Marked for Tolba Mohamed
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market16 Nov 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Police Union, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.15, and nobody on the pitch better.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Basem Ali 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 Police Union this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Police Union training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohamed Atwa 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Fady Nagah
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Wasiu Jimoh beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match14 Nov 2026
Level with 92 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Police Union had all but put away. Military Production will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A touch he did not mean and a goal that goes in the book with his name against it. Police Union will not blame him tonight and he will not need them to.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The form table has caught Ahmed Daouda
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
Back issues
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Crisis
Market19 Oct 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Police Union, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Amr Moussa 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 Police Union this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Police Union training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohamed Atwa 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
1‑2 to Haras El Hodoud, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Mohamed Atwa
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match17 Oct 2026
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Ibrahim Ayoola had Police Union level again within 2 minutes, and Haras El Hodoud never got to play with a lead at all.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Police Union are still strangers to each other
26 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
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Steady
Market21 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Police Union can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A brace, and Bruno Miño takes the afternoon — 9.05
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Bruno Miño provided it, and the 9.05 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Basem Ali 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 Police Union this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Bruno Miño
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohamed Atwa, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
25 new faces, and Police Union are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
1‑7 against Masr El Makasa, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Mahmoud Daabasa for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Police Union will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Police Union had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sarmiento, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Match12 Sep 2026
No clean sheets in sight for Police Union
5 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
Match12 Sep 2026
Bruno Miño among the goals in a wild afternoon
8 goals in one match, Bruno Miño on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Police Union and Masr El Makasa.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Police Union training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Basem Ali 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Mahmoud Ezzat
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Mehdi Ouaya lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
In brief
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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The dugout
Mehdi Ouaya is still being punished for one mistake
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Player ratings
One moment undoes Tolba Mohamed
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Steady
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Sule John scores twice — 8.72
Two goals and a mark of 8.72 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.50 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market7 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Police Union close the window on a squad of their own making
33 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The deal with Almirante Brown is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No thanks: Iván Manzur rejects the move
Police Union had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Racing, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Amr Moussa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match5 Sep 2026
Sule John among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Sule John on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Police Union and El Dakhleya.