The KCB Chronicle
Squad3 Feb 2031
Nyamawi Beja breaks a bone — 61 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings3 Feb 2031
Liam Davis, 19, steals the show — 8.18
Marked 8.18 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market3 Feb 2031
Caleb Olilo 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 KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
KCB close the window on a squad of their own making
5 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Tempers go at KCB
Kelvin Etemesi 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.
Boardroom3 Feb 2031
5 academy graduates step up at KCB
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.
The terraces3 Feb 2031
KCB supporters have found a favourite in Liam Davis
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Liam Davis 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.
Market3 Feb 2031
David Mulee steps up from the KCB academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Mulee 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.
Market3 Feb 2031
One of our own: Brian Owusu joins the KCB first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brian Owusu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: John Amuka joins the KCB first team
- Boardroom A promise the KCB board did not keep
- Player ratings Apollo Otieno did the work nobody counts — 7.33