The Bidco United Herald
Squad28 Sep 2026
The knee: David Kalama out for 46 days
46 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bidco United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad28 Sep 2026
6 saves: Steve Hoffman was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Bidco United
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Bidco United are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Bidco United
Daniel Kakai and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Bidco United against Bandari
2‑3 to Bandari, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Bidco United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and David Simiyu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Steve Hoffman 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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
One of those days for David Simiyu
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.25, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Martin Ayumba: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 2‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings Half an hour was enough for Eric Gichimu
- The dugout No place in the plan for Peter Wafula
- Player ratings Daniel Kakai was unplayable