The Mathare United Sentinel
Squad5 Feb 2029
Herit Atariza damages knee ligaments — 75 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 75 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market5 Feb 2029
Moses Rupia has said yes to APS Bomet
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Mathare United have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Window shuts: 5 in, 1 out at Mathare United
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 5 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
No thanks: Arnold Matumele rejects the move
Mathare United had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at KCB, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Sfundo Nzama 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.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
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.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
AFC Leopards tell Mathare United: John Otieno is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match3 Feb 2029
The drought breaks for Mathare United
5 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Nairobi United were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Market5 Feb 2029
Mathare United promote Peter Amuka from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Amuka has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Mathare United promote Eric Okoth from within
- Market One of our own: Martin Kahata joins the Mathare United first team
- Match Mathare United see off Nairobi United