The Shooting Stars Gazette
Squad13 Dec 2032
A falling-out at Shooting Stars
Monsoor Saleh and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market13 Dec 2032
Olisa Balogun steps up from the Shooting Stars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Olisa Balogun has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market13 Dec 2032
Peter Abacha steps up from the Shooting Stars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Abacha has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market13 Dec 2032
Shooting Stars promote Stephen Sadiq from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen Sadiq 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.
Market13 Dec 2032
Bright Iheanacho steps up from the Shooting Stars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bright Iheanacho has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout13 Dec 2032
The manager makes an example of Terem Awaziem
“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.
Match13 Dec 2032
Continental football is in reach for Shooting Stars
71 points from position 4. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.
The dugout13 Dec 2032
A door opens for Toheeb Adebayo
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout13 Dec 2032
Ola Nwankwo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ola Nwankwo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Stephen Sadiq are not good
- Boardroom The Shooting Stars board put their names to it
- Squad Welcome back, Ebere Sadiq