The Mara Sugar Chronicle
The terraces24 Apr 2028
The mood at Mara Sugar has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Match22 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Mara Sugar's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mara Sugar has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Nobody could get near Nura Dan Megi
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Alex Imbusia falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Mara Sugar count the cost of losing Kenneth Mulee
36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
A masterclass from Temur Odilov
Marked 8.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Mara Sugar and Posta Rangers
- Squad Samuela Nabenia in a row with a teammate
- Squad Evans Omondi Ouma dropped after a run of poor form