Victor Eze

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311 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

12 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Jul 2032

Ugochukwu David decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match10 Jul 2032

Nowhere to hide for Kano Pillars

2‑5 against Ikorodu City, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Match7 Jul 2032

The cup run ends for Kano Pillars

1‑1 against Niger Tornadoes, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market12 Jul 2032

Victor Eze 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 Kano Pillars can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings12 Jul 2032

Mustapha Umar has a hand in both — 7.85

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.85, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Squad12 Jul 2032

Words exchanged at Kano Pillars

Lekan Malik 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.

Match10 Jul 2032

7 goals as Kano Pillars and Ikorodu City go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Kano Pillars and Ikorodu City, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2032

Door shut on Chimezie Njoku

Kano Pillars asked and Djoliba said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad12 Jul 2032

Words at Kano Pillars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Efa Enabulele 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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304 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

24 May 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Match22 May 2032

Nobody wins at Kano Pillars

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

The dugout24 May 2032

Umar Osimhen says Kano Pillars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market24 May 2032

Sunday Nwakali has one foot out of the door

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

Squad24 May 2032

A falling-out at Kano Pillars

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

Squad24 May 2032

Efa Enabulele 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.

Player ratings24 May 2032

Nobody could get near Mustapha Umar

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

The dugout24 May 2032

Interim Coach on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Interim Coach after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Market24 May 2032

Victor Eze is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kano Pillars has been clear about where Victor Eze stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout24 May 2032

The manager makes an example of Isandu Danjuma

“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

270 Edition

The Kano Pillars Gazette

29 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad29 Sep 2031

The knee: Najib Yusuf out for 67 days

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

Squad29 Sep 2031

Tempers go at Kano Pillars

Aminu Mohammed was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad29 Sep 2031

Mustapha Umar is carrying Kano Pillars

13 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad29 Sep 2031

Words at Kano Pillars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Efa Enabulele 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.

Market29 Sep 2031

One of our own: Akinkunmi Eze joins the Kano Pillars first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Akinkunmi Eze is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market29 Sep 2031

Michael Akinola steps up from the Kano Pillars academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Akinola has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market29 Sep 2031

One of our own: Peter Osimhen joins the Kano Pillars first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Osimhen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market29 Sep 2031

Victor Eze steps up from the Kano Pillars academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Victor Eze has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Match27 Sep 2031

Kano Pillars share the spoils with Abia Warriors

A 1‑1 draw with Abia Warriors leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief