The friendly match between Gor Mahia and hosts Ethiopian side St. Georges that was being played today had to be stopped and postponed due to heavy rains. By the 25th minute when the match was stopped, no team had got the better side of the other but as per team manager Jolawi Obondo’s word, Gor was really doing well. “We are missing key players but with lean squad we had for this friendly, we were good and on top of our game,” said Jolawi. The match has been rescheduled for tomorrow at 2:30pm.
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New players in Francis Kahata and Jacob Keli will start for Gor Mahia in a friendly match against St. Georges of Ethiopia this evening. The friendly match to be played in Ethiopia will see a number of key players missing on Gor’s side and like stated by the head coach Frank Nuttall, they will face a tough one. “A number of key players did not travel with the team and so, l know it will be a difficult match for us, ” said Nuttall. Line up: Boniface Oluoch, Harun Shakava, Eric Ochieng, Benard Odhiambo, Ernest Wendo, Ali Abondo , Ronald…
Thirty years ago, Gor Mahia won the Cecafa East and Central Africa Club Cup for the third and last time. They beat their compatriots, AFC Leopards 2-0 in an all-Kenya final in Khartoum. Two years later, they would scale even greater heights, reaching the pinnacle of African football with victory in the Nelson Mandela Africa Cup Winners Cup. As a reporter during those momentous times – and even earlier than that – I was a witness to the promise of Kenyan football. I was the privileged bystander who saw the potential of Gor Mahia whose players bewitched us with a…
Coach Bobby Williamson has made two changes to the squad that started against Thika United last Wednesday. Midfielders Timonah Wanyonyi and Rama Salim both who came off the bench have switched positions with Patrick Oboya and Shaban Kenga who are relegated to the reserves bench. The changes will see Rama Salim and Danni Sserenkuma lead the onslaught from kick-off for the first time this season. The two formed a lethal attacking pair in 2012. David Juma continues in goal with Fredrick Onyango marking his return from injury with a position on the bench replacing Joel Bataro. Youthful striker Herbert Kopany…
The football season is finally here. So much has been said about the performance of both Ingwe and K’Ogalo during the just-concluded Kenya Power Charity Cup tournament. From my own assessment, K’Ogalo will still perform better than Ingwe as usual. Tripple that with a home and away thumping and November will have come early for the ever fading perennial rivals. Hold your fire Ingwe fans! I can explain with facts. After signing the likes of Joseph Shikokoti, James Situma, KPL Player of the Year Jacob Keli and luring back to the KPL Ugandan midfielder Musa Mudde, most Ingwe fans expected…
