https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pLIW-8PF9I

FT Ifeanyi Uba 1 - 0 Warri Wolves
FT Lobi Stars 1 - 0 Akwa United
FT Niger Tornadoes 2 - 0 Ikorodu United
FT Rivers United 1 - 0 Kano Pillars
FT Sunshine Stars 3 - 0 El Kanemi Warriors

Saturday, April 16, 2016

FT Nasarawa United 2 - 1 Plateau United
FT Shooting Stars 2 - 1 Heartland

But NPL football is funny sha,they just believe in booting the ball upfield anyhow...no time for calculated passes and through balls...im just happy because the league is getting proper recognition now and were even fielding some foreign players which is a big plus

@robosky02 @jeytee @TheSuperNerd @Anyi44 Have guys seen KiniScore, they seems to have matches scores in real-time http://kiniscore.com/

Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi on a lighter note revealed that he is blessed with other talents asides playing football. The Nigerian international in this video as posted on his official instagram page displayed his acting skills by imitating a typical bus conductor on the street of Lagos.

Always boring without presence

watched abia warriors as dey defeat mtfc 3 goals to Bill this evening... it was a good start from the mtfc during the half time.. 90mins it was clear that the strong remains..

By Sam Nnaji

It is hard to imagine what winning a league title was like three decades ago. Were medals dolled out to the winners? Was there a guard of honour? A parade down the streets throughout the city? Perhaps they partied all night and maybe they got a grand reception from the state's chief executive? Maybe. But evidently those glory days were characterized by battle chants and victory choruses, new fans were converted on a daily basis and the match venues of the league winners were packed full long before kickoff.

Between 1974 and 1984, Rangers International had won six league titles, five FA Cups, an African Cup Winners Cup (now Caf Confederation Cup) title in 1977 amidst regular appearances on the continent. Undoubtedly one of the two biggest teams in the country, they regularly supplied playing personnel for the national teams. The Enugu club had built for themselves a very strong side with a fine rich tradition. That was in the days when some of today's league heavyweights were still teething, trying to feed on the whatever crumbs the then big boys had leftover, some others had not even been formed.

Strangely, Rangers shockingly went limp in the years that followed and a steady decline set in. The giant was unable to reproduce the performances that characterized the fruitful years. The momentum moved to the likes of Iwuanyanwu Nationale (now Heartland), Julius Berger and more recently Enyimba and Kano Pillars and the only positive was that somehow they ensured that year after year, a Premier League status was ensured. The younger generation most of whom either never witnessed those conquests or were too young to understand were left to make do with tales and pictures whenever memories were brought to the fore.

But the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu refreshed memories of what those glory days were like when it hosted over 20,000 fans in Rangers 2-1 win over Nasarawa United in the ground's first Friday night game. Friday night games have become very popular in the league in recent times but this most recent edition was unprecedented, a perfect setting in all ramifications. The blazing floodlights announced to fans within its reach that indeed Ogui Road was the 'happening place' that moment. The fans heeded the invitation and into the grounds they throng to thousands of others watching, eagerly awaiting kickoff. It seemed everyone in the city was there; fathers, mothers, children, old faces and young ones. The bright neon lights from the new electronic scoreboard adding to the lovely spectacle.

Beyond just a nice Friday evening gathering, this team had wooed Enugu fans with their breathtaking displays since the start of the season. Imama Amapakabo's boys play what probably is the most scintillating football in the championship. The deadly quartet of Bobby Clement, Godwin Aguda, Obinna Nwobodo and Chisom Egbuchulam (acronym CANE from their last names) have terrorized defences to calamitous effect so far this season; their movement off and on the ball, the flash of their attacks and their potency in front of goal when it required.

It was not surprising hence when that crowd held its breath in hope and anticipation when Chisom Egbuchulam set out with a trademark run in the third minute toward the Nasarawa goal. Expectedly so from a player who has six goals so far this term. They collectively heaved disappointingly when his strike flew over the target. Unlucky not to be on the scoresheet but his assist handed Rangers the opener. A blur of explosive bursts, he was at the heart of almost everything Rangers created on the night. Beyond a doubt, he looks to have come of age this season, symbolic of his team that had disappointed in the recent past but looks like it means business this time round.

Beyond just watching the action unfold on the pitch, the fans were having themselves a great time. One group situated around the halfway line and facing the VIP gallery were partying all through. Clad in various attires and with diverse musical instruments, they were playing their drums, lighting up flames, waving the club's flags while a few others jangled bells. The rest who 'unprepared' for the ensuing carnival quickly joined the party when the opportunity called for it. First was in the 23rd minute when Clement's firm header from Egbuchulam's corner-kick broke Nasarawa United's resistance. 'Holy, holy holy, holy Enugu Rangers is another champion!' echoed round the stadium, some were standing, others clinched fists in solidarity.

