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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by APOSTLECHUMA: 1:10pm On Jan 09, 2019
One of the old faithfuls then. Where is shooting stars ?
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by MrAAA(m): 1:12pm On Jan 09, 2019
That weekend match at UNIBEN Mainbowl was all what was needed to be promoted. They needed to win to be promoted. My guys were already losing and no hope to victory in the presence of patron player, deputy governor of Edo State, Phillip Shuaibu.
The match was abandoned after first half and the second half was played on Monday with Bendel Insurance sealing a victory.

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Donraqh(m): 1:17pm On Jan 09, 2019
At a point I thought this club no longer exists!! grin grin grin.

Welcome back to NPFL, joker of all leagues.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by adioolayi(m): 1:47pm On Jan 09, 2019
Have they played their last match against 3SC
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Rockyrascal(m): 1:58pm On Jan 09, 2019
OMG shocked


Am so happy they made it through from playoffs

Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by N0favors: 2:06pm On Jan 09, 2019
But where is Gabros International? shocked
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by xjiggy: 2:08pm On Jan 09, 2019
Thank GOD. I Used to watch Bendel insurance with my dad at Ogbe stadium. Bendel United just pack up. I no see dat one again
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by HimName: 2:20pm On Jan 09, 2019
Good!

I don c team to follow.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by VolvoS60(m): 2:29pm On Jan 09, 2019
OP,

You must be one of the old schoolers. grin

Do these names ring a bell? Not sure if some of them are still playing...

Raccah Rovers
Sharks of Port Harcourt
IICC Shooting Stars(now 3SC)
Abiola Babes
Stationery Stores?
Mighty Jets (of Jos)?
Leventis FC

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by AreaFada2: 2:46pm On Jan 09, 2019
Dpharisee:
Kudos to them, I remember when Eguavoen used to play for that club before going to Europe

Even earlier great players were there: Kadiri Ikhana, David Adiele, etc. Both were in 1980 AFCON winning squad, dominated by Enugu Rangers & Shooting Stars players then.

Bendel Insurance v. Enugu Rangers or v Shooting Stars was the top match then. Insurance v NNB was one of the biggest derbies of Nigerian league. With very young Henry Nwosu the only NNB player in AFCON 1980 squad.

Thompson Oliha, Friday Elahor and others were in Eguavoen's group.

Later Aghahowa, Odemwingie and others played there too.

With 3 FA Cups, 2 League Titles, 3 WAFU Cups & 1 CAF Cup, among others, it was very successful and one of the longest in the First Division (Premier League) before relagation about a decade ago.

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Inspire01: 2:47pm On Jan 09, 2019
Very happy they are back to the top level..
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Inspire01: 2:49pm On Jan 09, 2019
VolvoS60:
OP,
You must be one of the old schoolers. grin
Do these names ring a bell? Not sure if some of them are still playing...
Raccah Rovers Sharks of Port Harcourt IICC Shooting Stars(now 3SC) Abiola Babes Stationery Stores? Mighty Jets (of Jos)? Leventis FC

Iwanyanwu nationale of owerri now heartland
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Double8: 2:49pm On Jan 09, 2019
I wonder what happened to the likes of Iwuanyanwu United, Stationary Stores and Bendel United.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Pusyiter(m): 2:51pm On Jan 09, 2019
You are right,
the Benin Arsenals are back......
dominique:


Actually feels shorter than 11 years. I remember former under 20 goalie Ambrose Vanzekin was their keeper at the time they got relegated. That was around 2008 after he returned from the Olympics in Beijing. It's been almost 11 years true true. Time sure flies fast

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Nobody: 2:59pm On Jan 09, 2019
Finally!,I.must admit I felt unsure when after everything they were still ask to play in the super 8, at least now the rebranded jersey was a fruitful one.
Kudos to the players for the unrelentlessness and the Edo state government for their support.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Dpharisee: 3:13pm On Jan 09, 2019
AreaFada2:


Even earlier great players were there: Kadiri Ikhana, David Adiele, etc. Both were in 1980 AFCON winning squad, dominated ny Enugu Rangers & Shooting Stars players then.

Bendel Insurance v. Enugu Rangers or v Shooting Stars was the top match then. Insurance v NNB was one of the biggest derbies of Nigerian league. With very young Henry Nwosu the only NNB player in AFCON 1980 squad.

Thompson Oliha, Friday Elahor and others were in Eguavoen's group.

Later came Aghahowa, Odemwingie and others played there too.

