The Rangers International Courier
The dugout23 Oct 2028
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Squad23 Oct 2028
Kenneth Igboke 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 Rangers International this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Lekan Abdulsalam gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
When it matters, Ikechukwu Mgbemena plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
James Emo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and James Emo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market23 Oct 2028
The James Emo story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until James Emo signs something — a contract at Rangers International or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Match23 Oct 2028
Rangers International have something to play for
Position 6 on 64 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Rangers International keep producing them
21 graduates from an academy now rated 11 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Questions about Abdulsalam Abdulsalam on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
In brief
- Boardroom Rangers International board back the manager
- Squad Chinedu Ogunjobi is out on the grass again