Posta Rangers

Kenyan Premier Division
9 Sep 2030
Monday
Process
214 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

2 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Barou Sanogo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Barou Sanogo and Posta Rangers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Bidco United take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Boardroom

88% of the income goes out in wages at Posta Rangers

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Ronny Otieno placed on the list

Posta Rangers have made Ronny Otieno available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

Back issues
213 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

26 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Veron Ombina gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Yusif Yakubu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yusif Yakubu commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

In brief

212 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

19 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Emmanuel Annan says Posta Rangers 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Barou Sanogo

“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.

In brief

211 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

12 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Omar Somobwana

16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Omar Somobwana

“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.

Squad

Eduards Rugins signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eduards Rugins commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

In brief

210 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

5 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Match

Posta Rangers get the job done against Shabana

A 2-1 win over Shabana, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Victor Kelechi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Kelechi and Posta Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Boardroom

90% of the income goes out in wages at Posta Rangers

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Victor Odhiambo

“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.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Fredrick Odhiambo. Posta Rangers will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Barou Sanogo takes the armband

It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.

Market

Victor Odhiambo runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Posta Rangers money.

In brief

209 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

29 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Match

4 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Veron Ombina gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Gor Mahia take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Kenneth Amuka signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kenneth Amuka commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

208 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

22 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo keeps Posta Rangers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Bandari

Bandari left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

207 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

15 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Posta Rangers out of the cup

Gor Mahia ended it 1-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fredrick Odhiambo

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers draw a blank against APS Bomet

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. APS Bomet defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Somebody is after Barou Sanogo’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Barou Sanogo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Posta Rangers have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Squad

Nikita Dalidovich asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

206 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

8 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fredrick Odhiambo commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Match

Posta Rangers get the job done against Sofapaka

A 1-0 win over Sofapaka, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Boardroom

90% of the income goes out in wages at Posta Rangers

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Ronny Otieno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

205 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

1 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Match

Posta Rangers get the job done against Mathare United

A 2-0 win over Mathare United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Posta Rangers sign Peter Masika, one for the future

Peter Masika is 20, and Posta Rangers have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Peter Masika stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Peter Masika and Posta Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Victor Odhiambo is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 54 appearances behind him, and Posta Rangers have to plan for both answers.

Squad

Somebody is after Veron Ombina’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Veron Ombina suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Posta Rangers have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Squad

Victor Ndinya unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Victor Ndinya has let it be known that he does not like the way Posta Rangers are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

Market

Benson Benkin leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Benson Benkin leaves Posta Rangers the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

204 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

24 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Kakamega Homeboyz

Kakamega Homeboyz left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Moses Ochieng out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Moses Ochieng, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brian Magare

“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.

Market

Omar Somobwana linked with a move away

The name of Omar Somobwana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

203 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

17 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Victor Odhiambo asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fredrick Odhiambo

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers and Nairobi United take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Victor Odhiambo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Caleb Olilo wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Caleb Olilo has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Posta Rangers know, and have known for weeks.

In brief

202 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

10 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Emmanuel Annan stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Emmanuel Annan and Posta Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Posta Rangers and AFC Leopards take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Ronny Otieno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Victor Odhiambo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Peter Olunga leaves Posta Rangers for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Peter Olunga moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

In brief

201 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

3 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Posta Rangers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market

Brian Magare asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Omar Somobwana

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers and Tusker take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Caleb Olilo finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Posta Rangers have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Igors Bulvitis knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Caleb Olilo scores at last

The wait is over, and the relief was visible from the back of the stand. 1 for the season, and the next one always comes easier.

