The Plateau United Sentinel
Squad12 Sep 2039
Chinemerem Ugwueze damages knee ligaments — 56 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 56 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings12 Sep 2039
Age has not caught Amietimi Enewarikpemi yet — 8.35
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.35 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Market12 Sep 2039
Plateau United turn down Ikorodu City for Isandu Danjuma
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match10 Sep 2039
Plateau United make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Plateau United have 4 straight wins of it.
Market12 Sep 2039
Daniel Aboh is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Plateau United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Sep 2039
Dennis Eze says Plateau United 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.
Squad12 Sep 2039
Victor Dawa 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 Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match10 Sep 2039
Nobody wins at Plateau United
9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Match10 Sep 2039
Plateau United get the job done against Kun Khalifat
A 1‑0 win over Kun Khalifat, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Market Niger Tornadoes watching Gabriel Simon
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Maren Kefas
- Squad Chinemerem Ugwueze has become a man the manager trusts