The Barau Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Joseph Atule stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Joseph Atule and Barau agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match1 Aug 2026
6 goals as Barau and Katsina United go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Barau and Katsina United, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Muh’d Muh’d Umar runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jimmy Ambrose 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 Barau this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Birkirkara watching Jude Mamman
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Barau have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Joseph Atule was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.23. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Barau training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Uzochukwu Ezeobi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
Moses Tsehuan is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Barau has been clear about where Moses Tsehuan stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jimmy Ambrose 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.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Barau and Katsina United
- Market Still no ink between Barau and Abdulmajid Aminu
- Market The clock runs on Bismark Duah's contract