Thomas Partey

Attacking Midfielder (L) - AFC Leopards
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Marked for Thomas Partey

112 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

18 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings18 Sep 2028

No sign of nerves from Thomas Partey at 18 — 7.80

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Thomas Partey did not need any: 7.80, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad18 Sep 2028

Hassan Beja 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 AFC Leopards this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad18 Sep 2028

Words at AFC Leopards training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kaycie Odhiambo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces18 Sep 2028

AFC Leopards supporters have found a favourite in Jamal Abubakar

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Jamal Abubakar has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match16 Sep 2028

AFC Leopards get the job done against Mathare United

A 1‑0 win over Mathare United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad18 Sep 2028

Hassan Beja has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AFC Leopards will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
111 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match6 Sep 2028

Cup progress for AFC Leopards

A 2‑0 win over Posta Rangers, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match9 Sep 2028

Nowhere to hide for AFC Leopards

0‑3 against Tusker, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

The terraces11 Sep 2028

The crowd has taken to Ukashatu Muazu

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings11 Sep 2028

One of those days for Hassan Beja

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.45, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings11 Sep 2028

Boniface Munyendo was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Tempers go at AFC Leopards

Suleiman Badaru was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom11 Sep 2028

Inquest at AFC Leopards

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Boardroom11 Sep 2028

Wages eat 87% of everything AFC Leopards earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad11 Sep 2028

When it matters, Boniface Munyendo plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

93 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings8 May 2028

Nobody could get near Julius Masaba

Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad8 May 2028

Caleb Ochieng damages knee ligaments — 34 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 34 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.

Match3 May 2028

AFC Leopards march on in the cup

Bidco United are out and AFC Leopards go through, 2‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Market8 May 2028

James Kinyanjui asks to leave AFC Leopards

“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.

Match6 May 2028

AFC Leopards cannot stop winning

5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Player ratings8 May 2028

No sign of nerves from Thomas Partey at 18 — 7.98

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Thomas Partey did not need any: 7.98, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad8 May 2028

Tempers go at AFC Leopards

Kaycie Odhiambo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad8 May 2028

Benjamin Asiedu Kwesi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Benjamin Asiedu Kwesi and AFC Leopards agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The terraces8 May 2028

The crowd has taken to Ukashatu Muazu

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

84 Edition

The AFC Leopards Herald

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings6 Mar 2028

Nobody could get near Hassan Beja

Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Humphrey Katasi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Humphrey Katasi and AFC Leopards agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Kaycie Odhiambo 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 AFC Leopards this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad6 Mar 2028

A move Thomas Partey would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Thomas Partey is living that version at AFC Leopards, and it tends to show in the first month.

Match4 Mar 2028

Bandari take the points off AFC Leopards

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad6 Mar 2028

No hiding place for Humphrey Katasi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Humphrey Katasi, and the manager let it.

Market6 Mar 2028

AFC Leopards sign Ukashatu Muazu, one for the future

Ukashatu Muazu is 20, and AFC Leopards have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market6 Mar 2028

AFC Leopards sign Thomas Partey, one for the future

Thomas Partey is 18, and AFC Leopards have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Player ratings6 Mar 2028

Off the bench and decisive: Kelly Madada

The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. AFC Leopards were going nowhere until he came on.

In brief

56 Edition

The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Aug 2027

Suleiman Abdullahi breaks a bone — 72 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 72 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match23 Aug 2027

Ashanti Gold are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 57 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Ibrahim Morsli gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ibrahim Morsli has just signed for Ashanti Gold, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Real improvement from Abdulhameed Lukman at Ashanti Gold

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Abdulhameed Lukman is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Suleiman Abdullahi 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 Ashanti Gold this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market23 Aug 2027

Ashanti Gold sell Thomas Kwabena Osae for $110.0K

Thomas Kwabena Osae has left for Berekum Chelsea in a $110.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

In brief