Gor Mahia beats SoNy Sugar 3-2
Gor Mahia’s good run in the 2018-2019 Kenya Premier League continued on Wednesday as they beat SoNy Sugar 3-2. The win bolsters Gor Mahia’s lead at the top of the KPL standings but also provides a confidence boost ahead of their key CAF Confederations cup match against Morocco’s RS Berkane on April 7.
Additional reporting from the Nation
Visiting Gor Mahia on Wednesday edged 10-man Sony Sugar 3-2 in a thrilling SportPesa Premier League match held at Moi stadium in Kisumu.
Substitute Nicholas Kipkirui netted K’Ogalo’s winning goal in the 77th minute from the spot after Maxwell Onyango was adjudged to have handled the box attempting a clearance.
Jacques Tuyisenge and Samuel Onyango also netted a goal a piece for Gor, while Sony’s goals were scored by Enoch Agwanda and Joshua Otieno.
Sony were reduced to 10 men deep in extra time after their goalkeeper Samuel Njau was shown a straight red card for handling the ball outside his area.
Sony were lucky not to have conceded early when Tuyisenge’s header hit the goalpost, before the defending champions failed to convert from three successive corner-kicks.
Agwanda troubled Gor’s defence with his 14th minute long throw-in, Joash Onyango coming to the rescue of the visitors with a timely clearance.
Agwanda fired the sugar millers ahead on the 20th minute with a long low drive from the right wing directed to the far right of the goalpost, an effort that Tuyisenge cancelled three minutes later.
The Rwandese connected to Erick Ombija’s shot pass inside the box from the left, to beat Sony’s goalkeeper Njau with a left-footed shot at the centre.
But, when K’Ogalo thought they were done with the danger, they found themselves trailing again just three minutes later after Otieno beat goalkeeper Shaban Odhoji with an ambitious effort to the left side of the goalpost.
The visitors then poured in front in search of an equaliser, their effort paying off on the 37th minute thanks to Onyango.
Tuyisenge latched on the ball inside Sony’s area, beat two green shirts, before finding an unmarked Onyango with a shot pass, the latter slotting home easily.
The hardworking Sony suffered a blow at the stroke of halftime after Robert Mudenya was stretched off injured and his place taken by Kennedy Owino.
Gor begun the second half more rejuvenated, Ugandan Shafik Batambuze forcing goalkeeper Njau to a 50th minute save, before Onyango failed to connect to a pass from the midfield.
A few moment later, Robert Achema tested Gor’s rear guard with a rising long range shot as the battle for maximum points intensified in the encounter.
Gor coach Hassan Oktay made a double substitution in the 57th minute, Nicholas Kipkirui taking the place of injured Tuyisenge, while Kenneth Muguna replaced Pascal Ogweno, his opposite number Odhiambo responding with the introduction of Daniel Otieno for Joshua Otieno.
Kipkirui scored K’Ogalo’s winning goal on the 77th minute from a controversial penalty that saw the match stopped for five minutes after Sony’s technical bench invaded to pitch to confront the referee after the decision to award Gor the penalty.
The confrontation saw Sony’s coach Patrick Odhiambo sent to the stands, as Agwanda stood in between the stick since Sony had exhausted their substitutions.
Big teams in the world: Man city, Juve, Arsenal, Gor mahia always win matches. That’s their trade mark. Happy to read that Ombija also provided an assist.
Congrats players, technical bench, EC and fans. FKF and KPL honchos are crying con fused whether to deduct Gor Mahia points or award free points to Tusker, Kariobangi, Mathare, Bandari etc.
Players have done the champions way by winning congested fixtures back to back. Shame on both FKF and KPL as their unsporting evil plans failed terribly.
IDCC can even swap the 1M fine with 15 points deduction this season and we will still win the league comfortably…I challenge them.
Just like the italian league, kenya league has also become a monopoly. Yajowa, where should we play next year ?