In brief

200 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

27 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Posta Rangers find a way past Ulinzi Stars

Ulinzi Stars made Posta Rangers work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Peter Omurwa gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Omar Somobwana asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Omar Somobwana linked with a move away

The name of Omar Somobwana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Calvin Odongo unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Calvin Odongo has let it be known that he does not like the way Posta Rangers are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

199 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

20 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Victor Odhiambo asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Abdulraimi Adebayo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Igors Bulvitis signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Igors Bulvitis commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Match

Posta Rangers draw a blank against Kenya Police

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kenya Police defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

198 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

13 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Posta Rangers march on in the cup

KCB are out and Posta Rangers go through, 1-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo decides it from twelve yards

1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Muranga Seal take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Christian Nuhu gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Calvin Odongo is off the mark for Posta Rangers

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

197 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

6 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Barou Sanogo

41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Calvin Odongo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Calvin Odongo and Posta Rangers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fredrick Odhiambo

“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.

Match

No goals between Posta Rangers and Bidco United

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Bidco United will be the happier side with the point.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

196 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

29 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Kariobangi Sharks

Kariobangi Sharks left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Omar Somobwana gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

195 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

22 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Victor Odhiambo asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Posta Rangers see off Mara Sugar

Three points for Posta Rangers, 1-0 the final word against Mara Sugar in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Fredrick Odhiambo

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers keep producing them

23 graduates from an academy now rated 4 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

Squad

The selectors could not leave Veron Ombina out

7.05 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.

In brief

194 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

15 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

5 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Christian Nuhu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Christian Nuhu commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Veron Ombina

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Posta Rangers against KCB

0-1 to KCB, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Fredrick Odhiambo

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

193 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

8 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Barou Sanogo

69 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

4 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Victor Ndinya signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Ndinya commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Match

A bad afternoon for Posta Rangers against Shabana

1-2 to Shabana, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Calvin Odongo

“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.

In brief

192 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

1 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Merrill Nand out for 20 days

The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Merrill Nand, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Costly mistake from Fredrick Odhiambo

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Fredrick Odhiambo knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Match

Honours even between Posta Rangers and Gor Mahia

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Victor Odhiambo

“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.

Squad

Christian Nuhu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

191 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

25 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Victor Odhiambo asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Bandari take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Christian Nuhu

“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.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Jesse Mulee asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers keep producing them

23 graduates from an academy now rated 4 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

In brief

190 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

18 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A bad afternoon for Posta Rangers against APS Bomet

0-1 to APS Bomet, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Omar Somobwana gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Mihai Balasa out for 32 days

The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Mihai Balasa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

189 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

11 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Barou Sanogo

97 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Posta Rangers get the job done against Sofapaka

A 2-1 win over Sofapaka, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Nikita Dalidovich gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

188 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

4 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Posta Rangers get the job done against Mathare United

A 1-0 win over Mathare United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Merrill Nand out for 48 days

The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Merrill Nand, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Victor Odhiambo

“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.

Squad

The armband comes off Barou Sanogo

Posta Rangers will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

Victor Owusu makes his debut at 17

At 17 years old, Victor Owusu became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Market

Omar Somobwana linked with a move away

The name of Omar Somobwana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Ronny Otieno placed on the list

Posta Rangers have made Ronny Otieno available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

187 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

25 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Veron Ombina gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Kakamega Homeboyz take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Peter Omurwa signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Peter Omurwa commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Fredrick Odhiambo

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Michael Kamau

Every debut is a small story about the future: Michael Kamau, 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

186 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

18 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo keeps Posta Rangers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Mihai Balasa out for 60 days

The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Mihai Balasa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Dennis Muguna

29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Posta Rangers and Nairobi United take a point apiece

It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

185 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

11 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

9 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Barou Sanogo out for 125 days

The medical room confirms 125 days on the sidelines for Barou Sanogo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Duncan Kibwage out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Duncan Kibwage, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Kenneth Kamau signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kenneth Kamau commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Match

Posta Rangers and AFC Leopards cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. AFC Leopards came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

184 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

4 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Match

8 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Squad

Barou Sanogo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Barou Sanogo commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Market

Patrick Odhiambo comes home

The shirt still fits. Patrick Odhiambo is back at Posta Rangers, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Michael Kamau is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Moses Amuka is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Victor Owusu is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Merrill Nand

