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Steady
Match23 Sep 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad25 Sep 2028
“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.
Market25 Sep 2028
The Seth Green talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Allies know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market31 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Inter Allies is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market31 Jul 2028
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Inter Allies has been clear about where Iniekade Timitimi stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market31 Jul 2028
Seth Green linked with a move away
The name of Seth Green keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Inter Allies say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Abraham Djiku knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Inter Allies, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Inter Allies is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.
Squad31 Jul 2028
The manager comes out for Victor Peter
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Victor Peter has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Match25 Mar 2028
A 1-0 win over Great Olympics, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Salah Rico 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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
2 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Steady
Market27 Dec 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match25 Dec 2027
A 1-1 draw with Asante Kotoko leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad27 Dec 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Market29 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad29 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A one-man rearguard from Boalefa Pule
There were 6 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.
Match27 Nov 2027
Aduana Stars made Inter Allies work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad29 Nov 2027
“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 terraces29 Nov 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Boalefa Pule
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Steady
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market12 Jul 2027
Siphesihle Msomi has left for BA All Stars in a $280.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Faik Amrane 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.
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Steady
Market10 May 2027
Faik Amrane 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 Inter Allies can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 May 2027
“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.
Market10 May 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Uneasy
Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match6 Mar 2027
4 matches without a win for Inter Allies
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Inter Allies are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mahamadou N'Diaye and Inter Allies agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“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.
Match6 Mar 2027
3-3, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market8 Mar 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Steady
Match7 Nov 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against WAFA, and it could have been more.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Boalefa Pule
There were 8 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match7 Nov 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Inter Allies did not have in the autumn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Salah Rico 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.