The Bidco United Herald
Squad5 Feb 2029
14 days out for Steve Hoffman after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bidco United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match3 Feb 2029
A hiding for Bidco United
Beaten 0‑3 by Gor Mahia, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad5 Feb 2029
8 saves: Simon Masaka was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match3 Feb 2029
No end in sight to Bidco United's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bidco United has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Daniel Kakai frozen out at Bidco United
This is not rotation. Daniel Kakai has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Bidco United is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Deadline passes with 7 signed and 2 gone
That is the business done at Bidco United until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Squad5 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Bidco United
Dalphine Omuri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Bidco United
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.
Market5 Feb 2029
Bidco United promote Jesse Mbugua from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jesse Mbugua 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.
In brief
- Market Bidco United promote Peter Muguna from within
- Market Francis Njeru steps up from the Bidco United academy
- Market Bidco United promote Patrick Kipkirui from within