Amos Olunga

Striker - Free Agent
12 Sep 2032
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313 Edition

The Sofapaka Gazette

26 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Jul 2032

The knee: Sebastian Wekesa out for 64 days

64 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Sofapaka lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match24 Jul 2032

The wait goes on for Sofapaka

13 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.

Boardroom26 Jul 2032

Pressure builds in the Sofapaka boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match24 Jul 2032

A hiding for Sofapaka

Beaten 0‑6 by Mathare United, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Market26 Jul 2032

Amos Olunga asks to leave Sofapaka

“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.

Match24 Jul 2032

6 goals as Sofapaka and Mathare United go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Sofapaka and Mathare United, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Match24 Jul 2032

Sofapaka cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2032

Sofapaka rebuffed over Azeez Yusuf

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Gor Mahia have kept their man, and Sofapaka go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad26 Jul 2032

A row about effort at Sofapaka

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Justine Nyangwara was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

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The Sofapaka Gazette

31 May 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad31 May 2032

A knee injury of the worst kind for Sebastian Wekesa

120 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom31 May 2032

The scrutiny sharpens at Sofapaka

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Sofapaka is running low.

Match29 May 2032

5 matches without a win for Sofapaka

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Sofapaka are no longer polite ones.

Market31 May 2032

Amos Olunga hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sofapaka can pretend not to have heard.

Squad31 May 2032

Justine Nyangwara falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad31 May 2032

A falling-out at Sofapaka

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

Player ratings31 May 2032

Nobody could get near Bryson Jerome

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings31 May 2032

The afternoon belonged to Stephen Bonney

A mark of 7.39, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout31 May 2032

The manager makes an example of Brian Kamau

“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.

In brief

300 Edition

The Sofapaka Gazette

26 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match26 Apr 2032

Sofapaka sink to position 18

3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market26 Apr 2032

Amos Olunga 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 Sofapaka, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Andrew Waswa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrew Waswa and Sofapaka agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Justine Nyangwara falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match24 Apr 2032

Shabana take the points off Sofapaka

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings26 Apr 2032

Ninety minutes of Bryson Jerome at his very best

Marked 8.04. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Sofapaka.

Squad26 Apr 2032

Samuel Manyama 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 Sofapaka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout26 Apr 2032

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout26 Apr 2032

The manager makes an example of Victor Karisa

“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.

In brief