76 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

183 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

28 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Kenya Police expected to open talks for Aron Kithae

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Christian Nuhu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Peter Omurwa gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

182 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

21 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Aron Kithae attracts admirers

The name of Aron Kithae has come up in conversations Posta Rangers were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Christian Nuhu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Brian Magare gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

181 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

14 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Barou Sanogo out for 153 days

The medical room confirms 153 days on the sidelines for Barou Sanogo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Jackson Dwang

15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

180 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

7 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Market

Nairobi United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Posta Rangers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Merrill Nand

104 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Victor Odhiambo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Odhiambo and Posta Rangers agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Mathare United expected to open talks for Aron Kithae

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The armband comes off Fredrick Odhiambo

Posta Rangers will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mihai Balasa

“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.

Market

The Omar Somobwana talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

179 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

31 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Mihai Balasa asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers keep producing them

16 graduates from an academy now rated 4 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

In brief

178 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

24 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Kelechi

32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Rivaldo Ngcobo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The Calvin Odongo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

177 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

17 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Rivaldo Ngcobo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

176 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

10 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Abdulraimi Adebayo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdulraimi Adebayo and Posta Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

175 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

3 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fredrick Odhiambo commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Squad

Christian Nuhu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brian Magare

“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.

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Ronny Otieno placed on the list

Posta Rangers have made Ronny Otieno available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

174 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

26 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Kelechi

60 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

The Calvin Odongo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Aron Kithae knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

173 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

19 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

172 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

12 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Oliver Maloba runs his contract down

1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Posta Rangers money.

In brief

171 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

5 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Rivaldo Ngcobo

“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.

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

170 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

29 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oliver Maloba

“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.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Kelechi

88 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

The Calvin Odongo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

169 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

22 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Dalidovich

“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.

In brief

168 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

15 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Squad

Aron Kithae: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Christian Nuhu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Oliver Maloba runs his contract down

1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Posta Rangers money.

Squad

Brian Magare gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

167 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

8 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad

Brian Magare: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Calvin Odongo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Calvin Odongo commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Aron Kithae asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers were not finished after all

Written off a fortnight ago, the squad has closed ranks and answered on the pitch. Something was said behind that door, and so far it is holding.

In brief

166 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

1 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Mihai Balasa: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Brian Magare stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brian Magare and Posta Rangers agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Aron Kithae

“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.

In brief

165 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Posta Rangers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match

7 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Aron Kithae says Posta Rangers 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.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match

No goals between Posta Rangers and Ulinzi Stars

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Ulinzi Stars will be the happier side with the point.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

164 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

17 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Match

6 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Mihai Balasa out for 21 days

The medical room confirms 21 days on the sidelines for Mihai Balasa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Rivaldo Ngcobo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

163 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

5 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Rivaldo Ngcobo: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

A bad afternoon for Posta Rangers against Muranga Seal

1-2 to Muranga Seal, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Oliver Maloba gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Nairobi United expected to open talks for Samuel Masika

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

162 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

3 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad

Victor Odhiambo says Posta Rangers 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.

Match

4 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Bidco United

Bidco United left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Omar Somobwana

“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.

Market

APS Bomet are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Posta Rangers will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Emmanuel Annan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emmanuel Annan commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Squad

Costly mistake from Fredrick Odhiambo

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Fredrick Odhiambo knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Market

The Calvin Odongo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

161 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Muranga Seal watching Aron Kithae

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Posta Rangers have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Dalidovich

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers draw a blank against Kariobangi Sharks

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kariobangi Sharks defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

160 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

57 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Veron Ombina gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Mara Sugar

Mara Sugar left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Mihai Balasa out for 49 days

The medical room confirms 49 days on the sidelines for Mihai Balasa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Oliver Maloba runs his contract down

3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Posta Rangers money.

In brief

159 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A bad afternoon for Posta Rangers against KCB

1-3 to KCB, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Barou Sanogo

“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.

