The Bandari Chronicle
Squad8 Feb 2027
94 days out for Mohammed Katana after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bandari will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market8 Feb 2027
Amza Moubarack asks to leave Bandari
“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.
Market8 Feb 2027
James Omusinde has said yes to Sofapaka
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Bandari have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Alain Ngeleka keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bandari may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Bandari
4 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Bandari
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hassan Abdallah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Bandari rebuffed over Adamu Ibrahim
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Barau have kept their man, and Bandari go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market8 Feb 2027
Bandari promote Elvis Onyango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Elvis 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
One of our own: James Juma joins the Bandari first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Juma is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Bandari come up short against Muranga Seal
- Squad David Sakwa signs a new deal
- The dugout The view from the dugout