The Bidco United Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
John Kelwishi 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 Bidco United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Bidco United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Simon Munala 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Bidco United promote Timothy Odhiambo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Odhiambo 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Bidco United promote Nicholas Onyango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Peter Rupia steps up from the Bidco United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Rupia 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Clinton Ayumba joins the Bidco United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Clinton Ayumba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match6 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Bidco United against Gor Mahia
0‑1 to Gor Mahia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Stephen Okola
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stephen Okola, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Boardroom Bidco United turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Cyril Boukhit still has not settled
- Player ratings The referee tires of Stephen Okola