The Inter Allies Gazette
Match21 Nov 2026
The wait goes on for Inter Allies
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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Edmond Akichi 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 Inter Allies this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tayo Abiodoun
“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.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Newton Adebayo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Odah Marshall was the difference for Inter Allies
Marked 7.36. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Kolawole Sheriff
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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Emmanuel Bukari was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Inter Allies dressing room was either.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
No place in the plan for Ramon Azeez
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Match21 Nov 2026
No goals between Inter Allies and Hearts of Oak
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Hearts of Oak will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Thomas Atiemo
- Squad The room hears from Newton Adebayo
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to WAFA