The Sofapaka Gazette
Squad7 Feb 2028
A fracture rules Duncan Otieno out for 99 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sofapaka will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match5 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Sofapaka's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sofapaka has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
A new deal for Ibrahim Ouma
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Steven Lustica 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 Sofapaka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A move Shannel Makwata would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Shannel Makwata is living that version at Sofapaka, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Sofapaka
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Feb 2028
Sofapaka promote Brian Mulee from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brian Mulee 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Victor Karisa steps up from the Sofapaka academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Victor Karisa 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Harun Owusu joins the Sofapaka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harun Owusu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Peter Omurwa joins the Sofapaka first team
- Squad The manager makes an example of Eugene Wethuli
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Somila Ntsundwana