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First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Jarus(m): 9:10am On May 27, 2009 |
Who was the first Nigerian to play in English top league? Which club did he play for and which year? |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by tkb417(m): 1:28pm On May 27, 2009 |
EPL? hmm. I dunno now but i think that name EPL started in the early 90s will it be Efan Ekoku with Norwich City? not sure |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Ibime(m): 1:45pm On May 27, 2009 |
Fash the bash or Rueben Agboola. Someone said Thunder Balogun used to play for Plymouth. I no know sha. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by tkb417(m): 3:12pm On May 27, 2009 |
is Fash a Nigerian? Reuben Agboola didnt play in the EPL! |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Ibime(m): 3:20pm On May 27, 2009 |
Not Premier League per say. That was created in 1992, but Rueben had been playing in the top division in England as far back as 1982. 1 Like |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by tkb417(m): 3:22pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ibime:i know bros but we talking about the EPL. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Jarus(m): 3:26pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ever heard of John Chidozie? He played for Tottenham 1979-1982(not too sure I'm accurate, but around that time). At the national team, anytime he was played with Segun Odegbami, Segun moved to centre forward and left the flank for him. He was a winger Source: 1, An Executive Director in my company who supports Tottenham. I asked him one day why he supports Spurs of all clubs and he told me he had been supporting them since 1982, when they had a Nigerian player, before he even went to UK to school. Because of this guy, this my oga supports Tottenham passionately till today. 2, I remember reading one of Segun Odegbami's articles, where he mentioned the guy. I also heard from this my boss that one Nigerian played for Man U in the late 70's. Can't recall what he called his name but I think it's a Yoruba name. Anybody with more accurate info on these players? NB: I don't mean Premier league as it later metamorphosed in 1992, I mean English top league, whatever the name was then. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by tkb417(m): 3:28pm On May 27, 2009 |
ooh ohhh then change the topic to the first Nigerian to play professional footie in England That EPL thingy is confusing |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Jarus(m): 3:30pm On May 27, 2009 |
Fash is out of it. We mean players that identified solely with Nigeria. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by MrCrackles(m): 3:34pm On May 27, 2009 |
Topic I dont know! Let me ask my old boy, wait a minute! |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Ibime(m): 3:59pm On May 27, 2009 |
Arthur Wharton Britain's first black footballer. Born in Ghana in 1865 to mixed-race parents (his father was half-Scottish), Wharton joined Preston North End in 1886. He was a brave keeper, in an era when they received no protection from referees. Walter Tull Born in 1888, Tull played for Spurs and Northampton in the years leading up to the first world war. Despite the poorest of backgrounds, he also became Britain's first black army officer. Lindy Delapenha Delapenha, the first Jamaican to play League football, was the first black player to be part of a championship-winning side, with Portsmouth in 1949. Teslim "Thunder" Balogun Balogun, a lanky forward nicknamed 'Thunder' because of his powerful shot, was the first Nigerian to play in the League, with Peterborough in 1955. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by MrCrackles(m): 4:04pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ibime: The thread said "Nigerian" so what is the point of the above cut and paste effort?# Or are you just thick? |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Ibime(m): 4:14pm On May 27, 2009 |
Brashy, ya arms are too short to box with me! |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Jarus(m): 4:25pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ibime:I think this answers the question. Good research. Arthur Wharton Yes, I recall Ghanaians bragging with this on Ghanaweb when we were discussing seniority in football, as usual between Nigerians and Ghanaians. One Naija guy was claiming that Naija players had been playing in England for very long time(putting forward Chidozie, Fash, Ikoku etc) when one Ghanaian forumer dug out this. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by MrCrackles(m): 4:53pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ibime: Yeah i know, like i am a midget right?! |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by AloyEmeka9: 6:02pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ever heard of John Chidozie? Tottenham Hotspur FC 1984-1988 POSITION Winger DATE OF BIRTH Monday, 18th April 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH Owerri, Nigeria LEAGUE DEBUT Saturday, 25th August 1984 scoring in a 4-1 win at Everton (Aged: 24) CLUB CAREER 45 League apps (+8 as sub), 12 goals SEASONAL RECORD: 1984/85-1987/88 Leyton Orient: 1976-1977 Played 15 Scored 0 goals (Division 2) 1977-1978 Played 21 Scored 2 goals (Division 2) 1978-1979 Played 36 Scored 6 goals (Division 2) 1979-1980 Played 37 Scored 3 goals (Division 2) 1980-1981 Played 36 Scored 9 goals (Division 2) Transferred in August 1981 Notts County: 1981-1982 Played 32 Scored 1 goal (Division 1) 1982-1983 Played 39 Scored 5 goals (Division 1) 1983-1984 Played 40 Scored 9 goals (Division 1) Transferred in August 1984 for £375, 000 Tottenham: 1984-1985 Played 34 Scored 5 goals (Division 1) 1985-1986 Played 18 Scored 7 goals (Division 1) 1986-1987 Played 1 Scored 0 goals (Division 1) 1987-1988 Played 0 Scored 0 goals (Division 1) Free transfer to Derby County in August 1988 (John is pictured above during his Tottenham debut against Everton on the opening day of the 1984-85 season. He scored that day in an impressive 4-1 Spurs win. But we're after more random post-career occupations, and another former Tottenham player, John Chiedozie, definitely fits the bill as , a bouncy castle vendor. He currently runs his own company, renting out inflatables and animals for children's parties in Hampshire) |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by MrCrackles(m): 6:39pm On May 27, 2009 |
Ah so this is d dude |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Jarus(m): 7:23pm On May 27, 2009 |
Good research. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by manmustwac(m): 12:58pm On Dec 28, 2010 |
Alloy Emeka is correct John Chidozie played for my beloved tottenham hotspurs in the old first division. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by supereagle(m): 6:03am On Dec 30, 2010 |
Thunder Balogun Teslim was the first Nigeria to play in EPL in 1955. He died in 1971. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by manuch(m): 10:35pm On Dec 31, 2010 |
not saying he was the first but Tunji banjo-- leyton orient 1977-1982 |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by queensmith: 9:34pm On Jan 15, 2011 |
im not sure if this dates back to the 70s but there was a gay dude that played footy in england. the one that commited suicide. that was a while ago |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by manmustwac(m): 6:11pm On Jan 16, 2011 |
queensmith:that was justin fashanu he played footie for norwich city who in the first tier of football back in those days. His brother John Fashanu who was also a footballer is an ambassador for nigerian football now. |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Nobody: 1:26pm On Jan 18, 2011 |
The nigerian guy that played for Man Utd was Dele Moses.not sure of the exact period of his Man Utd career |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by Digriz(m): 8:00pm On Jan 29, 2011 |
queensmith:yes,bt d guy justin wasn't actually Nigerian first player in that bt d guy made a name 4 himself by bn d first british 1m pound black player.http://www.petertatchell.net/sport/justin_fashanu.htm |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by queensmith: 1:10pm On Jan 30, 2011 |
^^ he also made the name by being the first and only player to come out gay! dayuuum just HAD to be Nigerian! |
Re: First Nigerian To Play Professional footie in England? by tck2000(m): 8:09pm On Jun 01, 2019 |
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