The Shooting Stars Gazette
Market4 Jan 2027
Adam Mustapha asks to leave Shooting Stars
“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.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Abayomi Adebayo says Shooting Stars went back on their word
“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.
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Shooting Stars
4 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Shooting Stars
Adam Mustapha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Shooting Stars
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market4 Jan 2027
Mustapha Lawal is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Shooting Stars has been clear about where Mustapha Lawal stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Adam Mustapha beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market4 Jan 2027
One of our own: Oscar Ejuke joins the Shooting Stars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oscar Ejuke is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market4 Jan 2027
One of our own: Adebayo Ajayi joins the Shooting Stars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adebayo Ajayi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Shooting Stars against Barau
- Squad Johnmark Atule signs a new deal
- The dugout The manager’s verdict