OneTisa Sports

28/06/2025

I said it here, that 3K would not possibly be seeking promotion on their debut NSL season. Some fans felt grated. But now the chairman himself has put paid to that bile by saying the aim was a top five finish.

Finishing 9th is commendable. Many teams' aim in debut seasons in the higher leagues is to just stay afloat. Congratulations 3K FC.

From this interview, my best takeaway is 'technical team.' Chao has always left matters of the pitch to the experts he engages, and I love that about him. We often put him off as 'Hajui ball,' but that might prove to be his greatest strength.

How many teams are destroyed by their very owners just because they think they know ball and thus keep overreaching?

BIG INTERVIEW WITH OUR CLUB CHAIRMAN, MR. CHARLES NJOKA NJAGI

We threw some questions at Chao as many know him, and this is what he had to say.

🔵ON IF WE ACHIEVED OUR SEASON OBJECTIVES IN THE JUST CONCLUDED SEASON
Partly, yes. We had a target of finishing in a position not less than 5, we ended up finishing 9th, that was not that bad of a performance. As far as our fanbase is concerned, we had been getting about 1000 to 1500 fans attending our home games, we wanted to attract more people into our games, we ended up the season with an average of 2300 to 2500 fans, which was hugely commendable.

🔵ON WHAT WAS OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT THIS SEASON
I can say we had a successful annual fund drive dinner.
We've also built a very compact team of young and talented players who will be instrumental in propelling the team to Kenya premier league. We also had a very good technical bench who worked hard to build and improve our squad.

🔵ON NOT LOOSING OUR BEST PLAYERS TO OTHER TEAMS
We plan on retaining our good players, of course, unless a very good deal comes their way. If a good deal comes the way of any of our players, we will release them with a smile on our faces and open heart.

🔵ON PLANS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR SQUAD
We have key areas that we have to address. We will liaise with the technical bench, but it's evident we need to get in one experienced goalkeeper, a good goal scorer and improve just slightly on our midfield. We will also release a few players, a decision that will be made by the technical bench.

🔵ON THE STATE OF OUR CLUB HOUSE
I can say confidently that our club house will be done by mid season.

🔵ON NEXT SEASON'S OBJECTIVES
Top of our list is getting a partnership deal, most likely with a betting company. We also want to partner more with local business community and see how we can both work for mutual benefit.

19/12/2024

30/10/2024

Patrice Evra has said Arsenal is like Netflix. Always waiting for next season.

My people in Bordeaux, I need you to visit that Manjesta lad and tell him to wash the name of our club from his mouth!

19/10/2024

Yaani mmeamua hata Truthful Football hamtaki?

Arsenal joins Gasagua and Ferguson in the week of tribulations. Bourne Ultimatum; the sun will rise.

17/10/2024

What is that I hear Manjesta are doing to Old Alex Ferguson over there at Sir Trafford?

10/10/2024

The 24-man Harambee Stars squad TRAVELLING to face Cameroon in Uganda and Cameroon has seven (7) players who ply their trade in Kenya.

Four of these (Rooney Onyango, Sylvester Owino, Alphonce Omija and Geoffrey Ochieng) play for Gor Mahia, while we have one each from Tusker (Crispine Erambo), Bandari (Byrne Omondi), and Kenya Police (Patrick Matasi).

We wish the team or the best in the two ties of Group J AFCON qualification, which Kenya currently tops on goal difference. Meanwhile, I have a few things going on in my mind:

- What does the constitution (70%) foreign-based say about our local game? Are we so good we have exported enough, or too poor that local-based players do not fit the bill? Or does the coach have a bias?

- Why is it that only four KPL teams have players called up? Are other teams less packed with talent? Does the coach have enough arsenal to cast his scouting net across the country and in different tiers?

- Is there any available reading on the backstage operations of Kenyan football? e.g how the FA, journalists, player camps affect call-ups, squad selection, match-fixing etc. Hapa najua Kiarie Mbugua will come in handy. I should also gift myself Esse Akida's book, Unchained, juu leo ni birthday yangu tena.

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Anyway, how many points do you think we'll get from the two games against Cameroon this end week?

05/10/2024

Update: Sorry sana, niliewdanganya.

I hadn't seen this warning: Keep off the grass, NGUI!

