So there I was all prepped up, negotiated the heavy traffic on Mbagathi and used some panya routes and found myself in Nairobi West. I parked in the estate there, as Ingwe K'ogalo matches are unpredictable. All traffic , foot or otherwise was headed for the showpiece. The lines to the ticketing booths snaked around the parking area, as hooligans cut queues to get the ticket to the Stadium. I had requested my younger bro (Jascon) to get me a ticket to the terraces and it took the better part of an hour getting it. Funny thing is somehow the gate to the stadium was breached and fans streamed in(most had not paid).
We took the chance to buy our tickets as people abandoned the ticket booths for a piece of free entrance. by now the game had started and it was almost ten minutes into the game. We bought our tickets (That's what these clubs survive on as revenue) and as we were headed to the now open gate, security came in to stop the flow of non-paying fans.."Wewe hapana ingia kama wewe hakuna risit..." shouted the burly bouncer as he blocked the entrance with a club on one hand and fumes of some cocktail of illicit brews spewing from his breath. Luckily i had my risit and so I got in. The atmosphere was to die for....floodies, hooligans, and chanting all around. I sat in what appeared to be an isolated spot.....bad idea. This is where the users of the 'oly 'erb went about there puff puff pass business the entire 90 minutes.
On to the pitch K'ogalo were playing some lovely soccer, and the two forwards, Kevo and Blackberry (I just love that name!) contrived to miss a sackful of chances. Again and again they got themselves clear on goal only for them to try to pass it into the net...Arsenal style!...Ingwe got the one chance and duly punished K'ogalo. Honourable mention to the outstanding fella between the sticks, Webo. The keeper was on some of the 'oly 'erb that was hanging abouts where we was seated.
The half time antics of the fans were hilarious as they trooped armed with flares singing around the stadi. One disappointment was the lousy chants of the Ingwe...AFC, AFC, AFC!!!...so flat! One thing you'll give the K'ogalo khooliganski, they can get behind their team. They also have their anthem and numerous chants.
Other than an incidence where the linesman was pelted with empty plastic bottles by the ingwe fans for raising the offside flag, the game was uneventful and the fans were well behaved at the end of the game streaming out orderly (as far as the ones going in the direction of Langata and the shire of Kibira were concerned.
Lookin forward to the next round of El Klasiko when K'ogalo will be the home team. sisi atakutana tena na sis atafundisa nyinyi opira!
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