Great clubs make for great history. I can vividly recall where I sat on the terraces of Moi International Sports Complex on that electrified Saturday afternoon of December 5, 1987 when Gor Mahia made history as the first – and so far the only- club from East and Central Africa to win a continental Cup. As the former President Daniel arap Moi handed over the Cup to team captain Austin Oduor, he in effect gave the green light for Gor fans to begin the journey to the city centre with the victorious Gor Biro Yawne Yoo (Gor is coming clear the way)…
Author: Sports Editor
A sixth minute Moses Otieno superbly taken free-kick to the far right corner put Gor Mahia on the lead. But suffered a cancellation after Western Stima’s Ali Bai rose in the six-yard box to slice in a header past Ivoo Mapunda in the 29th minute. Gor Mahia fielded a reserve filled squad capatained by Kevin Ochieng. The midfielder set up Kevin Omondi but the striker lacked the composure to bury the ball away, shooting high from inside the box. The visitors then gathered up to control more of the midfield battle benefiting from the rather lowly presence of Nicholas Auma.…
Coach Sammy “Pamzo” Omollo falls on Gor Mahia Fc path not for the first nor second but for the 4th time this season. The immediate former Tusker Fc tactician brings his new boys Oserian Fc to City Stadium hostage. In the K’ogalo backyard lies memories that the Gor Mahia legend would quickly wish to forget and move on with his new found team. Having met the team thrice and only won one of the encounters, the recent three nil drubbing and the resultant 4-0 aggregate advancement to the finals by the 2012 KPL Top 8 champions at the cost of…
On a Friday night outing hosted by Mathare United at the Nyayo National Stadium, the K’ogalo boys staged a dramatic come back from two goals down to salvage a vital point against Coach Stanley Okumbi’s slum boys. The match kicked off with high tempo with both teams displaying their intentions winning in the early stages. However the visitors, playing at the Nyayo National Stadium for the first time since the ill fated derby against AFC Leopards in March, fell behind in the 15th minute when Francis Ouma raced to battle Donald Mosoti off the ball and sneaked it away from…
The Standard, through its sports pull out, FEVERPITCH on 21/08/12, carried a story alleging open favouritism of both Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards by match officials, at the detriment of the “smaller clubs”. Since I have not been attending the AFC games, I will refrain from mentioning alleged events that took place during the same as quoted by the managers and officials of these so-called small clubs. But before I proceed the question begs: what determines the size of the club? Some of the instances mentioned include the just concluded KPL TOP 8 tournament, where Gor emerged as the new…