Patrick Partey

Goalkeeper - Wikki Tourists
25 Mar 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Patrick Partey

86 Edition

The Wikki Tourists Herald

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Wikki Tourists are in real trouble now

Position 19, 5 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Chizoba Okoh puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Wikki Tourists, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

No end in sight to Wikki Tourists's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Wikki Tourists has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Words at Wikki Tourists training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Salisu Abdullahi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Usman Abba 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 Wikki Tourists this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Ahmed Yahaya 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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Wikki Tourists

5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Match

Wikki Tourists draw a blank against Niger Tornadoes

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Niger Tornadoes defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Shuaibu Ibrahim

Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
82 Edition

The Wikki Tourists Herald

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Chizoba Okoh puts it in writing

“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 Wikki Tourists, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Words at Wikki Tourists training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Salisu Abdullahi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

Wikki Tourists come up short against Remo Stars

Remo Stars left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Usman Abba 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 Wikki Tourists this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Sadeeq Abubakar 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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Wikki Tourists

5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Player ratings

Shuaibu Ibrahim runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Yusuf Mohammed

Marked 5.73, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Market

Chinemerem Joseph placed on the list

Wikki Tourists have made Chinemerem Joseph available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

81 Edition

The Wikki Tourists Herald

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 9 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Manuel Kissanga

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Cletus Kelechi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Tempers go at Wikki Tourists

Chibuikem Obiezechukwu 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Osas Okoro

“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.

Match

Barau take the points off Wikki Tourists

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Wachman Joshua signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Wachman Joshua and Wikki Tourists agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Idris Guda

Marked 5.40, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Player ratings

Aliyu Mamuda could not find anything

5.45. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.

In brief

71 Edition

The Wikki Tourists Herald

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sani Ibrahim asks to leave Wikki Tourists

“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.

Squad

Words at Wikki Tourists training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Salisu Abdullahi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Aliyu Mamuda 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 Wikki Tourists this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

63 Edition

The Wikki Tourists Herald

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sani Ibrahim 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 Wikki Tourists can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Words at Wikki Tourists training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Salisu Abdullahi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Simeon Habila signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Simeon Habila commits to Wikki Tourists for another 4 years.

In brief

59 Edition

The Wikki Tourists Herald

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 28 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Market

Abba Musa asks to leave Wikki Tourists

“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.

Squad

Yusuf Mohammed falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Klinshak Longbak 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 Wikki Tourists this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Yusuf Mohammed 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.

Match

Wikki Tourists come up short against Katsina United

Katsina United left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Juan Dussaubat stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Dussaubat and Wikki Tourists agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings

Manuel Kissanga runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

An afternoon John Taiwo will want back

Marked 5.36. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.

In brief