Oche Ejuke

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Barau
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Marked for Oche Ejuke

161 Edition

The Barau Courier

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad27 Aug 2029

A falling-out at Barau

Ibrahim Yahaya and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match25 Aug 2029

Barau see off Kano Pillars

Three points for Barau, 2‑1 the final word against Kano Pillars in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces27 Aug 2029

The crowd has taken to Kabiru Abdullahi

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

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Player ratings27 Aug 2029

One of those days for Ahmadu Liman

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

Terdoo Shimagande left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Terdoo Shimagande will call it something else in private.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

A satisfied Peter Osimhen

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Peter Osimhen could afford to be generous.

The dugout27 Aug 2029

The manager makes an example of Ademola Iwobi

“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.

Squad27 Aug 2029

A first senior shirt for Oche Ejuke

Every debut is a small story about the future: Oche Ejuke, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

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The Barau Courier

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market3 Jan 2028

Chukwudi Nwaodu 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 The request is on a desk at Barau, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout3 Jan 2028

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Match1 Jan 2028

The wait goes on for Barau

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Boardroom3 Jan 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Barau

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market3 Jan 2028

Eyes on Joseph Kemin again

The phone has started ringing about Joseph Kemin again, and this time the name on the line is Abia Warriors. Barau are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Words at Barau training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bismark Duah 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.

Market3 Jan 2028

No place for Anthony Omaka in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Anthony Omaka has his answer from Barau; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market3 Jan 2028

One of our own: Oche Ejuke joins the Barau first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oche Ejuke is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Boardroom3 Jan 2028

Barau are making the ground bigger

Work is signed off on a capacity of 7374. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.

In brief

  • Boardroom A promise the Barau board did not keep
  • Squad Words exchanged at Barau
  • Player ratings Ibrahim Yahaya stands above it all