The Shabana Post
Market25 Sep 2028
Mickayle Arends asks to leave Shabana
“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.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Words exchanged at Shabana
Maxwell Mulili and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match23 Sep 2028
Whatever happens, Shabana do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad25 Sep 2028
James Mazembe 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.
The terraces25 Sep 2028
One of their own: Braythe Moffitt
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match23 Sep 2028
Brian Junior Olega the difference as Shabana beat Mathare United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Brian Junior Olega. 1‑0 against Mathare United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
David Odoyo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Maxwell Mulili makes it 25 clean sheets
25 shut-outs in 69 appearances. A keeper’s career is counted in games where nothing happened, and none of it happened by accident.
Player ratings25 Sep 2028
Braythe Moffitt was the difference for Shabana
Marked 7.57. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
In brief
- Squad Duncan Njeru signs on for more
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Shabana pick somebody else ahead of Adraman Yahaya