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The Late 80s
1987 is considered the clubs most successful year. That year they won a unique treble : The national League , The Moi golden cup and the Africa cup winners cup which had just been named the Nelson Mandela cup. In addition the club provided 8 players to the national team which made the final of the 4th All Africa games football tournament, Kenya's most succesfull cup campaign yet.
The club was deep and experienced in all departments. There was a lot of competition among players for starting positions. In goal there was David Ochieng and Tirus Omondi , both of whom had seen action with the national team. In defence there was Isaya Omondi , Otieno Solo, Otieno Bassanga , Bobby Ogolla , Jaffer Mwidau and captain Austin Oduor. The midfield which was deeper than the pacific featured, Abass Magongo , Charles Otieno , Okello Zangi , Onyango Fundi , Ochieng Pierre and Odembo Nyangi "artillery". In attack Anthony Ndolo , Sammy Onyango , Ben Oloo "breakdance"and prolific goal-scorer Peter Dawo completed the line-up. In addition Gor Mahia acquired the services of Dane Jack Johnson as technical advisor and Maurice Ochieng as coach.
Gor Mahia swept through all opposition to win the league comfortably. In the Moi golden cup they beat AFC Leopard 2-0 in the final.The continental cup campaign saw them beat Marine of Somalia, El Merreikh of Sudan , Entente of Togo, Dragons of Benin and Esperance of Tunisia. Peter Dawo earned recognition as one of Africa's premier goal poachers by scoring 10 goals in the tournament.
In 1988 Gor Mahia lost the league title to a resurgent AFC Leopards. They however retained the Moi golden cup by beating Kenya Breweries in the final. On the continental scene they beat Mukura Victory of Rwanda in the first round and BTM of Madagascar in the second round. In the quarter-finals they were once again dubiously eliminated by Inter club of Congo.
1989 saw the beginning of the decline of the club. Despite making it to the semi-finals of the Cup winners cup it was apparent that the standards of the once mighty club were falling. They lost the Moi golden cup and once again finished second to AFC leopards in the national league. Coach Jack Johnson left in a huff and the club began to experience finacial difficulties. On the continental scene the club was left behind by several African teams which were gradually transforming into fully professional units
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