Nigerian League Fan Thread: Enter D Place N Know Every

Abeg, that's not just a stupid excuse but also stupid statement saying someone who works hard to earn a honest living and caters for his family looks like a jaguda. Maybe you don't know what a jaguda means. It's not a name you call responsible people and I advice you modify your post.

i think its high time we begin to promote our local league or what do you think.

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GOOD FOOTBALL GREAT PLAYERS

That Pillars game was terrific!!! See what good pitch can do to our players! NTA deserves eggs on their faces for not beaming the game live and It would have to snow in Mecca for Ahly TV to put highlights of that superb game online!

and all Amodu can think of is Foreign based players? Certainly there are talented players back home.

imagine yeye Al ahly coach blaming Kano pitch for the first draw. whats their excuse now

And lets not forget Bayelsa utd are also doing well in confeds cup. they're through to the group stages after a 5-0 bashing of Algie royal last weekend . lets just hope NTA will air the matches now that group stages are about to begin.

He is mad!
They played 1-1 at the Aba stadium against Enyimba Fc
last season and beat them 1-0 at cairo. he did'nt complain.

News From Division One League (which is at the business end)


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Permit me to shift attention to the National Division One League today at the expense of the Nigerian top flight, the Globacom Premier League.

The reason is to analyse the chances of the front runners in the second string league to beat the rest of their competitors to join the big boys next season.

Followers of the National Division One League will agree with me that there are a whole lot of talents and quality in the hitherto down-throden second tier league.

Some of the nation’s foremost teams or the ones my Editor Dare Esan use to call TRADITIONAL TEAMS are languishing there. Some of them are labouring assiduously to swim out of the turbulent waters of the tough lower league.

Did I hear you mention 3SC? Or could  it be Dolphins, Insurance Kwara United or Plateau United?
Anyway, no matter which side of the divide you stand, there are only four matches remaining on the fixtures before the curtain will be drawn. And it is only after this four round of matches that boys will be separated  from the men. Here we go:

Kwara United
The Atonja Warriors, as the Ilorin outfit are called by their fans, look set to emerge tops in the National League Division One A group.
They were relegated last season and coach John Obuh was called in to salvage things. Like the old Stationary Stores were said to be guided by the spirit of their late founder, Israel Adebajo, Kwara United appear to be enjoying protection and guidance of a host number of spirits – AD Okafor, Abdullahi Bebe and Kafaru Alabi.
Don’t ask me why. But Kwara United currently top the group with 48 points, five points clear of second FC Taraba. .
In the remaining five games, Kwara United will play two at home (see fixtures above). Three of the games are on the road.
Mathematically, they may win all two home games to make a haul of 54 points.
Out of the three away matches there is a mathematical possibility two points on the road (probably vs NAF and Unicem Rovers).
If this eventually comes to pass, they would have stretched their total points haul to 56. Jalingo and Vola may not be a fertile venue for Kwara United to hunt for away points.
Reason is that FC Taraba and Adamawa United are actively involved in the promotion race and will be out to make things difficult for the Atonia Warriors. But before the trip to Vola for Adamawa which is the last game of the campaign, Kwara United would have had their promotion ticket signed, sealed and delivered, presumably after the trip to Calabar.

FC Taraba
The sleepy town of Jalingo is almost set for its first feel of Nigerian top flight football courtesy of FC Taraba.
FC Taraba are currently second five adrift of leaders, Kwara United, (see table). With five matches to the close of the season, FC Taraba know they have to tightly screw their heads onto their necks tightly if hopes to actualise their dream.
With three away matches to honour (see fixtures) FC Taraba could pick points in Jos (vs Jets) and Calabar (vs Unicem Rovers). May be, just maybe, they can reap two points on the road and ensure that they make the maximum six at home against Kwara United and Sokoto United.
Mathematically, FC Taraba can a mass eight points from the matches. Then add this to the 43 points already in their kitty and you get 51 points.
Adamawa United
Adamawa United currently lie on third spot on the table with 42 points with Rauch Bees. The two sides have massive goals advantage of +15 and +11 respectively unlike FC Taraba with just +8.
This may count in their favour especially if FC Taraba fail to make their one point advantage count.
Dolphins
Dolphins are clear leaders in group B with 52 points as they have not been generous at home to visiting teams.
Before now they have won all previous home games. This makes their Liberation stadium a slaughter slab for visitors on points voyage.
Interestingly too, the Stanley Eguma squad have impressive away record which includes three victories on the road and four draws.
It could be suggested that, based on current form and record, Dolphins can win their two remaining home ties against ambitious sides - Delta Force and First Bank (See fixtures).
If one consider their away record, it is possible that they could earn one point away to Ila FC ( they last  0-1) mathematically they can garner seven points from a possible maximum of 15.
Add six points to 52 and the answer is 58 points.
With 58 points (possible) Dolphins are safely through to the Premier League after emerging tops in National Division One League group B.
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan have spent a couple of seasons in the lower league. There is no better time for them to advance to where they rightly belong in Nigerian football than now.
With 47 points in the kitty, the fixtures of the remaining four matches indicates that they have two of the matches at home.
At this point, it is difficult for any visiting team to expect good result in Ibadan. And should the Oluyole Warriors get the six maximum points in their two home ties versus leaders, Dolphins and Anambra United, that would take their points haul to 53.
How good the Frank Howard men are will be put to test when they travel to Delta Star Insurance and First Bank of Lagos.
Unfortunately, all two away foes have their eyes on the promotion ticket which makes it difficult to permute any possibility of the Ibadan side earning any point on the road at this point.
And with 53 points, 3SC will be pretty sure of featuring in next season’s Premier League.
First Bank
First Bank of Lagos have an outside chance to make it to the Premier League. They have 44 points with just five matches to end the season.
Their remaining three away matches (see fixtures) are such that  it is easier to squeeze out water from stone than for the bankers to earn the needed points that could over haul 3SC’s promotion ambition.


