The PWD Bamenda Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hicham El Aroui 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 PWD Bamenda this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Landry Dawa joins the PWD Bamenda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Landry Dawa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
PWD Bamenda promote Samuel Mbia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Mbia 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
PWD Bamenda promote Eric Ondoa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eric Ondoa 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Collins Fai steps up from the PWD Bamenda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Collins Fai 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zakaria Hadraf has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. PWD Bamenda know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- Squad Alain Sifor falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad 5 new faces, and PWD Bamenda are still learning each other