Umar Umar

Striker - Kun Khalifat
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836 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

4 Aug 2042
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad4 Aug 2042

Stephen Ebuehi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kun Khalifat have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad4 Aug 2042

Gabriel Lekan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gabriel Lekan commits to Kun Khalifat for another 2 years.

Squad4 Aug 2042

Tempers go at Kun Khalifat

Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.

Match2 Aug 2042

Akinkunmi Olayinka’s goal not enough for Kun Khalifat

Akinkunmi Olayinka scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Remo Stars, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad4 Aug 2042

James Aisosa Igbinigun 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.

Player ratings4 Aug 2042

Nobody could get near Akinkunmi Olayinka

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
822 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

28 Apr 2042
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Apr 2042

Akpan Nsikak-Abong breaks a bone — 45 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 45 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match23 Apr 2042

Kun Khalifat bow out of the cup

Remo Stars go through and Kun Khalifat go home, 2‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad28 Apr 2042

Tempers go at Kun Khalifat

Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.

Squad28 Apr 2042

James Aisosa Igbinigun 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.

Match26 Apr 2042

Wikki Tourists take the points off Kun Khalifat

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad28 Apr 2042

The manager makes an example of Dennis Babatunde

“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.

In brief

817 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

24 Mar 2042
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Mar 2042

Akpan Nsikak-Abong breaks a bone — 80 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 80 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings24 Mar 2042

Akinkunmi Olayinka scores twice — 8.65

Two goals and a mark of 8.65 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market24 Mar 2042

Chukwueze Moffi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Kun Khalifat, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad24 Mar 2042

Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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 Kun Khalifat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match22 Mar 2042

The run at home goes on for Kun Khalifat

9 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Player ratings24 Mar 2042

The game went through Odion Osayi-Samuel — 6.86

Marked 6.86 on 12 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Match22 Mar 2042

Kun Khalifat see off Remo Stars

Three points for Kun Khalifat, 2‑0 the final word against Remo Stars in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Match22 Mar 2042

Remo Stars blown away early

There is a particular helplessness in conceding 2 times before the twentieth minute. Remo Stars tried to reorganise, Kun Khalifat did not allow it, and the result was written long before it was confirmed.

Squad24 Mar 2042

Odion Osayi-Samuel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Odion Osayi-Samuel and Kun Khalifat agree another 2 years.

In brief

808 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

20 Jan 2042
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Jan 2042

Akpan Nsikak-Abong breaks a bone — 143 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 143 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match18 Jan 2042

Kun Khalifat leave it late against Katsina United

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 87th, and Katsina United spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Squad20 Jan 2042

Tempers go at Kun Khalifat

Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.

Player ratings20 Jan 2042

The game went through Odion Osayi-Samuel — 6.80

Marked 6.80 on 13 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Player ratings20 Jan 2042

Nobody could get near Akinkunmi Olayinka

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match18 Jan 2042

Nnamdi Awoniyi sends Kun Khalifat past Katsina United

It finished 2‑1, and it was Nnamdi Awoniyi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kun Khalifat.

The terraces20 Jan 2042

Kun Khalifat supporters have found a favourite in Nnamdi Awoniyi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Nnamdi Awoniyi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad20 Jan 2042

The manager makes an example of Dennis Babatunde

“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.

Player ratings20 Jan 2042

Nnamdi Awoniyi was the difference for Kun Khalifat

Marked 7.53. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

807 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

13 Jan 2042
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad13 Jan 2042

Akpan Nsikak-Abong breaks a bone — 150 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 150 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad13 Jan 2042

Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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 Kun Khalifat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad13 Jan 2042

Words at Kun Khalifat training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Aisosa Igbinigun is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad13 Jan 2042

Abdullahi Kalu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abdullahi Kalu commits to Kun Khalifat for another 3 years.

Match11 Jan 2042

Kun Khalifat and Shooting Stars cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Shooting Stars came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Player ratings13 Jan 2042

Dennis Babatunde runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief