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The Katsina United Herald

1 Jan 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces1 Jan 2035

Supporters organise against the Katsina United board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Market1 Jan 2035

Samuel Akinola 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 The request is on a desk at Katsina United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad1 Jan 2035

Ndidi Umar signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ndidi Umar commits to Katsina United for another 3 years.

The dugout1 Jan 2035

No hiding place for Jamilu Onuachu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jamilu Onuachu, and the manager let it.

Looking ahead1 Jan 2035

A reunion for Thankgod Ikeagwu

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against El-Kanemi Warriors in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market1 Jan 2035

The Ramahlwe Mphela question follows Katsina United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ramahlwe Mphela’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

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The Katsina United Herald

9 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces9 Oct 2034

Supporters organise against the Katsina United board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Match7 Oct 2034

11 matches without a win for Katsina United

The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Katsina United are no longer polite ones.

Squad9 Oct 2034

10 saves: Joshua Enaholo was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 10 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match9 Oct 2034

Katsina United finish in position 16

35 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.

The dugout9 Oct 2034

Emmanuel Awaziem: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Katsina United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad9 Oct 2034

Joshua Enaholo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Joshua Enaholo and Katsina United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings9 Oct 2034

Emmanuel Awaziem was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market9 Oct 2034

One of our own: Anthony Ebuehi joins the Katsina United first team

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

Market9 Oct 2034

Katsina United promote Ndidi Umar from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ndidi Umar has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

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