Marked for Junior Nguimbat
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad1 Mar 2027
Robert Ndip Tambe 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.
Match27 Feb 2027
A 2‑1 win over Panthere du Nde, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Joel Kunde kept it short after the 2‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
Freddy Bomo 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 Freddy Bomo is on it.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ali Nsangou was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fabrice Ndeh Nsoh, and the manager let it.
Market1 Mar 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Blaise Loïc Tsagué signs something — a contract at PWD Bamenda or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
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Steady
Match13 Feb 2027
PWD Bamenda throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Aigle Royal de Moungo the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that PWD Bamenda will enjoy reviewing.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.84 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Freddy Bomo pops up at the right end — 6.42
6.42, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market15 Feb 2027
Only the photograph left for Alain Sifor
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alain Sifor will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around PWD Bamenda the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Robert Ndip Tambe and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
PWD Bamenda asked and Stade Malien said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zilkifilu Rabiu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Freddy Bomo's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
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Squad18 Jan 2027
Boris Kameni breaks a bone — 23 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Two goals and a mark of 8.80 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market18 Jan 2027
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Unisport Bafang waiting with a shirt. Nobody at PWD Bamenda is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Squad18 Jan 2027
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Match16 Jan 2027
10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Pierre Akono 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 PWD Bamenda this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Blaise Loïc Tsagué 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.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stade Malien have kept their man, and PWD Bamenda go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match16 Jan 2027
It finished 2‑0, and it was Robert Ndip Tambe’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to PWD Bamenda.
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Crisis
Match5 Dec 2026
No end in sight to PWD Bamenda's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at PWD Bamenda has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Pierre Akono 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at PWD Bamenda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Blaise Loïc Tsagué 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.
Match5 Dec 2026
Victoria United left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“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.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Bogard Agbor
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Bogard Agbor has come out of that comparison in the side, and PWD Bamenda have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Abdoullahi Sabo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at PWD Bamenda will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Match9 Nov 2026
PWD Bamenda are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 15 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Robert Ndip Tambe 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zilkifilu Rabiu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Joel Kunde: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Pierre Akono 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Player of the week, judged against every other man in the division. A small award, and one most careers never collect.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Kadad Ning Che
“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 ratings9 Nov 2026
Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Alvin Binsto
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Pierre Akono 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 PWD Bamenda this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Blaise Loïc Tsagué 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Cotonsport Garoua left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Too much change too quickly at PWD Bamenda
9 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Odrick Bisah
“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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Serge Bengono has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at PWD Bamenda will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 10. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
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Upbeat
Squad5 Oct 2026
Robert Ndip Tambe 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Patrick Clovert is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at PWD Bamenda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Blaise Loïc Tsagué 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. PWD Bamenda have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Joel Kunde was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the PWD Bamenda dressing room was either.
Match3 Oct 2026
Point won or two lost for PWD Bamenda?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Aigle Royal de la Menoua? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 9. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at PWD Bamenda, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Junior Nguimbat commits to PWD Bamenda for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Robert Ndip Tambe 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stade Malien have kept their man, and PWD Bamenda go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. PWD Bamenda will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan enquiry to Stade Malien: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
PWD Bamenda have made the call to Canon Yaounde. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.