I am sick and tired of these wins. They have normalized a lot of things. I want a moment to rant and complain about the coach, players, EC, non payment of salaries, good this and bad that, club house, Gor Sacco, Gor Water, Gor bread, Gor Bus, Gor elections, Gor Mpesa number
Live can not always be this smooth.
Congrats in order for now
Sont worry, sunday is here with us..
The matches are coming in fast and furious and thank the team for showing their true mettle.
@OjOmondi , I agree with you 100% , Personally , as someone who has lived most of my life in the opposition , am finding this excessive peace boring and unbearable and it is now forcing me to look for a new enemy and to create one if non exists .
As we approach the SGM and then a subsequent AGM , It is with horror , that again nobody with enough gravitas , ooomph and a record of known excellence has come out to challenge an office who though have done well relative to local standards , do not seem to have any idea on how to take the club beyond the current level .
Late in the day , many will pop out from whatever holes they are hiding and extol unsupported lofty irrelevancies , and were that to happen , I will again vote for Rachier like I did the last time , coz Gor is not a theatre for experiments or home to people who should be In Prison .
Now that I have ranted , I want to wish the boys the best as we await our next patient .
My passionate appeal to the fans is that the turnout against Petro was afadhali but we can and must do better , We must turn out and lift up these boys who have given so much joy at a time when there is little else to celebrate , mara dams , mara Samburu , mara Akuba , Mara no one has died of hunger , mara huduma no. is 666 -lets go out there and be part of this unfolding history
Congrats boys for digging deep to keep us smiling. That was too much for a sportsmans recovery.
I hope we will not kill the coach after seeing how he has had to play too many games in a short span. It’s difficult to play nicely with such fixtures.
Nation Reporter please pay attention. SoNy had their keeper sent off deep into stoppage time therefore you cannot write Gor Mahia downs 10-man SoNy Sugar wee fuo. Onto SGM i have been part of the drafters of the New Constitution and we are proposing earth-shaking radical Amendments to have a Co-operatives structured constitution like Bayern Munchen where 51% is members or community owned then a private investor can pump in 49% equity like Mo Dewji at Simba. Still he cannot run the club as a personal entity for shareholders involvement is mandatory. We need a Board of Directors preferably 5 distinguished members and here names like Victor Kidiwa and Jamigori Osiepa come to mind. Finally we can elect only a President and Vice President then have a Powerful Secretariat headed by CEO and incorporating Financial Manager, Media Liaison and Communications Officer,Safety and Security Officer and Technical Director in charge of playing unit development and signings/transfers for both Junior and Senior Team. Hizo EC posts zingine zote sijui SG…OS…Treasurer…Deputy this Assistant that tupwa kwa maji…I welcome any suggestions Forthwith so long as all Protocols are Observed
@Jasego, we can all make Gor Mahia great by:-
1. Prudent investments,
2. Watertight internal controls,
3. More transparency and accountability,
4. Focusing on core business activity by acquiring only talented players and developing a strong youth team for the time being to focus on developing under 19 and under 17 teams and thereafter under 15 and woman team,
5. Structured sale of club merchandises that must be above board,
6. Diversifying revenue streams of the club,
7. Data-mining of current relationships and partnerships with SportPesa, Macron etc.
8. Broadening of partnerships with other sectors of the economy and schools,
9. Innovative in revenue collections,
10. Sale of shares through either private placement or public placement
11. ETC
I didn’t have a chance to watch the game. Can someone confirm if the penult was genuinely awarded or it was controversial as media outlets are saying. Even if it’s controversial ,nobody forced the referee to award it and it can’t be our problem. Three points ndani ndani ndaaaani kabisa.
