The Bayelsa United Courier
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Kehinde Lawal runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
Bayelsa United are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 8 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Adrián Argachá 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 Bayelsa United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Oshobe Oladele 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Nasarawa United take the points off Bayelsa United
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Samad Popoola
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Bayelsa United and Berna
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Andy Ezekiel is still paying for one afternoon at Bayelsa United
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Andy Ezekiel story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Andy Ezekiel signs something — a contract at Bayelsa United or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market Bayelsa United put Ebiabowei Baker up for sale
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Don-Pedro Samuel
- Market The window shut and Bernard Okorowanta is still in the building