It was not a select few singing, both old and young were as one, loud in their voices. Next was the circle after circle of Mexican waves that swept through and through the galleries in the second half. The joyous expression as each section roared and lifted their arms in unison as it went by meant they were having a time of their life. This was different, this was unique, this was fever pitch excitement, beyond what is common in these regions.

Friday night's experience epitomizes more than just the goings on at Rangers right now it symbolizes a rejuvenated league itself to a greater extent. Beautiful eye-catching football is back, more and more fans are joining the party, surely the glory days look on its way back.

For Rangers, what had been a whisper is getting louder by the day and although only the bravest of their fans can afford making the assertions at the moment with confidence, the rest of the Premier League pack are taking notice; Rangers look the real deal this season, a 32-year title wait could be over by October.

The Coal city Antelope are re-igniting the form and mesmerizing football which they were known for. I am very excited and really happy for them. Good football,stadium full to capacity....Good for development of our league.

jeytee:
But NPL football is funny sha,they just believe in booting the ball upfield anyhow...no time for calculated passes and through balls...im just happy because the league is getting proper recognition now and were even fielding some foreign players which is a big plus

Why would they care to play good football when they have empty stadium to entertain. You show them no support nor encouragement while killing yourselves over Ase-na and Chee-si while your league suffers.
I was reading and argument between Etouile du Sahel fan and a Nigerian who was boasting about the superiority of Enyimba over ESS fc and the Tunisian guy quickly reminds the ignorant Nigerian that Enyimba is not a club to be proud of if he is using Arsenal logo for his DP....It was really embarrassing...Like a black women who is dorning a head full of blonde weave while praising the beauty of Afro hair....lmao. Nigerians are so wretched! ffucking inferior set of humans.

Sometimes I feel like God should wipe the whole Nigeria out and create new humans.

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Why would they care to play good football when they have empty stadium to entertain. You show them no support nor encouragement while killing yourselves over Ase-na and Chee-si while your league suffers.
I was reading and argument between Etouile du Sahel fan and a Nigerian who was boasting about the superiority of Enyimba over ESS fc and the Tunisian guy quickly reminds the ignorant Nigerian that Enyimba is not a club to be proud of if he is using Arsenal logo for his DP....It was really embarrassing...Like a black women who is dorning a head full of blonde weave while praising the beauty of Afro hair....lmao. Nigerians are so wretched! ffucking inferior set of humans.

Sometimes I feel like God should wipe the whole Nigeria out and create new humans.

Lol,im actually a pro soccer player so I understand what you're saying,the support is poor but its gradually improving,I watch the matches of my home team warri wolves whenever I can...the truth is even if youre playing to an empty stadium you still have a duty and a job to perform...There are several standout players in the npfl too

jeytee:



Lol,im actually a pro soccer player so I understand what you're saying,the support is poor but its gradually improving,I watch the matches of my home team warri wolves whenever I can...the truth is even if youre playing to an empty stadium you still have a duty and a job to perform...There are several standout players in the npfl too

Oh,bros tuale...lol
Just to clear things up the post was not particularly directed at you.
I have immense respect and adoration for our league and players because in spite of the peanuts they earn as salaries these guys keep fighting... May all your hard work never go in vain.

@Honeric,please,ban this scammer above me and delete his comments.

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Oh,bros tuale...lol
Just to clear things up the post was not particularly directed at you.
I have immense respect and adoration for our league and players because in spite of the peanuts they earn as salaries these guys keep fighting... May all your hard work never go in vain.

My brother, we Nigerians are doing little to promote the local league. Many a times, I speak with people and their responses will be "our league is boring", "who is going to watch that match, when Aresnal dey?" and all other discouraging stuffs like that. For me o, I have ditched foreign league, no matter how aesthetic they may be, for our local league, no matter how boring the match is.

Representing Oluyole Warriors!!!

NPFL‬ Table After Week 13
1 Enugu Rangers 12 24 7
2 Abia Warriors 12 23 7
3 Ifeanyi Ubah FC 13 22 2
4 Kano Pillars 12 21 8
5 Lobi Stars 13 21 4
6 Wikki Tourists 12 19 9
7 Akwa United 13 19 4
8 Rivers United 13 19 1
9 Warri Wolves 12 19 0
10 MFM FC 13 19 -1
11 Heartland 12 17 0
12 Plateau United 13 17 -5
13 El Kanemi Warriors 13 16 -4
14 Nasarawa United 12 15 -3
15 Shooting Stars13 15 -8
16 Sunshine Stars 12 14 1
17 Niger Tornadoes 13 14 -2
18 Giwa FC 12 14 -5
19 Enyimba 8 13 0
20 Ikorodu United 13 6 -15