The Inter Allies Gazette
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Newton Adebayo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Daniel Atiemo is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Inter Allies
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Newton Adebayo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Sadiq Ali 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Bechem United take the points off Inter Allies
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Abeiku Baba left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Pius Ibrahim
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Looking ahead21 Sep 2026
The leaders are next for Inter Allies
Ashanti Gold top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I want to play”: Kelvin Appiah speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
In brief
- The dugout Joel Obi left out for tactical reasons at Inter Allies
- Squad Salim Adams says his piece