Mark Shaban

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Gor Mahia
7 Oct 2029
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159 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings13 Aug 2029

Shariff Musa beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match11 Aug 2029

Gor Mahia make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Gor Mahia have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad13 Aug 2029

Words exchanged at Gor Mahia

Shariff Musa 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.

Squad13 Aug 2029

Pedro Justiniano 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.

Match11 Aug 2029

Enock Morrison the difference as Gor Mahia beat APS Bomet

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Enock Morrison. 1‑0 against APS Bomet, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings13 Aug 2029

Enock Morrison was the difference for Gor Mahia

Marked 7.88. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout13 Aug 2029

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.” Dennis Juma kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout13 Aug 2029

Mark Shaban 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.

The dugout13 Aug 2029

Ben Stanley Omondi has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Gor Mahia 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.

In brief

Back issues
155 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Jul 2029

Giscard Mavoungou decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match11 Jul 2029

Gor Mahia march on in the cup

Bidco United are out and Gor Mahia go through, 0‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad16 Jul 2029

Thamsanqa Ndelu is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.31 with 14 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad16 Jul 2029

Words exchanged at Gor Mahia

Giscard Mavoungou 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.

Squad16 Jul 2029

Frank Odhiambo 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.

The terraces16 Jul 2029

The crowd has taken to Mark Shaban

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.

Match14 Jul 2029

Gor Mahia see off Nairobi United

Three points for Gor Mahia, 2‑0 the final word against Nairobi United in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Looking ahead16 Jul 2029

The big one: Kakamega Homeboyz come into view

Two sides from the top of the table, one afternoon, and a month of talk decided in ninety minutes. Gor Mahia will not use the word title this week and will not stop thinking it.

Player ratings16 Jul 2029

Mohammed Siraji was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.31. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief

151 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

18 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match16 Jun 2029

Gor Mahia keep winning on the road

11 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Match16 Jun 2029

Gor Mahia cannot stop winning

5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Player ratings18 Jun 2029

Nobody could get near Ben Stanley Omondi

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad18 Jun 2029

Words exchanged at Gor Mahia

Giscard Mavoungou 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.

Squad18 Jun 2029

Frank Odhiambo 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.

The terraces18 Jun 2029

Gor Mahia supporters have found a favourite in Mark Shaban

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Mark Shaban has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match16 Jun 2029

Gor Mahia get the job done against Kenya Police

A 1‑0 win over Kenya Police, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout18 Jun 2029

A satisfied Dennis Juma

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Dennis Juma could afford to be generous.

The dugout18 Jun 2029

Frank Odhiambo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Gor Mahia 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.

In brief

101 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market3 Jul 2028

Edward Omondi Ondimo 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 Gor Mahia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match1 Jul 2028

Gor Mahia cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Defences have started doubling up on Samuel Kapen

16 goals and a season average of 7.34 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Enock Morrison signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Enock Morrison and Gor Mahia agree another 4 years.

Market3 Jul 2028

Mark Shaban comes home

The shirt still fits. Mark Shaban is back at Gor Mahia, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Tempers go at Gor Mahia

Alpha Onyango 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.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Mark Shaban gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Mark Shaban has just signed for Gor Mahia, and for once the answer mattered.

Match1 Jul 2028

Ben Stanley Omondi the difference as Gor Mahia beat Tusker

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ben Stanley Omondi. 1‑0 against Tusker, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Looking ahead3 Jul 2028

Top-of-the-table clash for Gor Mahia

AFC Leopards next, and the two sides the division is watching meet each other. Whoever wins will be told nothing is decided in the same breath as being congratulated.

In brief