André Nkong

Right Back - Aigle Royal de la Menoua
20 Feb 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for André Nkong

28 Edition

The Aigle Royal de la Menoua Sentinel

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Aigle Royal de la Menoua

Beaten 0‑4 by Cotonsport Garoua, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Ismaël Fansu keeps Aigle Royal de la Menoua in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

A falling-out at Aigle Royal de la Menoua

Julien Patrice Belemb and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom

Inquest at Aigle Royal de la Menoua

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Squad

Bryan Ramses Wirsiy signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bryan Ramses Wirsiy commits to Aigle Royal de la Menoua for another 3 years.

The dugout

Fabrice Dawa: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑4, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad

Jean Fai makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of André Nkong

“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 ratings

Nobody could get near Seini Hamit

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
26 Edition

The Aigle Royal de la Menoua Sentinel

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Aigle Royal de la Menoua throw away a 2-goal lead

2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Canon Yaounde the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Aigle Royal de la Menoua will enjoy reviewing.

Market

Aigle Royal de la Menoua turn down Fauve Azur Elite for Franck Ntsague

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Jean Fai at 16 — 7.92

The hardest thing about being 16 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jean Fai did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Joëlton Djondang asks to leave Aigle Royal de la Menoua

“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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Aigle Royal de la Menoua

Ismaël Fansu 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ulrich Lobé

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Aigle Royal de la Menoua share the spoils with Canon Yaounde

A 2‑2 draw with Canon Yaounde leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout

Rodrigue Ele left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Rodrigue Ele will call it something else in private.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Fabrice Dawa on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 2‑2, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

In brief

6 Edition

The Aigle Royal de la Menoua Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Seini Hamit

Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Franck Kombobilo puts it in writing

“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 la Menoua, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

Deadline passes with 15 signed and 1 gone

That is the business done at Aigle Royal de la Menoua until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Market

Afrique Foot Elite come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Aigle Royal de la Menoua did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Panthere du Nde join the queue for Eden Creol

Add another name to the list: Panthere du Nde have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eden Creol. The answer from Aigle Royal de la Menoua has not changed — yet.

Match

Aigle Royal de la Menoua come up short against Panthere du Nde

Panthere du Nde left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Tempers go at Aigle Royal de la Menoua

Julien Patrice Belemb 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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Fabrice Dawa to a room that had heard them before.

Boardroom

Aigle Royal de la Menoua say no to the training-ground money

The plan went upstairs and came back down. Nothing about that will make a headline anywhere else, and everybody who works at the training ground will remember it for years.

In brief