The Abia Warriors Post
Match11 Sep 2027
5 matches without a win for Abia Warriors
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Abia Warriors are no longer polite ones.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Amarachi Lawrence keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Abia Warriors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market13 Sep 2027
Only the photograph left for Chijindu Godwill
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Chijindu Godwill will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Abia Warriors the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Abia Warriors
Chukwuemeka Obioma 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
Abia Warriors come up short against Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Ali Ishaku
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Ali Ishaku has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Abia Warriors 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Window shut, Fatai Abdullahi still here
Abia Warriors spent the window trying to move Fatai Abdullahi on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
Market13 Sep 2027
The shop window has Nmecha Johnson in it
Abia Warriors have let the market know Nmecha Johnson can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Player ratings Israel Joseph runs at them all day
- Player ratings Chimezie Njoku spends the afternoon fouling