jr. gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ian Simiyu Jr. is on it.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Edwin Simiyu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market30 Nov 2026

The Vincent Owino question follows Tusker around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Vincent Owino’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

17 Edition

The Tusker Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Tusker

Siyanda Ndlovu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Cliff Oruko out for 37 days

The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Cliff Oruko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Siphelo Baloni has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Tusker know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Market23 Nov 2026

Talks stall between Tusker and Siphelo Baloni

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Edwin Simiyu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Eric Kapaito gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Eric Kapaito is on it.

In brief