By Chisomo Phiri
President of Mighty Wanderers FC, Thomson Frank Mpinganjira, has urged the club’s players to maintain discipline and increase their commitment as the team prepares for the upcoming football season.
Speaking during the 2026 Mighty Wanderers Presidential Ball Awards at Golden Peacock Hotel in Blantyre last night, Mpinganjira said the club is determined to build a stronger and more competitive team ahead of the 2026/2027 season.
“We do not want a situation where Wanderers struggles to match other teams on the field,” he said,expressing confidence that the club will return stronger in the coming campaign.
As part of efforts to strengthen the team, Mpinganjira also announced the appointment of Albert Mpinganjira as a strikers’ coach to help improve the club’s goal-scoring performance.
During the same event, Mpinganjira issued a stern warning to players regarding penalties, saying any player who refuses to take a penalty during matches will forfeit match bonuses for the entire season.
The club president said Wanderers will no longer tolerate players avoiding responsibility during crucial moments in matches.
“I do not want to see that happening again next season,” he said.
The warning follows incidents during the 2025 season in which some Wanderers players reportedly excused themselves from taking penalties at critical stages of major competitions.
The situations occurred during the final of the FDH Bank Cup against Silver Strikers FC and in the semi-final of the Castel Challenge Cup, matches that the Nomads eventually lost.
In 2025, the Nomads ended an eight-year top-flight league title drought.
