The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
Match19 May 2040
Akinkunmi Olayinka leads the rout of Bendel Insurance
4‑1, and Akinkunmi Olayinka took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Kun Khalifat tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad21 May 2040
3 goals for Akinkunmi Olayinka
The match ball belongs to Akinkunmi Olayinka, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad21 May 2040
Wilfred Ejuke says Kun Khalifat 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.
Squad21 May 2040
Tempers go at Kun Khalifat
Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.
Player ratings21 May 2040
Akinkunmi Olayinka in the eights
A performance of 9.44 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad21 May 2040
Gabriel Lekan 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Peter Akinola runs at them all day
- The terraces The press have found their man in Akinkunmi Olayinka