Former Gor Mahia coach Dylan Kerr on Wednesday, June 23 joined other pundits on DSTV SuperSport to offer insights on the UEFA EURO 2020 games that were being shown.
Kerr, a Maltese-born former professional footballer and current manager of South African club Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila, coached Gor Mahia between 2017-2018.
As a pundit alongside former Bayern Munich ace Samuel Osei Kuffour, Kerr exhibited his rich football knowledge and went toe-to-toe with other veteran pundits.
Other pundits contracted by Supersport for the EUFA EURO 2020 games are JJ Okocha, Shaun Bartlett (FC Zurich and Charlton Athletic), Andre Arendse (Fulham and Oxford United), Matthew Booth (Rostov and Krylia Sovetov), Stanton Fredericks (FC Moscow, Grasshopper Zurich and Pierikos) and Benni McCarthy (Celta Vigo, Porto, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United), South African Teko Modise among others.
Tough life in Nairobi
Although Kerr is doing fine in South Africa – his experience in Kenya as Gor Mahia coach was one to forget. He is said to have lived in a rented house in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa estate, but which had no electricity or water, The Nairobian had reported.
During his 16-month stay at the helm of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions, the Briton was for some months forced to swim in the morning as the only means of bathing his 51-year old body.
Ate in vibanda in Kileleshwa
At times, he lacked bus fare to the team’s training grounds in Eastlands and was forced to jog from Kileleshwa to Camp Toyoyo in Jericho, creating the illusion of a fitness-conscious mzungu.
Indeed, the roadside vibanda at Yahya Centre came in handy for the man who led K’Ogalo to win two back-to-back KPL championships.
Bathed in a sweeping pool
Then Gor Mahia organising Secretary Judith Nyangi had revealed that “Kerr is the only coach who could have persevered at Gor Mahia. Imagine a coach staying in a house without electricity and water, and having to bathe in a swimming pool because of rent arrears,” Nyangi wrote, in the wake of Kerr’s resignation.
He would later reveal that he never had a written contract with Gor Mahia throughout the period he was coach.
“I can confirm that I used to be paid my salary and bonuses, but we never had a written contract. I didn’t have a contract with Gor Mahia,” he said.
“Gor Mahia has good players who can die for the club, regardless of any kind of situation, as long as things are done the right way. The incoming coach (his successor) only needs to be good and honest,” he said, adding that, “I am ready and willing to help him at any time should he need my advice.”