The Rivers United Herald
Squad8 Jan 2029
Temple Emekayi damages knee ligaments — 49 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 49 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market8 Jan 2029
Wa All Stars come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Rivers United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Rivers United tie Bright Sadiq down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Match6 Jan 2029
No end in sight to Rivers United's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Rivers United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Rivers United
Aniekeme Okon and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Graduation day at Rivers 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.
Match6 Jan 2029
Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari’s goal not enough for Rivers United
Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Warri Wolves, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market8 Jan 2029
One of our own: David Abdullahi joins the Rivers United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Abdullahi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Jan 2029
One of our own: Daniel Olayinka joins the Rivers United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Olayinka is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Olisa Ogunjobi steps up from the Rivers United academy
- Squad A row about effort at Rivers United
- Boardroom A promise the Rivers United board did not keep