The Plateau United Sentinel
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Plateau United
Victor Dawa 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 ratings21 Sep 2026
Vincent Temitope runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Vincent Temitope 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 terraces21 Sep 2026
Plateau United supporters have found a favourite in Alao Dabani
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Alao Dabani 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Plateau United find a way past Katsina United
Katsina United made Plateau United work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Alao Dabani
7.73, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Plateau United had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- Squad Gideon Monday dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Vincent Temitope named player of the week
- Market Temitope Adaralegbe placed on the list