The Sofapaka Gazette
Market5 Jul 2027
Aron Kithae has said yes to APS Bomet
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Sofapaka have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Player ratings5 Jul 2027
Sebastian Ikekhai goes up and wins it — 7.89
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.89 for the rest of it.
Market5 Jul 2027
Andrew Waswa 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 Sofapaka can pretend not to have heard.
Market5 Jul 2027
Kariobangi Sharks come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Sofapaka did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Ibrahim Wanzala is a medical away from Sofapaka
The deal with Kakamega Homeboyz is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Player ratings5 Jul 2027
Clifton Miheso was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market5 Jul 2027
Douglas Ochoko attracts admirers
The name of Douglas Ochoko has come up in conversations Sofapaka were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match3 Jul 2027
At last: Sofapaka win one
6 matches without a win, and then this, against Kakamega Homeboyz. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
The terraces5 Jul 2027
One of their own: Japheth Lihanda
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Match Sebastian Ikekhai sends Sofapaka past Kakamega Homeboyz
- Squad A row about effort at Sofapaka
- Squad Adrian Oloo signs on for more