The Abia Warriors Post
Match8 Sep 2029
21 unbeaten for Abia Warriors
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 21 matches without defeat is a foundation Abia Warriors did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings10 Sep 2029
A brace, and Chidiebere Nnachi takes the afternoon — 8.51
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Chidiebere Nnachi provided it, and the 8.51 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match8 Sep 2029
The run at home goes on for Abia Warriors
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Samuel Ogunjimi 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 Abia Warriors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Sep 2029
Chidiebere Nnachi sends Abia Warriors past Bayelsa United
It finished 2‑1, and it was Chidiebere Nnachi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Abia Warriors.
The terraces10 Sep 2029
Abia Warriors supporters have found a favourite in Isaiah David
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Isaiah David 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.
Transfer targets10 Sep 2029
Deadline beats Abia Warriors to Gimba Ajiji
The clock did what Rangers International would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Excel Okam signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Excel Okam commits to Abia Warriors for another 4 years.
The dugout10 Sep 2029
The manager has not finished forgetting Emmanuel Ogbuagu's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout When it matters, Samuel Ogunjimi plays
- The dugout No hiding place for Obinna Owukwe