The Niger Tornadoes Sentinel
Match18 Apr 2029
Niger Tornadoes through in the cup
A 1‑1 win over Rangers International, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Ifeanyi Emmanuel decides it from twelve yards
1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match21 Apr 2029
6 matches without a win for Niger Tornadoes
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Niger Tornadoes are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Nobody could get near Chari Giwa
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Niger Tornadoes
Olawale Emmanuel 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.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Sunday Akinmoladun
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Moses Eze signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moses Eze and Niger Tornadoes agree another 3 years.
Player ratings23 Apr 2029
Abbati Musa takes the honours
Marked 7.47 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Niger Tornadoes had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
The form table has caught Ibrahim Abubakar
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
In brief
- Match Terdoo Shimagande rescues a point for Niger Tornadoes
- The dugout Interim Coach: “We have to be better”
- The dugout Ibrahim Abubakar asks for a word with the manager