Market

Mathare United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Posta Rangers will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

158 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

6 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad

Eduards Rugins: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Aron Kithae attracts admirers

The name of Aron Kithae has come up in conversations Posta Rangers were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

Posta Rangers get the job done against Shabana

A 1-0 win over Shabana, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Victor Kelechi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Kelechi and Posta Rangers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Barou Sanogo loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Barou Sanogo. Posta Rangers will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

In brief

157 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

30 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Posta Rangers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Nairobi United expected to open talks for Aron Kithae

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Match

Posta Rangers share the spoils with Gor Mahia

A 1-1 draw with Gor Mahia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Posta Rangers put Brian Magare up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Brian Magare may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad

Eduards Rugins asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

156 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

23 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Ronny Otieno: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

85 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Mihai Balasa out for 77 days

The medical room confirms 77 days on the sidelines for Mihai Balasa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Kenneth Amuka signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kenneth Amuka commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Match

Honours even between Posta Rangers and Bandari

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Fredrick Odhiambo

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

The Omar Somobwana talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

155 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Posta Rangers bow out of the cup

Kakamega Homeboyz go through and Posta Rangers go home, 1-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Posta Rangers turn down Nairobi United for Aron Kithae

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Benson Benkin asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Omar Somobwana gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Muranga Seal expected to open talks for Samuel Masika

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Match

No goals between Posta Rangers and APS Bomet

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. APS Bomet will be the happier side with the point.

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Jackson Dwang unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Jackson Dwang has let it be known that he does not like the way Posta Rangers are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

154 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

9 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Barou Sanogo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Barou Sanogo commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Squad

Igors Bulvitis out for 35 days

The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Igors Bulvitis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Posta Rangers and Sofapaka take a point apiece

It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dennis Muguna

“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.

Market

The Calvin Odongo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

153 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Posta Rangers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match

5 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Market

Dennis Muguna asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Barou Sanogo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Barou Sanogo and Posta Rangers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Dennis Chemelil out for 32 days

The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Dennis Chemelil, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Nairobi United expected to open talks for Aron Kithae

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Eduards Rugins gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Posta Rangers and Mathare United cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Mathare United came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

152 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

25 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Jesse Mulee asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

4 matches without a win for Posta Rangers

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Posta Rangers are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

113 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Posta Rangers now.

Market

Aron Kithae attracts admirers

The name of Aron Kithae has come up in conversations Posta Rangers were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Veron Ombina gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Kakamega Homeboyz take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Mihai Balasa out for 105 days

The medical room confirms 105 days on the sidelines for Mihai Balasa, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Benson Benkin is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Posta Rangers has been clear about where Benson Benkin stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

151 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

18 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Posta Rangers share the spoils with Nairobi United

A 1-1 draw with Nairobi United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Oliver Maloba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Veron Ombina talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Still no signature from Oliver Maloba

5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Posta Rangers could get for him.

Squad

Calvin Odongo unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Calvin Odongo has let it be known that he does not like the way Posta Rangers are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

150 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

11 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

APS Bomet come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Posta Rangers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match

A bad afternoon for Posta Rangers against AFC Leopards

1-2 to AFC Leopards, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bonface Mwangemi

“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.

Market

Dennis Muguna is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Posta Rangers has been clear about where Dennis Muguna stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

The Calvin Odongo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Eduards Rugins knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

149 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Match

Tusker take the points off Posta Rangers

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Omar Somobwana gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Abdulraimi Adebayo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abdulraimi Adebayo commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Market

APS Bomet expected to open talks for Aron Kithae

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The month belongs to Veron Ombina

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Posta Rangers have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Fredrick Odhiambo. Posta Rangers will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Market

Jesse Mulee is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Posta Rangers has been clear about where Jesse Mulee stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Jackson Dwang linked with a move away

The name of Jackson Dwang keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

148 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Posta Rangers find a way past Ulinzi Stars

Ulinzi Stars made Posta Rangers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Omar Somobwana asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Emmanuel Annan gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Omar Somobwana linked with a move away

The name of Omar Somobwana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Veron Ombina named in the team of the week

A rating of 7.01 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.

