The Sofapaka Gazette
Match5 Feb 2028
10 matches without a win for Sofapaka
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Sofapaka are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Feb 2028
David King'atua 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 The request is on a desk at Sofapaka, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
David King'atua keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sofapaka may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Sofapaka close the window on a squad of their own making
9 in and 3 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Sofapaka
Titus Achesa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A move Herman Mwambegu 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. Herman Mwambegu 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.
Transfer targets7 Feb 2028
Sofapaka rebuffed over Geoffrey Onyango
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kenya Police have kept their man, and Sofapaka go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Sofapaka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Kinyanjui 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.
In brief
- Match Sofapaka come up short against Ulinzi Stars
- Player ratings Japheth Lihanda was unplayable
- Market Sofapaka promote David Njeru from within