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Title holders, Bayelsa Utd win Eyimba 1-0 to claim super cup

Still wondering why most nigerian stadia have tracks when tehy dont even use it, it make the fans far away from the action, some even have to hold binoculars!! and tehre are no giant screens to show replays

novaman, you want states to stop running football clubs yet you want the states to build football pitch??
secondly whats this big deal about astroturfs? how many clubs in EPL use it?
you are basically saying we are too dumb to maintain a field with a bit of grass on it or perhaps we
are to lazy to use a lawn mower!!

Hy heard U-17 eaglets have been drawn alongside wit d likes of Germany n Argentina in same group,pls anybody got d draws?

Couldn't help but grimace at the exclamations of the Nigerian audience as the three other members of the group were drawn
Hehehehehehehe 

, whats d latest guys, any1 knows when our league will kick off

@folem
i stand to be corrected i know for sure dat of the top 4 in EPL the Emirate and the city of Manchester stadium are a mixture of grass and artificial, even Barcelona and several others in the EPL, Emirate stadium save lots of money and the turf is green all season

, pls can any1 tell me d 20clubs dat will be playin in our top league division dis season?

Around d world,A lot of action football took place during last weekend,any latest on d Nigerian scene?

Please i want to know if my darling club 'Up Sooting'(Shooting Stars of Ibadan) will campaign in the premier division in the new season.

Akwa United FC: Another Probe Panel Set-up

Nigerian Football Administrators have a familiar way of handling serious probe issues in the country. This familiar way is by setting up panels to carry out unending investigations, especially when findings of the earlier panels have indicted certain power-brokers. The probe panels set-up to investigate Akwa United FC protest are no exceptions to such investigations.

It would be remembered that Akwa United's management led by Hon. Isong Isang sent a protest letter to the board of the Nigeria Premier League, NPL, demanding the local league regulatory body to investigate the circumstances leading to Zamfara United FC, a relegation bound club, achieving the near impossible 9-0 whipping of a highly rated Kaduna United FC in their last globacom premier league match. This goal margin would not have raised any eyebrows had the JUTH FC not defeated Akwa Unit FC 2-0 in their last match.

Before the first panel sitting, two players who had earlier confessed to some untoward deals taking place during the match between the two clubs in Zamfara State had made a u-turn. They had earlier confessed that each of the players of Kaduna United FC was paid N20,000 before the match, which was something usual. However, these players have made a sudden volte-face and said they never said anything like that happened. What they are now singing is that they were influenced by the promise made to them by Akwa United to pay the balance of their sign-on fees owed them by Kaduna United FC, in addition to a new and juicy contract with the Uyo based club, next football season.

A stalwart of the of the Kaduna United FC, who is also very influential in NPL, said he was falsely accused of match fixing by the management of Akwa United FC simply because he rejected the bribe money of N3 million given to them by Akwa United's management to fix the match in their favour.

This confession is indeed an interesting episode, which poses so many questions: Why did this stalwart in the Kaduna United FC not raise this alarm before the match was played, that Akwa United FC management was trying to bribe them, but waited till this moment? Why were Kaduna United players paid N20,000 each before the match, which was not a common feature of the club? Why did the two players change their statements? Why did the two goal-keepers of the Kaduna United FC red-carded during the match, thus paving the way for a player not trained in goal-keeping to man the post? Why is the Nigeria Premier League, NPL, setting up another panel to investigate the same conspicuous matter? Why did Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, not take a decision on this matter during its just concluded annual general meeting? What is the possibility of Akwa United getting justice in this matter? What is the assurance that the new panel will come out with findings before the next globacom premier league season slated to begin on August 29, 2009? What is the guarantee that the panel's members will carry out their investigations and come out with acceptable out-comes without minding on whose toes they step?

A critical appraisal of all the questions above should reveal quite a lot. The management of Akwa United FC, led by its amiable chairman, Hon. Isong Isang, should not go to sleep yet. Mr. Patrick Ekong, the South-South representative on the board of NFF should not take it as a done-deal yet. The Hon. Commissioner for Sports, Mr. John Harry, should do everything humanly possible to bring Akwa United FC back to play in the elite and lucrative league. The ability of the Honourable Commissioner to achieve this feat will be the benchmark to measure his success in the sports' ministry, and be extension, future appointments into other positions of authorities in the State.

