The Shabana Post
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 8 of the 35 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market7 Sep 2026
Gilbert Abala hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Shabana can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Shabana
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Shabana are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Sep 2026
Shabana say no — this time
The offer from Bidco United for John Owira was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Shabana training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cliff Nyakeya 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 Sep 2026
Brian Junior Olega’s goal not enough for Shabana
Brian Junior Olega scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Gor Mahia, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
James Mazembe runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Keith Imbali 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Shabana count the cost of losing Denis Simiyu
46 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Market The Dalphine Omuri conversation is coming
- Squad George Onyango asks for a word with the manager
- Player ratings A day to forget for Bronson Nsubuga