The Bayelsa United Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
What a way to start for Promise Daniel — 7.23
0 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.23 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Chinedu Onyinjekwu, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.79
A mark of 7.79 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Christian Dawariomi is a medical away from Bayelsa United
The deal with Shooting Stars is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Match8 Aug 2026
Bayelsa United see off Enyimba
Three points for Bayelsa United, 2‑1 the final word against Enyimba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Bayelsa United supporters have found a favourite in Promise Daniel
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Promise Daniel has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Peter Ebimobowei in the eights
A performance of 8.43 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Bayelsa United
Pinna Sagbamaowei 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Solomon Wegba stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Solomon Wegba and Bayelsa United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nupe Godstime 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
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad The division's best last weekend was a Bayelsa United man
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Bunde Ingya