Michael Iwobi

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
1 Feb 2032
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252 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

26 May 2031
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match24 May 2031

Nobody wants to play Rivers United right now

14 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad26 May 2031

23 days out for Emmanuel John after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rivers United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad26 May 2031

Defences have started doubling up on Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

22 goals and a season average of 7.58 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market26 May 2031

Only the photograph left for Miracle Ukadike

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Miracle Ukadike will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Rivers United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match24 May 2031

Rivers United keep winning on the road

7 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Player ratings26 May 2031

A defender's goal wins it for Rivers United — 7.90

1 for Riley Harbottle, marked 7.90, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

The dugout26 May 2031

Michael Iwobi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rivers United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match24 May 2031

Rivers United get the job done against Enyimba

A 3‑1 win over Enyimba, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad26 May 2031

Words at Rivers United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Shaun McWilliams 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.

In brief

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201 Edition

The Rivers United Herald

3 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad3 Jun 2030

Godswill Ekpolo breaks a bone — 125 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 125 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match1 Jun 2030

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari leads the rout of Barau

3‑0, and Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Rivers United tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad3 Jun 2030

3 goals for Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

The match ball belongs to Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Squad3 Jun 2030

Defences have started doubling up on Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

19 goals and a season average of 7.45 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Match1 Jun 2030

Nobody wins at Rivers United

13 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Market3 Jun 2030

Jonathan Jacob asks to leave Rivers United

“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.

Match1 Jun 2030

Nobody wants to play Rivers United right now

4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

The dugout3 Jun 2030

Michael Iwobi keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rivers United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market3 Jun 2030

Ibrahim Sodiq has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Rivers United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

In brief