In brief

147 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

21 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Aron Kithae hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fredrick Odhiambo

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers and Kenya Police take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Victor Ndinya asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Still no signature from Oliver Maloba

6 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Posta Rangers could get for him.

In brief

146 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Posta Rangers march on in the cup

AFC Leopards are out and Posta Rangers go through, 0-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Fredrick Odhiambo: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Posta Rangers find a way past Muranga Seal

Muranga Seal made Posta Rangers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Fredrick Odhiambo

11 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Fredrick Odhiambo has given nobody the chance.

Boardroom

86% of the income goes out in wages at Posta Rangers

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abdulraimi Adebayo

“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.

Squad

Yusif Yakubu makes his debut at 23

At 23 years old, Yusif Yakubu became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Aron Kithae placed on the list

Posta Rangers have made Aron Kithae available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

145 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

7 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Posta Rangers

Beaten 1-5 by Bidco United, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market

Rivaldo Ngcobo asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Fredrick Odhiambo and Posta Rangers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oliver Maloba

“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.

Boardroom

Inquest at Posta Rangers

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Squad

5 past Fredrick Odhiambo

Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 2 saves does not settle it either way.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

144 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Veron Ombina stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Veron Ombina and Posta Rangers agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Kariobangi Sharks

Kariobangi Sharks left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

143 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Dennis Muguna: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Fredrick Odhiambo

10 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Fredrick Odhiambo has given nobody the chance.

Match

Posta Rangers draw a blank against Mara Sugar

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Mara Sugar defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

142 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Posta Rangers up to position 2

19 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Match

Posta Rangers find a way past KCB

KCB made Posta Rangers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Victor Ndinya

“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.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Fredrick Odhiambo

9 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Fredrick Odhiambo has given nobody the chance.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Rivaldo Ngcobo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

141 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Aron Kithae hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Emmanuel Annan: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fredrick Odhiambo

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Shabana

Shabana left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Brian Magare stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brian Magare and Posta Rangers agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

140 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

Posta Rangers make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Posta Rangers have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Posta Rangers see off Gor Mahia

Three points for Posta Rangers, 1-0 the final word against Gor Mahia in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Dennis Muguna stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Dennis Muguna and Posta Rangers agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo shuts the door again

8 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brian Magare

“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.

Market

Omar Somobwana linked with a move away

The name of Omar Somobwana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

139 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo keeps Posta Rangers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Posta Rangers see off Bandari

Three points for Posta Rangers, 1-0 the final word against Bandari in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bonface Mwangemi

“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.

Squad

Kenneth Kamau makes his debut at 16

At 16 years old, Kenneth Kamau became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Aron Kithae knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

138 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Samuel Masika says Posta Rangers 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.

Match

Posta Rangers see off APS Bomet

Three points for Posta Rangers, 1-0 the final word against APS Bomet in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Oliver Maloba gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Veron Ombina knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Aron Kithae placed on the list

Posta Rangers have made Aron Kithae available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

137 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Mihai Balasa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Omar Somobwana signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Omar Somobwana commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

Squad

Veron Ombina asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Veron Ombina

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

136 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Match

No end in sight to Posta Rangers's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Posta Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Jackson Dwang signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jackson Dwang commits to Posta Rangers for another 4 years.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

62 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Posta Rangers come up short against Mathare United

Mathare United left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The armband comes off Barou Sanogo

Posta Rangers will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Market

Omar Somobwana linked with a move away

The name of Omar Somobwana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

135 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo keeps Posta Rangers in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Aron Kithae hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Joseph Kamau signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joseph Kamau commits to Posta Rangers for another 3 years.

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134 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The manager makes an example of Victor Ndinya

“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.

Match

Posta Rangers draw a blank against Nairobi United

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Nairobi United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Duncan Kibwage

Every debut is a small story about the future: Duncan Kibwage, 18 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Victor Ndinya has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Victor Ndinya keeps the shirt for now, at Posta Rangers's convenience rather than his own.