Saving Akwa United FC from relegation will also lesson the burden of the Commissioner in his effort to curb youth's restiveness, their criminal tendencies, reduce unemployment rate and eliminate all forms of bad behaviour exhibited by youths in the State. This is so, since Akwa United FC is a darling team of the youths of the State, which gives them happiness, besides the economic gains they derive during matches. Hon. John Harry should reach out to his predecessors in the Ministry of Sports, particularly, Dr. Chris Ekong, who was able to accomplish that feat of securing the promotion for Akwa United from National professional league to globacom premier league in 2006.

The football loving Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency, Dr. Godswill Obot Akpabio, “the promise keeper” and his Deputy, His Excellency, Engr. Patrick Ekpotu, “the man of goodwill”, should please give maximum supports to the Sports Ministry and the Board and Management of Akwa United FC to ensure that justice in this matter is not only seen to be done, but to be actually done.

Other stakeholders of the Akwa United FC, including corporate bodies, should rally round to secure justice for the club.

Nothing will make people of the State happier than to see Akwa United FC remain and continue to play in the globacom premier league in the coming football season.
The millions of football fans of Akwa United FC, including the Ex-Governor, Obong Victor Attah, who was on the saddle of the State in 2006 when Akwa United FC gained promotion to the elite league, and was said to have jumped up to the ceiling hearing the news of the promotion of the club, are so sad now. This is because if Akwa United FC stands relegated, they would no longer see the likes of Rangers of Enugu, Enyimba of Aba, 3SC of Ibadan and Heartland of Owerri, come to play their matches in Akwa Ibom State again. We should not miss this rear opportunity, especially as no other club from the State is playing in the Nigeria-globacom premier league.

From the "How do we get our cut if they get it first?" department:

http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=10403


NPL, GLO IN FACE-OFF OVER MONEY

Posted: 2009-08-14 19:02

A public spat has broken out between the Nigerian Premier League and sponsors Glo over the disbursement of N9-million in appearance fees and prize-money for next week’s season-opening Super Four tournament.

The NPL have been irked by Glo’s decision to disburse the payments directly to the four participating clubs, and chairman Oyuiki Obaseki has publicly declared that the situation is unacceptable.
 
“Globacom as the sponsor of the event does not have the absolute right to carry out directly the payment for appearance fees and prize-money to teams participating in the 2009 edition of the Glo Super 4 on our behalf,” Obaseki declared in typically uncompromising style.
 
According to him, Globacom Limited are the sponsors of the Globacom Premier League while Nigeria Premier League are the sole organisers of the League.
 
“It is the statutory responsibility of the Nigeria Premier League, the organiser of the Glo Super 4 Cup, to handle the procedure of payment. From inception, NPL has always been paying appearance fees of N500 000 per club, including free accommodation, with the winners getting N5-million and runners-up getting N3-million as prize-money.”
 
This year, Glo decided to change the format by upping the appearance fees to N1-million, but slashing the prize-money to N3-million for the winners and N1.5-million for the runners-up. They also chose to pay the monies directly to the clubs.
 
That change has drawn the ire of the NPL hierarchy and sent Obseki on the warpath.
“The format is ridiculous and tends to bring the league to disrepute, placing us in a retrogressive position rather than progressive,” he said.
 
Obaseki also made it clear that the situation will not be accepted by the NPL.
 
“Glo’s payment format will not be acceptable and NPL will revert to the old payment format with winner getting N5 million, runners-up N3 million and the appearance fee at N1 million per club,” the chairman declared.
 
The Super Four takes place at the Ilorin Township Stadium from August 18 to 22 and will be followed by the League Awards Gala.
 
Champions Baylesa United will be joined by runners-up Heartland, Enyimba and Warri Wolves.   

The Nigerian League is a reflection of the country. Nigeria is disgusting, its cities, politics, ideologies, movies, football players etc. so you shouldn't expect its league to be any better.

We still hold Nigerian passports and grew up supporting our crappy local sides therefore, we would continue to support them until maybe one day Nigeria will become developed and by default our footie. . . . .
 

El Hilal 2-0 Kano Pillars,Heartland fc take on ES sahel today by 4pm,hy just hope atleast a 9ja team will make it 2 d semi final,what do u think?

Heartland 3-0 ES SAHEL:Heartland push on, seeking a place in d semis.but pls hy want 2 ask, do teams ever lose thier home matches in dis African tournament?