First Game - Tusker Vs KCB

Having gone through hell to find that Tusker would be playing KCB on Sunday at Nyayo National Stadium, my friend Nicholas( aka Nicho- pronounced knee-chow) and I arrived at the stadium at 2pm ready to lose our voices after 90 min of fun.

To our surprise, the place had no indication that any match would be played there that day. No signs, no posters, no attendants......just worshippers streaming out of a church? I guess man really must live.

We walked around aimlessly ( and no one seemed to notice us) until we came across a friendly old man who rudely warned us never to ask anything of him, ever. A friendly woman finally answered our question. There would be a game after all, at 4pm.

[4pm] The tickets were sh. 100 at the main entrance. The only visible indication of the impending start of the game was the KCB 'bread' bus bringing their players and the burly gate attendants/ticket sellers.

The game itself was a dull affair but you could see that the quality of the football was not as bad as people usually say it is. It was watchable, even exciting at times.

The thing that was missing, however, was the fans. I estimate that approximately 100 people were ther with the majority of these being club officials, players' family and reporters (who, by the way, seemed more interested in reading newspapers than watching the game).

In my humble opinion, all that was needed was a few loud fans to set the atmosphere alight. Hopefully you'll join us to do just that next weekend.

The match ended 1-0 with Tusker winning after being awarded a controversial late penalty. Their goalkeeper, Victor Onyango, slot in the spot kick.

Sorry folks, no pictures yet but the rest of the weekend's results are:

Saturday:

Tusker 3 World Hope 1

Mathare United 1 Kisumu Telcom 1

Ulinzi 1 Mathare Youth 1

Thika United 1 Coast Stars 0

Sunday:

KCB 0 Tusker 1

Gor Mahia 1 Securisor 0

World Hope 3 Coast Stars 1

Kangemi United 2 Kisumu Telcom 0

Sher Agencies 0 Chemelil 0

Mumias 1 Red Berets 1