The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Squad8 Jan 2029
Divine Onourah keeps Kun Khalifat in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market8 Jan 2029
Chijioke Ekpemadu asks to leave Kun Khalifat
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Henry Onyeka signs on for the long haul
Kun Khalifat moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Henry Onyeka, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Market8 Jan 2029
Joshua Ademola comes home
The shirt still fits. Joshua Ademola is back at Kun Khalifat, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market8 Jan 2029
Isaac Awoniyi is a Kun Khalifat player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market8 Jan 2029
Peter Obi is a Kun Khalifat player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Onuorah Onyedika 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 Kun Khalifat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 Jan 2029
One of those days for Onuorah Onyedika
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.06, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings8 Jan 2029
Nothing got past Daniel Edeh
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
In brief
- Match Kun Khalifat find a way past Bendel Insurance
- Squad Kun Khalifat lose Ugochukwu Akuta
- Squad No hiding place for Timilehin Olukotun