We don’t really do much blogging at The Scarf Bergara Wore.

Well, that’s not strictly true. John does his weekly blog, and Reidy and Josh are going to be doing more this season too, but generally speaking, written content isn’t something we’ve ever really concentrated on. And when it comes to players, we pretty much leave that alone too. New signings, players leaving, transfer rumours, player profiles… it’s never really been our thing. Maybe it should be.

Which brings us nicely to Mamadou Jobe.

When we were asked to put together a bit of a write-up around Owen Moxon’s move to Cambridge United, I thought I’d cheekily ask the guys at Under the Abbey Stand, a Cambridge United podcast, if they’d do the same for us. We wanted to know what we’d actually signed.

Jobe arrived at County from Cambridge for a reported seven-figure fee, so it’s fair to say there’s a bit of expectation around him. And, let’s be honest, when you’re spending that sort of money on a centre-half, you want to know what you’re getting.

Thankfully, the feedback from Cambridge is pretty bloody good.

So, rather than me pretending I know loads about Jobe after watching him for about 20 minutes, we’ve gone straight to the people who have actually watched him.

Here’s what Under the Abbey Stand had to say…

You won’t find a Cambridge United fan who hasn’t got overwhelmingly positive things to say about Mamadou Jobe. Having signed him from local non league club Royston Town he spent time in our academy before a variety of steadily progressing loans in the National League, impressing more and more with each one.

Under the cursed Garry Monk reign we faced a big Easter weekend to secure League One safety. With a postponement the week before, Monk decided to switch to 5 at the back and surprisingly called Jobe back from a loan at Gateshead. He made his debut on Good Friday in a win at Barnsley and never looked back.

It’s hard to overstate how comfortable he looked playing 3rd tier football from the off: so comfortable with the ball at this feet, physically dominating but also with a turn of pace, and maybe most importantly a really smart footballer. For someone so young he always seemed to make the right decisions.

That progression continued for the end of that season before it was cut short suffering concussion from a Chris Martin (not that one) elbow. That summer he was touted as having his breakout season and ready to play week in week out, but he cruelly picked up an ACL injury in pre season that ruled him out. By the time he was back next summer Neil Harris was his manager and within a month Jobe had ousted club captain at the centre of defence and started every week in what was the best defence in the whole EFL. We knew this moment was coming for Jobe and it’s a huge success story for our academy.

He’s been such an important part of our promotion and his level is so much higher than the bottom end of League One, higher than the whole division in fact. The last centre back to come out of our academy was Harry Darling, and from his time at United Jobe is streets ahead. You’ve got a hell of a player on your hands.

Not bad, eh? In fact, it’s a pretty ringing endorsement. Jobe made his County debut on Saturday against Wigan Athletic, coming on in the second half of that rather enjoyable 4-0 win. It was only a short appearance, though, so I’m certainly not going to sit here and tell you we’ve already found the next Baresi! Although… seven-figure centre-half, clean sheet, 4-0 win on his debut.

I’ll leave that one there. Seriously, though, we’ll obviously get a much better idea of Jobe over the next few weeks. He’s arrived at a new club, in a new league, and needs time to settle in. But the early signs — and particularly what Cambridge fans have to say about him — are encouraging.

I’ve also included a link to a BBC Sounds clip below, where Cambridge’s Director of Football, Matt Bonner, talks about Jobe’s move to Stockport.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire – Cambridge United, The U’s Show (07/09/2026)

It’s worth a listen.

Fancy Writing for TSBW?

This whole thing has also got me thinking about the written side of TSBW.

We’ve probably got a bit of a gap there. We’re good at talking about County. That’s kind of what we’ve built the whole thing around. But there’s loads of stuff we don’t really cover.

New players. Former players. Players we’ve been linked with. Memories. Stories. Matches. The random stuff that only County fans will understand. And I’d like to do more of it. The problem is, there’s only so many hours in the day and we’re all doing this alongside work, family life and everything else that comes with being a vaguely responsible adult.

So, rather than me deciding I’m suddenly going to become a full-time football blogger, I’d rather find people who actually want to write. And that could be you. Maybe you’re 16 and studying media at college and want some experience. Maybe you’ve always fancied writing about County but never really had anywhere to put it. Or maybe you’re just a County fan who enjoys writing and fancies knocking something out every now and again.

You don’t have to commit to writing every week. You don’t need to be a professional journalist. And you certainly don’t need to have any grand ambitions. If you’ve got something interesting to say about Stockport County, we’d be interested in hearing it.

We’ll give you the support, tools and platform to get your stuff out there — and hopefully put it in front of a decent-sized County audience while we’re at it.

So if that’s something you’d fancy, drop us an email at contact@scarfbergarawore.co.uk.

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you’d like to write about. If you’ve already got something you’ve written, even better. Who knows, you might end up becoming the person we blame for filling the website with even more County content.

Anyway…

Back to Mamadou Jobe. We’ve spent a fair bit of money on him. He’s made his debut. And if the people who’ve watched him regularly are anything to go by, we’ve potentially got ourselves a very good centre-half. Let’s hope so.

Welcome to County, Mamadou.

Up the County. 💙