Thika United
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Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in Thika
Thika
Thika is an industrial town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, near the confluence of Thika River & Chania River. Thika has a population of 200,000and is growing rapidly, as is the entire greater Nairobi area...
. The club was formed in 2000 as Beirut FC. Next year, after promoting to the Nationwide League (second level), it adopted new name, Medisca Thika, after its then sponsors. The current name has been in use since 2003, which was also its first year in the top flight. They are a member of the top division in Kenyan football. Their home stadium is Thika Municipal Stadium
Thika Municipal Stadium
Municipal Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Thika, Kenya. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Thika United. The stadium holds 5,000 people.-References:...
. Midfielder Matthew Dickinson hit the headlines of local and some national newspapers when he left local team Brislington Badgers in Bristol, England, to travel to Kenya to gain nationality and happened to earn himself a lengthly contract with Thika United.