Congratulations players, TB ,EC and to the fans. May God keep you and protect you. May God give you peace and good health as you prepare to dismantle Berkane on Sunday.
just the way the doctor prescribed……
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The oldest and popular football clubs in Ethiopia, Saint George Football Club, which is in the process to establish a share company, anticipates to raise 244 million Birr form the sale of shares to its fans. According to Zemedeneh, the main purpose of the proposed share company is to sustain the football club. “The share company would venture into any business activity that could generate sufficient revenue that would enable it to finance the club. They would use the money to finance the construction of the Saint George Football Club stadium, to bring talented players etc,” he said.
Zemedeneh said, the majority of the shares-51 percent- would be sold to fans and the remaining 49 percent shares to corporate sponsors of the football team. The par value of each share is 1000 Birr. The share would be exclusively sold to members of the Saint George Football Association who pays their monthly dues.
Congratulations to the Team and the well spent time in Kisumu. I am sure it is turning out to be the slaughter house to many teams. My description would be , “it is where Gor turns into Mahia”
Secondly, How was the support turn out in all the days compared to Nairobi?
Finally, when is ber kone arriving?
This is how the evaluation report of the trip to western region of Kenya reads. Played:
Kericho Zoo: won
Kario bhangi: won
Nzoia united: won
SoNy sugar:. won
12 points, 11 goals for, 5 goals against. Goal difference = 6. This score card is brilliant and just reaffirms the quality Gor Mahia’s playing unit.
If the players can transfer this belief and mental strength to both ties against RS Berkane then we will be in the semis. The Botswana referee should not be a factor at all.
Gor Mahia should not celebrate over this Botswana referee. Any referee should be considered unfriendly until proved otherwise because those guys are supposed to be impartial. Referee si mama ya mtu.
So that we don’t cry later, let Gor Mahia players and Tech Bench take note of the following:
Controversial referee Joshua Bondo will be the man in the middle of the first leg proceedings in a clash slated for Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. This is not the first time Bondo will be officiating a Gor Mahia clash as he was the man in charge in the club’s CAF Champions League return leg against Esperance de Tunis on March 17, 2018 in Tunisia; a clash that was marred with violence after Gor Mahia players were to be whiskered off the pitch.
41-year old Bondo has been a constant figure in Confederation of Africa (CAF) tournaments having featured in at the 2016 CHAN Tournament that was held in Rwanda, AFCON Under-20 championships in Zambia and the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon.
His controversial nature hit the limelight in 2017 when he was sent home from the COSAFA Tournament after handling the Zimbabwe v Madagascar clash with another reported controversy being headbutting an Angolan player during a South Africa-Angola friendly match in the same year.
Where in football does a referee head-butt a player and still continue officiating? This suggests that this guy can be emotionally volatile and he enjoys some rare immunity and impunity from powers that be. Gor Mahia players should concentrate on their game and never give the referee an excuse to make some emotional decision.
@Jasego , I second that structure of 51% ownership by members , though its not a bayern munich constitution persee but rather its an? act of legislation that applies to all German clubs .
Secondly I support the fact that ONLY the Club President and his running mate should be subjected to elections , who then appoints a board to oversee policy and in Europe , e.g Real Madrid , a lot of emphasis is placed on the commercial awareness and proof of the same of invitees to the board .
The board once in place , and having set the policies , phylosophy and ethos then recruits a secretariat that appreciates , understands and embodies those positions for and on behalf of the members and the other 49% shareholder/s.
But for all this to come to the desired fruition , Rational and well meaning and independent minded Gor Mahia fans must come out , register as members and overwhelmingly outnumber the affordable few mercenaries who have been making critical decisions on our behalf and will continue to do so if we continue having and making the same petty excuses on why we are not enrol
ling as members .
The unintended consequence if this intention is successfully actualised is that we will have absolutely no competition locally but we can not sit back and wait for the dwarfs.
