Gor Mahia fans protest ‘unknown Kenyan team’ tag from English press
Gor Mahia fans have taken great exception to an article in the English press suggesting their’s is an “unknown football team.”
On Friday, popular online publication the Daily Mail, headlined one of its articles “Wayne Rooney’s second Everton debut may be against an unknown Kenyan team”.
This was in reference to a hyped up friendly pitting the 15-time Kenyan champions and the English Premier League club slated for Dar es Salaam in Tanzania July 13.
The headline of the story is what seems to have irked K’Ogalo fans even as fans of Gor Mahia’s bitter rivals AFC Leopards responded with cheeky approval.
Soon thereafter, a hashtag #SomeoneTellDailyMail was trending on Twitter. Herein are some of the sampled views:
#SomeoneTellDailyMail that Gor Mahia is known internationally …. We are Kogalo Sirkal pic.twitter.com/jXM8SbUOBk
— Faith Ogaya (@FOgaya) July 7, 2017
@MailSport this is actually what I meant by @BBCSport knowing @OfficialGMFC. You should know Gor is not little known.#SomeoneTellDailyMail pic.twitter.com/oaT9jk4Iwr
— Tony Anelka (@tonyanelka) July 7, 2017
#SomeoneTellDailyMail that Kogalo has more major titles than Chelsea the epl champions.
— Mr Eazi ?? (@raccs) July 8, 2017
@MailSport imagine @WayneRooney had to leave @ManUtd just for a chance to play against @OfficialGMFC. #SomeoneTellDailyMail We aint little pic.twitter.com/fGqcUs7fJM
— Ochieng Otieno (@Envibrian) July 7, 2017
#SomeoneTellDailyMail that it's not over until it's over waiting for them in Tanzania
— Willis Otieno (@Willisjakisumo) July 7, 2017
#SomeoneTellDailyMail that Gor Mahia has won 15 SPL titles. No EPL team has won even one Kenyan title. K'Ogalo is still 'little known?'
— Tom Bwana (@TomBwana) July 7, 2017
#SomeoneTellDailyMail Gor Mahia has very peaceful fans. These ones here are engaging in CSR pic.twitter.com/8PaL6yrt0F
— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) July 7, 2017
#SomeoneTellDailyMail @GorMahia_FC can take them 2school 2know that "little known" & "most successful" can't be used in the same sentence
— Mama twins (@LindaMarcels) July 7, 2017
#SomeoneTellDailyMail that only big clubs like @Arsenal & @OfficialGMFC can win a title unbeaten not 'little known' teams as per their story
— Tony Anelka (@tonyanelka) July 7, 2017