Eze Promoe: ^That loss also pained me. They would have registered their names with the likes of Enyimba and Heartland as winners of the CAF confederation cup.

Afam4eva: Great thread.

Pls which of the the two teams(dolphins and sharks) does the Rivers state government support. I remember one of the teams complaining that the state governemt was only paying attention to one and ignoring the other.

Which Port-Harcourt divides do the two teams belong to and what part of the city does their fan base come from in the city

Afam4eva:
There's nothing as annoying as a team reaching the final pf an event and losing. It's better not to even get to the final at all. The same thing happened to Rangers some years back when they lost the final of the FA club to Dolphins. That match pain me no be small.

Eze Promoe:
I felt for Rangers especially last season after they lost the cup to Kano Pillars after their hardwork.

Afam4eva:
If you look at the last 10 years or so, you'll see that Rangers has always finished top 5 of the league almost every season but never win the league. It was annoying last year that we lost it to Kano pillars. What was most annoying was that Pillars won it in the board room just because of one Bayelsa team like that.

Eze Promoe: ^That loss also pained me. They would have registered their names with the likes of Enyimba and Heartland as winners of the CAF confederation cup.

BTW, are you a fan of Dolphins?

Eze Promoe: ^That loss also pained me. They would have registered their names with the likes of Enyimba and Heartland as winners of the CAF confederation cup.

BTW, are you a fan of Dolphins?

dominique:

They're the second team I support after enyimba. When did heartland win CAF confeds cup? When they were still iwuanyiawu nationale I suppose.

Eze Promoe:
Actually, the government are supporting the two clubs. But there was a time when Sharks FC went on strike complaining that the government favoured Dolphins FC than them.
It was somehow true but the fact was that Dolphins brought in trophies than Sharks, so the government looked the way of the most active sides.
Amaechi is currently building another stadium for Sharks in Igwuruta which is closer to the airport because Sharks were complaining that the stadium they're using is being shared with other activities done in Rivers state (ie the Civic Centre in Moscow Road)

CFCfan:

That's good. Do u by any chance have the render for the new Sharks stadium?

Eze Promoe:
I'll try and get that tomorrow but its a very beautiful one with modern facilities, and the good thing is that, its located in my maternal town, while Liberation Stadium (Dolphins home ground) is located in the town where I currently reside. That is why I can visit watch any match hosted in PH.

CFCfan:

Okay. I just wonder though, if the Rivers State ownership of 2 teams might lead to accusations of match-fixing, whenever they clash in Port Harcourt. For instance I don't see how Abramovich will be allowed to own both Chelsea FC and Tottenham.

Maybe the NPFL board would have to look into that.

Afam4eva: Great thread.

Pls which of the the two teams(dolphins and sharks) does the Rivers state government support. I remember one of the teams complaining that the state governemt was only paying attention to one and ignoring the other.

Which Port-Harcourt divides do the two teams belong to and what part of the city does their fan base come from?

Ibime:

Sharks is Rivers State traditional team, run by our footballing son Adokiye Amaesimaka.

Things have been swinging Dolphins way in terms of political patronage recently because Dolphins is located more centrally in Elekiah an Ikwerre area in the centre of PH whilst Sharks is traditionally attended by and patronised by Okrika people in an intimidating area of town toward the South of the city!

Ibime:

Sharks is Rivers State traditional team, run by our footballing son Adokiye Amaesimaka.

Things have been swinging Dolphins way in terms of political patronage recently because Dolphins is located more centrally in Elekiah an Ikwerre area in the centre of PH whilst Sharks is traditionally attended by and patronised by Okrika people in an intimidating area of town toward the South of the city!

Ibime:

Sharks is Rivers State traditional team, run by our footballing son Adokiye Amaesimaka.

Things have been swinging Dolphins way in terms of political patronage recently because Dolphins is located more centrally in Elekiah an Ikwerre area in the centre of PH whilst Sharks is traditionally attended by and patronised by Okrika people in an intimidating area of town toward the South of the city!

ow11: When Amaechi leaves office, Sharks will come back to Civic centre. Who will go to Igwuruta to go and watch Sharks play? I can't start patrolling from Borokiri to Igwuruta because of a game that is supposed to be in Civic centre!

Let him carry Dolphin and China Acheru to Igwuruta and leave Sharks in Town! Besides with the new upgrade, Sharks stadium can hold up to 10,000 fans which is good enough to NPL atmoshpere. When it grows, we can push yeye Dolphin aka Eagle Cement to Igwuruta and take over Elekahia stadium.

Whilst we are it, PLEASE KESHI, invite Sharks FC Right Back, Fortune Chukwudi to the Super Eagles! He will use his real age. . .Amiesimaka was only concerned about his age not his quality!

dominique: Guys don't mind my slight off-topic but i cant help but ask, are all these areas you guys are listing based in Port Harcourt? Is there more to Rivers than PH?
seems like Dolphins is favoured by most of the locals. What swayed people towards their direction desipite the fact that sharks is the indigenous team?

ow11: So na Sharks deserve interior stadium? The Ikwerre fans of Dolphin can go to Igwuruta to support their beloved team. We want our Sharks to stay in town!

Sharks won the 1996 League on the field. Udoji united paid for the trophy and got disgraced the following season in the inaugural CAF Champions league.

Can Dolphin even fill up civic centre? The only time Dolphin fills up any stadium is when Sharks are teaching Dolphin swimming lessons in Civic centre.

Towns outside PH do not really have football clubs and everyone used to support Sharks until Odili went to buy Eagle Cement FC. The Old players from RV state all played for Sharks Adokiye Amiesimaka, Finidi George, Imama Amapakabo, Richard Owubokiri, Furo Iyenemi, George Abbey and Taribo West. Dolphin(Eagle Cement) always bought players whilst Sharks used to play with PH groomed boys until recently. So NO, Locals do not favour Dolphin!

dominique: Guys don't mind my slight off-topic but i cant help but ask, are all these areas you guys are listing based in Port Harcourt? Is there more to Rivers than PH?
seems like Dolphins is favoured by most of the locals. What swayed people towards their direction desipite the fact that sharks is the indigenous team?

Ibime:

Sharks is Rivers State traditional team, run by our footballing son Adokiye Amaesimaka.

Things have been swinging Dolphins way in terms of political patronage recently because Dolphins is located more centrally in Elekiah an Ikwerre area in the centre of PH whilst Sharks is traditionally attended by and patronised by Okrika people in an intimidating area of town toward the South of the city!

ow11: When Amaechi leaves office, Sharks will come back to Civic centre. Who will go to Igwuruta to go and watch Sharks play? I can't start patrolling from Borokiri to Igwuruta because of a game that is supposed to be in Civic centre!

Let him carry Dolphin and China Acheru to Igwuruta and leave Sharks in Town! Besides with the new upgrade, Sharks stadium can hold up to 10,000 fans which is good enough to NPL atmoshpere. When it grows, we can push yeye Dolphin aka Eagle Cement to Igwuruta and take over Elekahia stadium.

Whilst we are it, PLEASE KESHI, invite Sharks FC Right Back, Fortune Chukwudi to the Super Eagles! He will use his real age. . .Amiesimaka was only concerned about his age not his quality!