The present model is so archaic , so 19th century , so call box , so Juke box and cant just work in the world we live in , you go out there with it and you look like a clown in a circus
@Teddy yeah the current model derives it’s problems in the Societies Act Cap 108 Legislation around which the club constitution is structured. Those were old time ways of running clubs which Must now change. We head into the SGM in 5 days to do battle with anti-reform forces some sponsored by the would-be losers of the current archaic set-up but we have tried registering well meaning sober members and now stand at 479 from the initial 274 in January. The numbers are still very very low for a club of Gor’s Stature and i wonder why the millions of GM referred fanbase are not willing to register as club members. Annual Membership Fees for ordinary membership is only 1200 payable either at once or in instalments of 200 for 6 months though that will change with the New Constitution as we need to maintain and close the members register in good time preferably by March 31st each year so after that Deadline one wishing to register as a member has to wait for the following year. Gold and Platinum membership are expensive and those members are entitled to many proposed benefits like subsidized season ticket prices and discounted original club merchandize etc…Let us all register as club members jodhot
@Jasego please follow this thought line with more vigor.I think this is crucial because the numbers do not add up. The millions fan base against 479 is not translating very well. Please educate us very aggressively on this and if possible a recruitment drive be initiated.
@teddy @jakoyo @jasego @barefoot I can post some positive contribution. Bail me out is need be
Good news regarding the efforts being made to better my beloved club GM. However, as I prepare for the meeting, I have engaged myself in intra-communication asking questions and answering those that are easy to answer, preferring to defer the difficult ones to team @jJasego and company. I am more touched by the explanation alluding to the fact that GM has been suffering all this time due to her registration status under Societies Act rather than Company’s Act. The move is good and must be supported from the onset but let’s not blind ourselves of what ails GM. If I liken GM to a computer, then the change that the meeting of 9th April may achieve is the change in hardware. But the disease and major treatment is required in the software – the operating system, which in my calculated guesswork has not been hampered by Cap 108 in any way. Nothing known under cap 108 has prevented GM from electing distinguished members into EC; the act has not prevented the club from forming a professional secretariat headed by a powerful CEO; Cap 108 has not prevented GM from dealing with hooliganism exhibited in GM matches. Cap 108 with all its limitations has not prevented GM from having their own stadium. It has not prevented EC from engaging the County Government of Kisumu to upgrade Moi stadium to international status for better business in GM matches. Cap 108 has not made it difficult for GM to see, acknowledge and act on the poor investment made in Erisa and Ssekisambu. Not even the much touted E-ticketing is forbidden under the Societies Act. I am also tempted to insinuate that the low membership at the club is not due to the Act. I remember clearly at the helm of madness at the landing of mobile telephony in Kenya, my preferred network of choice was Kencell because the other provider was always on safari. When the safari was over, Kencell found the going tough and changed to Celtel and later to Zain and the changes are ongoing. In short, deleting Cap 108 [Societies Act] and Inserting Companies Act, 2015 is a quick fix and will easily be achieved on the 9th. But organization re-engineering or change as it is often referred to is a lengthy process, stakeholders driven, and process oriented exercise with its heart in culture change.
I must thank the boys, TB, Fans, EC who made the busy week a success. You have known that the Societies Act does prohibit the team from winning. KASARANI HERE WE COME.
@Jasego , please clarify for me this issue of whether we will still be retaining positions such as SG and Treasurer as I saw somebody being quotted elsewhere .
Indeed it is in that context that I saw one Nyangi throwing her hat into the ring for the position of Treasurer , waah , a Mogoka chewing treasurer
of a club intending to join its elite peers in the continent , how now.
Please clarify if we are gonna have 2 or 4 or more elective positions because what is out there in the media is totally at variance with what you extolled in your post , I hope yours is the correct version .
