The Ulinzi Stars Courier
Market15 Nov 2032
Harun Amuka asks to leave Ulinzi Stars
“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.
Market15 Nov 2032
Only the photograph left for Joseph Nyakeya
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joseph Nyakeya will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ulinzi Stars the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Nov 2032
Shannel Makwata 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 Ulinzi Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Nov 2032
A row about effort at Ulinzi Stars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kamohelo Hoala was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market15 Nov 2032
Caleb Njeru steps up from the Ulinzi Stars academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caleb Njeru 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.
Market15 Nov 2032
Ulinzi Stars promote Collins Olunga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Collins Olunga 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.
Boardroom15 Nov 2032
Ulinzi Stars are $14.1M in the red
The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.
The dugout15 Nov 2032
Sanchez Phillips is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout15 Nov 2032
A door opens for Sanchez Phillips
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.
In brief
- The dugout Martin Mukangula knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Lungisani Mncwabe finally belongs at Ulinzi Stars
- Squad The training reports on Newton Ochieng are not good