Thika United Football Club started in 2000, under the name Beirut FC and was simply a local Estate team, loosely organized by several local benefactors with the aim of getting the local youth occupied and away from criminal activities.

The current management took over in 2001 just when the team had been promoted to the Nationwide League. Through sheer grit, willpower, wise investment in players and coach, the team beat all the odds of inexperience at high level football to gain promotion to the coveted Premier league. Astonishingly, the club did this after one season in the Nationwide League.

Thika Town, once described as the ‘Birmingham of Kenya’, due to the conflagration of industries that dotted the town. Indeed, the last football team of note or compare to the current Thika United was sponsored by one of the now defunct Industry –KTM- Kenya Taitex Mills!

KTM FC at the height of the 80s missed the National League Trophy by a whisker to such giants of footballing as Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards. KTM FC had several of its players in the National squad.

The club subsequently folded after its chief sponsor, Kenya Taitex Mills went under following the liberalization of the cloth market and the influx of second-hand clothes (Mitumba).

Thika United is a community-based team, which means that it is not owned by any corporate body (Company). Fans, with dreams of the glory years of KTM have come out in large numbers to support the team.

During the 2001 -2002 and 2002-2003 seasons, the club was sponsored by Italian pharmaceutical company, Medisca Farmaceutici and Italian sports designers KAPPA.

For the 2003-2004 seasons, Thika United is proud to play under the banner of Brookside Dairy Ltd and is dressed on and off the pitch by world reknowned soccer designers UMBRO, courtesy the management of Brookside Dairy.

In its endeavor to keep the dream of helping keep youth occupied, Thika United has embarked on several projects for the youth, namely, a vibrant youth program and the affiliation to a Boxing Club. Thika United in conjunction with the church has launched a free website for assisting youth get jobs. The website cowakenya.org is free end-to-end and costs neither the prospective employer nor the prospective employee any money to post their vacancies or their CVs..

Already, Thika companies are being lobbied to put their vacancy notices in the website for all jobs from manual work to professional. The Thika United sponsor, Brookside Dairy will begin to post its notices in the website shortly.

The broad aims of Thika United Football club still remain soccer-based but its affiliation and impact on the community cannot be underestimated, because of this, the club chooses to be in the forefront of community/social activities.

Thika United’s ultimate objectives are to attain the highest accolade of African and Kenyan Football and be crowned Premier League champions within 2 years and represent Kenya in the CAF Africa Champions League. Thika united sees a bright future for Kenyan football despite the current stand-off between the KFF and the Kenya Football Champions League.

Thika United is already a contributor to the National Squad-Harambee Stars-with three players, namely Anthony Mathenge, James Omondi, and former National team Captain Nicholas Muyoti. A very important point to note is that Thika United head –Coach Mickey Weche is also the National Team Assistant Coach.

To quote the club Chairman, “Bold ambitions indeed , but whilst Thika United is a new name , KTM Thika once provided glory to the town of Thika as it proved to be a dominant force in the 80’s. Thika United intend to finish the job and achieve that elusive Championship and much, much more”.

We here at Thika United welcome you to join us on a journey through Kenyan Football; we hope you will be by our side all through. We will laugh together during the good times and support each other through the rough times ahead, because surely, in the midst of difficulty there lays opportunity.

Finally, we raise a glass of BROOKSIDE MILK to salute all our fans. Cheers!