Douglas Iyowuna

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
21 Sep 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Douglas Iyowuna

54 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Wandile Duba runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Rivers United refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 52 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad

Emmanuel Ujah: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rivers United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Rivers United

Stephen Manyo 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.

Match

Rivers United see off Kun Khalifat

Three points for Rivers United, 2‑1 the final word against Kun Khalifat in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

Marked 8.93 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Ani Ozoemena 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.

Market

Plateau United expected to open talks for Handsome Surveyor

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Rivers United will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Chizoba Amaefule is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Rivers United has been clear about where Chizoba Amaefule stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

Back issues
38 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Emmanuel Nnaji runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Rivers United are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 28 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad

Douglas Iyowuna keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rivers United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Stephen Manyo 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 Rivers United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari 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.

Match

Rivers United come up short against Bayelsa United

Bayelsa United left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief