The Wikki Tourists Herald
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Ahmad Lamido says Wikki Tourists went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Isah Ndala goes up and wins it — 7.90
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.90 for the rest of it.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
The paperwork begins on Zalli Abdullahi
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Wikki Tourists have done the hard part with Rivers United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Wikki Tourists
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Naziru Auwalu beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Wikki Tourists
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sani Ibrahim was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market4 Jan 2027
One of our own: Terem Madu joins the Wikki Tourists first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Terem Madu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market4 Jan 2027
Abdullahi Balogun steps up from the Wikki Tourists academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdullahi Balogun has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market4 Jan 2027
One of our own: Abdullahi Ogunjobi joins the Wikki Tourists first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Abdullahi Ogunjobi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Wikki Tourists sign off a bigger ground
- Squad Tempers go at Wikki Tourists
- The dugout No hiding place for Abdullahi Usman