Okay, they didn't say 'ngui,' but it didn't feel very different how it happened.

Now because we can't obey the rules and play football at the same time, this is us going to Gachoka, where there is no grass.

You can follow us there and enjoy football, but you could still take your kids to Embu Stadium for a KCB fun day and cub account opening.

Hata mimi sijatoka ng'o. Ashley amenifungulia account ya mtu mzima, ingawa deposit atangoja sana!

Muchiri Karish, huko ng'o, kule kwingine sio ng'o.

05/10/2024

We're stepping into our own General Kubukubu Embu Stadium again today.

Not for aquaball this time, but for real football action between the four finest teams of the 2023/24 F. K. F Embu CountyLeague seaon.

12pm - Ishiara Youth vs JNTI
3pm - Ndega FC vs Kangami

Even if you are a greenhorn in football fanship, the stadium with four sitting areas is such a vibe these days. If I was young and chasing lasses, I'd bring one to while away here. Maybe she wouldn't even watch one minute of football, but she would enjoy watching me watch football.

For some reason unknown, (young) women get thrilled watching the men they like lose themselves in their passion. Muombee Ishiara Youth FC ipige JNTI ndio niwachapie story ya how I once dated a girl who would jam if I showered before 'She smelled my sweat' after football practice!

Kaguri!

See you there!

30/09/2024

3K FC is reporting they collected KES 191, 100 in their first NSL home match.
That would mean 1,911 fans paid the regular KES 100 ticket. Make that 1500 people assuming that 25% attending paid the KES 200 VIP ticket. Add 100 to that assuming that kids entered free and non-revenue fans of any nature.

Now, with better (more) marketing, the team can push the numbers to around 4000 for home games. No, slash that to 3000, given yesterday's match had a backdrop of no FKF matches around the county.

Special games like hosting neighbours Fortune FC should bring more collections via away fans. If the stands (or blinds) are stepped up to draw in spectators who watch from outside the stadium, that brings in around 100 more paying fans.

Upwards of KES 250K for Thao Tatu in home games. That's a huge step towards self-sustenance for the team. The team's ambition, focus, and hardwork have really paid off.

Things you love to see!

30/09/2024

Enyewe ni ukweli vile fans wa Manjesta husema people love talking about their team.

All day katika pitapita zangu nimekuwa nikipatana na haka kameme kanaonyesha teams tag-teaming Man-U like nobody's business. Ilianza na FC Twente, wakapatia Spurs, and now haters are saying Porto is about to enter the fray!

Mue mûkoverwa na ngoto ciatigara!

25/09/2024

Embu County is so fertile for sports content right now; both for creators of content and consumers. There's a story going on every minute and a way to access it!

When I first came to this place and set up OneTisa Sports website, it was like working in a wasteland. The football office, for instance, couldn't be arsed! The government of the day probably never took sports seriously. coverIt was difficult to know exactly how many teams were playing in the league. Weeks went by without knowing the official results of matches. Standings came with the frequency of visible eclipses.

When I tried to create a provisional standing using scrambled results that I collected by calling every team contact every Monday morning, the office warned me against posting results before they did. Some team officials started calling me to launch complaints because they either thought I was the office or they couldn't reach the office.

I say 'scrambled results' because sometimes I got two conflicting reports from one fixture, depending on how each side felt the match SHOULD HAVE ended.

By the time Corona hit, I was tired and had lost enthusiasm for the site. And for leadership too, which I had tried as a Sub-Branch leader. I did not recover, but the game came out of the pandemic impressively strong.

Today, we have over around forty teams in the F. K. F Embu County League, almost a similar number in the Sub-County leagues, and around five in the higher leagues - 3K FC, Ishiara, EWASCO, Dummen Orange Fc, Zenshin, Nembure, Kiangima, and more!

Team communiques are always timely and informative. Matchday Live updates are aplenty both from fans and teams themselves. Then we have other sports like chess, rugby, darts, and more athletics going on. Oh, and also Embu Legends FC.

Maybe, just maybe, I should not have let that website go down the domain expiry drain. Maybe, just maybe, I could find a few budding writers, pay them badly and nurture them, bring back the site and grow it, then pay them well and disappear again.

But successful comebacks are hard to make once you fall off. Isipokuwa ya Nyashinski, unajua gani zingine za kutajika?