With 3 FA Cups, 2 League Titles, 3 WAFU cCups & 1 CAF Cup, among others, it was a very successful and one of the longest in the First Division (Premier League) before lelagation about a decade ago.

Thank you for this reminder, I remember reading the news and following the league on Friday champion newspaper
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Marotzke(m): 3:55pm On Jan 09, 2019
VolvoS60:

OP,

You must be one of the old schoolers. grin

Do these names ring a bell? Not sure if some of them are still playing...

Raccah Rovers
Sharks of Port Harcourt
IICC Shooting Stars(now 3SC)
Abiola Babes
Stationery Stores?
Mighty Jets (of Jos)?
Leventis FC


Rangers International Enugu ,are the only old school F C surviving .
Down memory lane
Raccah Rovers kano.
IICC shooting stars Ibadan.
Mighty Jets Jos
Stationery Stores Lagos .
Calabar Rovers Calabar
Spartans Owerri.
Sharks Port Harcourt .
Bendel Insurance ;Benin.
New Nigerian Bank. Benin.
First Bank Lagos ( fatai Amao)
ACB Lagos ( Monday Odiaka )
Class B
Vasco Dagama Enugu.
Femo Scorpions Eruwa.
Leventis United Ibadan
Abiola Babes Abeokuta .
Flash flamingoes Benin.
Makwanda FC Numan. ( Gongola)
BCC lions Gboko.
Iwuanyanwu nationale Owerri.
Asabatex fc Asaba.
Morning Stars Onitsha.
El kanemi Maiduguri.
JIB Rocks Jos


All the other ones are indomie boys.

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Nobody: 4:11pm On Jan 09, 2019
Marotzke:
Rangers International Enugu ,are the only old school F C surviving .
Down memory lane
Raccah Rovers kano.
IICC shooting stars Ibadan.
Mighty Jets Jos
Stationery Stores Lagos .
Calabar Rovers Calabar
Spartans Owerri.
Sharks Port Harcourt .
Bendel Insurance ;Benin.
New Nigerian Bank. Benin.
First Bank Lagos ( fatai Amao)
ACB Lagos ( Monday Odiaka )
Class B
Vasco Dagama Enugu.
Femo Scorpions Eruwa.
Leventis United Ibadan
Abiola Babes Abeokuta .
Flash flamingoes Benin.
Makwanda FC Numan. ( Gongola)
BCC lions Gboko.
Iwuanyanwu nationale Owerri.
Asabatex fc Asaba.
Morning Stars Onitsha.
El kanemi Maiduguri.
JIB Rocks Jos

But u failed to mention also the likes of Jasper United of nnewi and Eagles Cement of Porhacourt
All the other ones are indomie boys.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by IbrahimDamola: 4:48pm On Jan 09, 2019
teebaxy:
Who fit help me predict this mAtch

Is this a real bet? Abeg give me the link. I'm ready to bet 1 million naira that dumbohari won't attend the Debate. E too sure for me. All my predictions about the mor0ns since 2015 has come to pass.

Give me the link please if it's real. I beg of you.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Timfreds(m): 4:56pm On Jan 09, 2019
I remembered those days, Bendel Insurance and Shooting Stars, popular names in club football.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by teebaxy(m): 5:16pm On Jan 09, 2019
IbrahimDamola:


Is this a real bet? Abeg give me the link. I'm ready to bet 1 million naira that dumbohari won't attend the Debate. E too sure for me. All my predictions about the mor0ns since 2015 has come to pass.

Give me the link please if it's real. I beg of you.
lol,it's very real man ....I pray naijabet.com....you could email me here" teebaxy12@gmail.com for more directions if you don't mind
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by IbrahimDamola: 5:18pm On Jan 09, 2019
teebaxy:
lol,it's very real man ....I pray naijabet.com....you could email me here" teebaxy12@gmail.com for more directions if you don't mind

Really? shocked

wait make I rush go their website first.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Nobody: 5:55pm On Jan 09, 2019
Up bendel up bendel

Am so proud of my state men at last we are back to the NPFL .

This a victory for football and to all bendel insurance fans world wide so happy now

Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Ekpekus(m): 6:10pm On Jan 09, 2019
VolvoS60:

OP,

You must be one of the old schoolers. grin

Do these names ring a bell? Not sure if some of them are still playing...

