Nigerian League Fan Thread: Enter D Place N Know Every

Honours Even At Dan Anyiam

It was honours even at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri after Enyimba held Heartland to a goalless draw in Wednesday's big game.

The home side had to settle for a point in the tight and fiercely contested encounter as they just could not find a way through a solid Enyimba defence.

And an equally impressive Enyimba attack kept the Heartland backline busy as both teams searched for that all important goal - that never came.

This draw sees Enyimba earn a fourth consecutive clean sheet as they maintain their place on third spot with 45 points, while putting the pressure on table toppers, Bayelsa United and second-placed Heartland FC, with 50 and 49 points respectively.

The team returns to Aba where they'll host Sunshine Stars of Akure on Sunday, March 22nd.

http://www.enyimbafc.net/news/news.php?article_id=228

If only they could add some glamour.
Until then, i don't wanna know. 

Where's Nitel Vasco Da Gama?

True, and they need to sort out their broadcasting and commentators, you'll think you are watchimg mobile camera footage sometimes

I agree with u that talents are wasting but I dont think we have reached the level of 'pathetic' yet. Glo has really tried for the NPL. They sponsor the league with 100s of millions of naira every year and Lucozade boost has just joined too distributing free lucozade to teams in Premier league. I also know the Division one is also live on TV on AIT.  I also know some teams are trying too. Enyimba for instance is being kitted by JOMA which is a top international kitting coy.

I think what the NPL guys should do is to spend money on PR. They should pay top advert coys  to market the league for them and not try to do it for them. A product needs good marketing. The players in the SA league are not better than our players. We just need the league to be well branded.

And finally, I think Amodu has a part to play too, the NFA for that matter. They should invite and use players from the local league even if its for small international friendlies. That way, Nigerians can know these players by name.

Enyimba 1 -0 Kaduna United

A solitary strike from Ofem Inah was the difference as Enyimba picked up three crucial points over hard-fighting Kaduna Utd.


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I think Enyimba is the best team in Nigeria but cuz of politics they are being victimized and Our league is marred with bad refree's decisions,most times refrees decide games.its pathetic.

what else do you expect when they travelled almost 24 hours by bus on bumpy roads from bauchi to ph. thats why we hardly see away wins in this league. . . .and politics ofcourse.

Who can remember the days of Abiola Babes, Iwuanyanwu, Rangers International and Leventis. I think those were the best days of our local premier league. There was so much interest then. Too bad, it's all gone.

I have a blog where I post video highlights of goals from recent matches of local and international games. Unfortunately, the Glo premier league section is completely empty as there are no clips of our current matches online to share yet.

If you have any clips you will like to share with others, pls feel free to share them at http://naijasoccerforum.com

You can share photos or video clips of any matches.

no one is forcing you to watch. rubbish post.

@poster, well done o jare. keep up the good job.

Eyinmba vs Bayelsa? that should be crunch? what was the scores btw?

There are very good local players but one wonders why none plays for the national team. Instead we go for tired legs who dont even get first team stats. pathetic.

keep it coming guys. Enyimba used to rule, whatever happened to them?

that is why its a lnaija eague. 
no top 4 syndrome.

abi o 

 I think this season will definitely go to Bayelsa. Enyimba should work hard to come at least second so they can qualify for next year's Champions League.

In response to the 'top 4' issue above, I think we have 'top 4s' in Europe and some other places because the top clubs have more money to spend and every year they are in Europe, they get more money. The experience is also very valuable. Playing in europe with top teams actually strengthens your team domestically and thus makes you a better team and able to maintain your top position.

In Nigeria, it is no different. The teams that get more money from the govt do well. Last year, Kano pillars were well funded and even till now they are still well funded. However, they are finding it difficult because they have to combine the league with the champions league. Enyimba had the same problem in their first attempts at the African Champs League. But after a few attempts, they have gained from the experience. Luckily for them they had Orji Kalu spending money on them for that period and thus, their consistency. Now that Kalu is gone, the new Gov is also doing his best I guess but what's more important, they have kept Anyasi for so many years. Other clubs need to learn from this too. Keep the management and this will make you consistent

to be honest the performance of some of the team is directly related to the the current state govt financial commitment/bribeabilty


I think the banks, telecoms,soft drinks etc can also help if they give out tickets as some part of competition or football experience (but they cant guarantee security sha) just imagine if tv or radio quiz have football tickets, jerseys as part of their price give-away

The funny thing is, I expect Glo who sponsors the league with over 1million dollars per annum to use some of these boys as face of Glo rather than the foreign based guys currently in use. Well maybe not totally, but a mixture of both will give the Nigerian League some publicity.