@Teddy the correct position is this. Few months ago a concerned group of proactive registered members paid a courtesy call to club chairman and had a candid chat. ADOR explained the myriad of frustrations he goes through at the helm of GM working with a squabbling thieving divided EC and weak conmanship laden Secretariat. The members sympathized and an agreement to form a select committee made up of few registered members was reached to spearhead the constitutional review process. Two weeks ago a draft was launched for proposed adoption at the SGM and in it there are 4 elective posts in EC i.e Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary General and Treasurer. The Secretariat has 4 Positions of CEO, Finance Manager, Media Liaison Officer and Safety and Security Officer. It is the one you have seen in the public domain. Chairman then later after reading it called Jasego and other people who have always steered K’Ogalo when called upon and i immediately told him that Constitution just reduces the EC Composition but is totally vague on many aspects including membership structure, corporate structure, governance systems, sporting and footballing development etc and worse it is still modelled around the Societies Act Cap 108 that is both Old and Backward. It is therein that we met the select committee and proposed to them all i stated above in both clarity and non-ambiguity. I want to believe they have incorporated those changes and overhauled the document to incorporate our views and that is the Draft Constitution that will be proposed for adoption at the SGM. Nyangi and Ben Omondi and Ngala even Aduda are all opposed to the changes taking we will have only President and Vice President as electable officials plus the Board of Directors Must select well educated technocrats for appointment to the Secretariat. Should they shoot down the Company’s Structure i proposed we shall go back to the drawing board but the one they came up with was deficient and not much different from the old one save for having fewer EC Members…
@Jasego , much appreciated , I thought whoever came up with
what we read in the media had no futuristic spirit but merely wanted to comply with , at the bare minimum, the sports act and I was at a lose as to why they were being referred to as professionals .
Anything short of a 360 degree paradigm shift will be nothing but akin to applying lipstick to a pig and must be resisted and it is on this basis that the call to a critical mass of Gor Mahia fans to register in large numbers assumes a sense of urgency , We MUST do our part or forever SHUT UP.
@Nyakwar.O.R , there is a reason why China is developing faster than India despite the fact that for decades to date , India has had a larger pool of professionals than China .
China is run as a business while India is run according to the popular will occasioning a governing structure that has in it Technocrats , Religious leaders , Thieves , Conmen in the same space and it is this kind of Indian scenario that we have had in Gor Mahia ‘s elective leadership , a leadership that has been elected by the few hired voters who are ferried to vote and who do so for non footballing or business reasons since the sober majority dont bother showing up .
On the stadium debate , I normally find it funny coz we have to make a distinction between a stadium and a training ground and on this I wish to challenge anybody to give me a list of established clubs in Europe who have their own stadiums , a team like Tottenham formed over 120yrs ago just got their stadium yesterday , Arsenal at the same age got their’s just a few years ago , Expecting Gor as currently constituted to build a stadium is just not possible but could be possible with a 49% strategic investor .
Hooliganism is an issue that cannot be tackled by any club on its own , be it Man U , Madrid or Bayern , but rather its a vice that requires a multi sectoral approach with the state being the heaviest stakeholder , without the involvement of the state , nothing is gonna change , people must be arrested and jailed I.e the carrot and stick principle must apply .
Lastly , for the purposes of having a representative elections and to also make it more than just a Nairobi affair , I would propose the Real Madrid model whereby from a fanbase of over 100000 registered and paying members , the membership choose reps from amongst themselves and constitute into an assembly of 2000 who assemble at an SGM or AGM and take care of the interest of the branches who have sent them.
But to expect the tower of babel that is the current gor hierachy to bring their heads together for a common good is asking too much of people who were elected by another similar tower of babel.
Back to China and India , a structure or lack of any determines a lot , closer home , we are watching Simba stealing a march on us while burying our heads in the sand and hypocritically pretending not to know what they are doing differently , considering that not so long ago , they were in the same rudimentary stage .
Are policemen only employed to wait for elections then show muscles and ugly water cannons every five years? Do Gor pay for security? If the Govt cannot offer it when qe pay for it and we are taxed also in the same breath then a few answers are needed. Rachier with only a computer and a phone call can secure the stadium. If the could go to waste resources in migori kondele and kibera for no real purpose. We want them to come and make arrests and take to court. Kwani Gor has a barracks of water cannons? Bring them to the stadium. Don’t keep them rotting waiting for 2022.