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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
44 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market9 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at APS Bomet, and it is not being withdrawn.
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.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
51 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Delton Oyo out for 17 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason APS Bomet will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad2 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
71 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
161% of the income goes out in wages at APS Bomet
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
100 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match12 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for APS Bomet
9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market14 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at APS Bomet, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Sven Yidah 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Delton Oyo 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Aziz Okaka
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
107 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match5 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for APS Bomet
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market7 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at APS Bomet, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Up for the corner, and Sven Yidah delivers — 7.24
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Sven Yidah scored, was marked 7.24, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Market7 Sep 2026
So close: Bob Cetric’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Kakamega Homeboyz moved on, Bob Cetric reports back to APS Bomet, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Sven Yidah 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 APS Bomet this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
An unwelcome headline for Cosmas Abuta
He will be fined, he will apologise, and he will play on Saturday. The order of those three tells you everything about what a football club actually values.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Edwin Buliba 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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Crisis
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
114 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match29 Aug 2026
No end in sight to APS Bomet's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at APS Bomet has to find a result from somewhere.
Market31 Aug 2026
So close: Morgan Ambuka’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Kenya Police moved on, Morgan Ambuka reports back to APS Bomet, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sven Yidah 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for APS Bomet against KCB
0‑1 to KCB, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Crisis
Squad24 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
121 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match19 Aug 2026
APS Bomet bow out of the cup
AFC Leopards go through and APS Bomet go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market24 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and APS Bomet did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to APS Bomet's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at APS Bomet has to find a result from somewhere.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what APS Bomet can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for APS Bomet — 7.54
1 for Maxwell Kubasu, marked 7.54, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sven Yidah 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 APS Bomet this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. APS Bomet will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Morgan Ambuka
128 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. APS Bomet lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Morgan Ambuka decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for APS Bomet
0‑6 against Gor Mahia, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bob Cetric 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 APS Bomet can pretend not to have heard.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for APS Bomet
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around APS Bomet are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sven Yidah 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about APS Bomet and Gor Mahia in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.