National League Standings
Group A
Teams  P W D L GF GA GD PTS
Kwara Utd 25 14 6 5 39 15 +24 48
FC Taraba 24 13 4 7 22 17 +5 43
Adamawa Utd 26 13 3 10 34 20 +14 42
Ranch Bees 25 14 - 11 32 22 +10 42
El-Kanemi 25 12 2 11 25 27 -2 39
Dallatu Utd 26 11 5 10 30 27 +3 38
Unicem Rovers 26 12 - 14 26 27 -1 37
Plateau Utd 25 10 5 10 26 22 +4 35
Babanawa 25 11 2 12 24 30 -6 35
Supreme C. 26 8 6 12 20 22 -2 34
BCC Lions 26 10 3 13 21 29 -8 33
Jigawa Stars 24 10 2 12 18 27 -9 32
Mighty Jets 24 9 4 11 20 29 -9 31
Makwada 25 9 3 13 23 27 -4 30
Sokoto Utd 23 7 4 11 18 26 -8 25
NAF Rockets 24 6 7 11 19 28 -9 25


Group B
Teams  P W D L GF GA GD PTS
Dolphins 26 16 4 6 36 20 +16 52
3SC 26 14 5 7 29 20 +9 47
First Bank 26 14 2 10 32 35 -3 44
Delta Force 26 14 1 11 30 27 +3 43
Insurance 26 13 3 10 32 21 +11 42
Bussdor 24 13 3 8 29 19 +10 42
Prime 25 11 5 9 27 18 +9 38
Crown 26 10 6 10 22 20 +2 36
Julius Berger 26 11 3 11 31 30 +1 36
OUK 26 11 3 12 25 25 - 36
Anambra Utd 25 11 2 12 24 26 -2 35
Gabros 25 10 4 11 29 30 -1 34
ILA 26 9 5 10 21 28 -7 32
Union Bank 26 7 5 13 27 36 -9 27
FC Ebedei 26 5 8 12 17 34 -17 23
Kolu Utd 25 3 6 16 13 41 28 15

Champions League Draw:
Group A:
El Merreikh (Sudan)
El Hilal (Sudan)
Zesco United (Zambia)
Kano Pillars (Nigeria)

Group B:
TP Mazembe (RD Congo)
Heartland (Nigeria)
Monomotapa (Zimbabwe)
Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)

Not a bad draw or is it?

check here
www.kickoffnigeria.com

its good to see Dolphins and shooting mightl be making a come back to the GPL next season.

this is great to see that i have similar passion with the rest of the class A lot is happening to our league In 3 years time all those bad mouthing the league would be begging to come and be part of the party. see club sites like www.heartland-fc.com www.sharks-fc.com www.enyimbafc.net you will see that the clubs are being made to look better prior to hitting the market

wondering why you said that, hopefully the second leg is like their game against cottonsport

@dis guy


i thought the match is tomorrow. where did you get the qoute from

Dolphin Gains Promotion
http://www.kickoff.com/static/news/article.php?id=8447



3SC Almost there

from the above in my calculation we have a little more than a 250million which is only the minimum, but when you consider the fact that more people will certainly join when they realize that in all parts of the country every state is doing something simple; lets paint a senario where we know it is possible to create a membership club of 100,000.

It is possible to have about 50 people per club in the gold membership = 250,000,000

It is possible to have about 2500 people per club in the silver membership= 250,000,000

it is possible to have about 25,000 people per club in the bronze membership=250,000,000

then the green members could be about 100,000, = 500,000,000

this number above represents less than 10% of the lowest populated state.

given into account the possibility above a club can make up to about N1.25Billion; also considering the possibility that membership will be renewed yearly and member will be expected to pay a reduced some yearly to reinstate their commitment and support for the growth of the club;

The yearly payment by club members should be as follow:

Gold = 20,000 multiply by a possible 50 members

Silver = 5000 multiply by a possible 2500 members

Bronze = 2500  multiply by a possible 25000 members

Green = 1,500 multiply by a possible 100000 members

annual membership renewal today for most clubs by this possibility could be more than 200million; considering the possibility also that some state like lagos has the capacity and population to surpass the number, then it is so possible for clubs in nigeria to survive without funding from the state.

But we actually the need the government support to organize and make this work