The Mathare United Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Mamaye Coulibaly
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mathare United
Yacouba Doumbia 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brahim Sabaouni 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mathare United promote Harun Mbugua from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harun Mbugua 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
One of our own: Peter Mukangula joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Mukangula 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
Mathare United promote Duncan Njeru from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Duncan Njeru 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
One of our own: Samuel Amuka joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Amuka is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Elli Asieche
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Elli Asieche, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yacouba Doumbia 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. Mathare United know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- Player ratings John Macharia stands above it all
- Match No goals between Mathare United and Kenya Police
- Player ratings Off the pace: Yacouba Doumbia