Squad

Christian Nuhu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

133 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Mihai Balasa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Veron Ombina gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Posta Rangers sign Rivaldo Ngcobo, one for the future

Rivaldo Ngcobo is 20, and Posta Rangers have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Brian Magare stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brian Magare and Posta Rangers agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Posta Rangers draw a blank against AFC Leopards

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. AFC Leopards defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

132 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Market

James Ayumba is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Peter Olunga is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Kenneth Kamau is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Moses Ochieng is a Posta Rangers player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

90 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Posta Rangers find a way past Tusker

Tusker made Posta Rangers work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Boardroom

A promise the Posta Rangers board did not keep

There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.

In brief

131 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Aron Kithae hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oliver Maloba

“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.

Market

Samuel Masika attracts admirers

The name of Samuel Masika has come up in conversations Posta Rangers were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

APS Bomet are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Posta Rangers will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Yusif Yakubu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

130 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Oliver Maloba asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Bernard Ondiek is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Bernard Ondiek

27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Oliver Maloba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Bonface Mwangemi loses a friend at Posta Rangers

The move was somebody else's story. What it left behind was a dressing-room stall nobody has taken and a player who keeps looking at it.

In brief

129 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Posta Rangers turn down Shabana for Aron Kithae

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Mihai Balasa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Fredrick Odhiambo

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

128 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

8 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers put George Njeru on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Victor Odhiambo

118 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Muranga Seal expected to open talks for Bernard Ondiek

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Posta Rangers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Victor Odhiambo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Odhiambo and Posta Rangers agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Posta Rangers sign Itumeleng Lorch, one for the future

Itumeleng Lorch is 20, and Posta Rangers have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Tommy Lockyer

“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.

In brief

127 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Umid Abdullaev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

Oliver Maloba is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Posta Rangers has been clear about where Oliver Maloba stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Eduards Rugins

“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.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Tommy Lockyer asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

126 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

25 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Aron Kithae asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Bernard Ondiek

55 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Moses Ochieng

35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

125 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Yusif Yakubu says Posta Rangers 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.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Aron Kithae knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

124 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Oliver Maloba gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The Victor Ndinya talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Yusif Yakubu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

123 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

4 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market

Umid Abdullaev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Barou Sanogo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Barou Sanogo commits to Posta Rangers for another 2 years.

Squad

Oliver Maloba knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Veron Ombina linked with a move away

The name of Veron Ombina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

122 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Aron Kithae asks to leave Posta Rangers

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Bernard Ondiek

83 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

121 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

20 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The manager makes an example of Eduards Rugins

“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.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Victor Kelechi knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

120 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

13 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Eduards Rugins says Posta Rangers 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.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Victor Ndinya talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

119 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

6 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

George Njeru has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Posta Rangers can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market

Umid Abdullaev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Veron Ombina signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Veron Ombina commits to Posta Rangers for another 4 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ronny Otieno

“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.

Squad

Fredrick Odhiambo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Posta Rangers, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

118 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

30 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Bernard Ondiek

111 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Boardroom

Wages eat 85% of everything Posta Rangers earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Dalidovich

“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.

Market

Calvin Odongo linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Odongo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Posta Rangers say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Ronny Otieno asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Boardroom

Posta Rangers keep producing them

10 graduates from an academy now rated 4 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

In brief

117 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Nikita Dalidovich says Posta Rangers 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.

Market

The Jackson Dwang talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Abdulraimi Adebayo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

116 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Posta Rangers

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Posta Rangers lose Barou Sanogo

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Samuel Masika is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Posta Rangers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Posta Rangers

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Umid Abdullaev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The Victor Ndinya talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Posta Rangers know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

115 Edition

The Posta Rangers Post

9 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Umid Abdullaev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Posta Rangers can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aron Kithae has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Posta Rangers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Umid Abdullaev: 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.” Posta Rangers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

In brief