The Plateau United Sentinel
Squad3 Jan 2028
Kazeem Adeyanju breaks a bone — 60 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 60 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings3 Jan 2028
Paul Samson scores twice — 8.41
Two goals and a mark of 8.41 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market3 Jan 2028
Vincent Temitope asks to leave Plateau United
“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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Plateau United turn down Liberty Professionals for Favour Bala
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings3 Jan 2028
Nobody could get near Vincent Temitope
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Plateau United
Victor Dawa 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.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Plateau 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Samuel Bassey steps up from the Plateau United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Bassey 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Oghenekaro Nwankwo steps up from the Plateau United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oghenekaro Nwankwo 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of John Amah
- Match Two points walk out of the ground
- Squad Yusuf Abdullahi signs a new deal