The Muranga Seal Chronicle
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Window shuts: 6 in, 1 out at Muranga Seal
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 6 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
No thanks: Ibrahim Wanzala rejects the move
Muranga Seal had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Kakamega Homeboyz, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Mfanuvela Mafuleka runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Muranga Seal
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.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Muranga Seal
Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Muranga Seal promote Eric Onyango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eric Onyango 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Muranga Seal promote Harun Ouma from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harun Ouma 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Muranga Seal promote Ochieng Wanyama from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ochieng Wanyama 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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Michael Muguna steps up from the Muranga Seal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Muguna 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.
In brief
- Squad Pule Manya falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Muranga Seal board go back on their word
- The dugout The view from the dugout