The Mathare United Sentinel
Match6 Feb 2027
Victor Omune wins it after the whistle should have gone
92 minutes played. Victor Omune found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Nairobi United went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Market8 Feb 2027
Elvis Ronack 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 Mathare United can pretend not to have heard.
Match6 Feb 2027
At last: Mathare United win one
9 matches without a win, and then this, against Nairobi United. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Mathare United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match6 Feb 2027
Mathare United find a way past Nairobi United
Nairobi United made Mathare United work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Thabiso Msele 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 Mathare United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Caleb Karisa joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Caleb Karisa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Elvis Kahata joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Elvis Kahata is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Amos Odhiambo joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Amos Odhiambo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad The formation has left Siyabonga Hlengwa behind
- Boardroom Mathare United turn down the training-ground plan