Raccah Rovers
Sharks of Port Harcourt
IICC Shooting Stars(now 3SC)
Abiola Babes
Stationery Stores?
Mighty Jets (of Jos)?
Leventis FC


Nice and nostalgic.. I thought Raccah Rovers are Calabar Rovers..
Also added to this list:
BCC Lions of Gboko
Eagle Cement
Iwanyanwu Nationale of Owerri (now Heartland)
Gabros International of Nnewi
Julius Berger FC of Lagos
Okomu oil FC of Benin (when Yakubu played there)
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by noruwasman(m): 6:23pm On Jan 09, 2019
welcome back
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by DeRay98(m): 6:40pm On Jan 09, 2019
Marotzke:
Rangers International Enugu ,are the only old school F C surviving .
Down memory lane
Raccah Rovers kano.
IICC shooting stars Ibadan.
Mighty Jets Jos
Stationery Stores Lagos .
Calabar Rovers Calabar
Spartans Owerri.
Sharks Port Harcourt .
Bendel Insurance ;Benin.
New Nigerian Bank. Benin.
First Bank Lagos ( fatai Amao)
ACB Lagos ( Monday Odiaka )
Class B
Vasco Dagama Enugu.
Femo Scorpions Eruwa.
Leventis United Ibadan
Abiola Babes Abeokuta .
Flash flamingoes Benin.
Makwanda FC Numan. ( Gongola)
BCC lions Gboko.
Iwuanyanwu nationale Owerri.
Asabatex fc Asaba.
Morning Stars Onitsha.
El kanemi Maiduguri.
JIB Rocks Jos


All the other ones are indomie boys.
It was Spartans Of Owerri that became Iwuayanwu National in 1987-88.
There was NEPA of Akure,
Water Corporation of Ibadan
Standard of Jos
DIC Bees of Kaduna

Bros, you be my generation oh! I remember these teams at time when our stadiums fills to capacity when they played.
When we used to gather around radio to listen to live football commentaries with the likes of the Lt Earnest Okonkwo(Radio Nigeria Hqtrs), Tolu Fatoyinbo, Richard Asiegbu(Radio Nigeria Enugu) , Pius Osewmengie (Radio Nigeria Ibadan).

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by AVECDEO: 6:53pm On Jan 09, 2019
Up Bendel!!!

Bendel insurance football club back from relegation after eleven years.This news brought back sweet memories !!!

That team used to be one of the favourites in the late 70s and early 80s. Then the Nigerian and Ghanian football league was the bomb. Although then I was child but I could Still feel the electrical,happy and competitive atmosphere,it was like Nigerian super eagle playing every weekend. Those were the good old days,even Lagos was beautiful and everybody was just happy been a Nigerian. The economy was booming and there was peace and tranquillity in the nation,people were traveling to Europe to do legit business and buying goods to come and sell back at home .We were respected abroad and Giant in Africa while at it giving the apartheid South African regime "better hit"(South Africans! respect and appreciate Nigerians because our county did a lot for the freedom you enjoy. Say no to xenophobic act).The first President I recognized in my child memory was Alhaji Shehu Shagari who was my favorite actor on almost all programs featured daily on all National television Authority's channels" The NTA News".

But guess who truncated democracy in those good old days?

The change "saint" in power who is seeking a another term in office now as a democratical elected President,exactly the intent when they sought power in the guise that the Politicians of the well educated and technocratic second republic were corrupt and inept,should I mention that he also came as a saint to save Nigeria. What goes around comes around his brother got him a year or do later. This people scattered our nation and got Nigerians nearer to GOD. This is evident in the numerous churches and mosques all over the country. We don't have a nation again nah only GOD we get now.

GOD abeg Epp us for Nigeria.

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by DeRay98(m): 6:54pm On Jan 09, 2019
UP BENDEL!!! cheesy
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by Businext: 7:08pm On Jan 09, 2019
tesppidd:
Bendel!!

Lol.

The good old days!!

I wonder how many people know this name.

I am a Bendelite
It's still on my birthday certificate
My father na Delta, my mother na Edo
So omo Bendel kpataki

Unique
Check history we dey everywhere, but we no dey boast,
we no beat chest cool
we no dey fight for respect undecided
we no dey drag for power grin

The wazobia know themselves, I no call any tribe oh

God bless Bendelites

#teambendel click like if you are a proud omo Bendel
#teamGongola click share if you represent Adamawa and Taraba

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by tesppidd: 7:42pm On Jan 09, 2019
Businext:


I am a Bendelite
It's still on my birthday certificate
My father na Delta, my mother na Edo
So omo Bendel kpataki

Unique
Check history we dey everywhere, but we no dey boast,
we no beat chest cool
we no dey fight for respect undecided
we no dey drag for power grin

The wazobia know themselves, I no call any tribe oh

God bless Bendelites

#teambendel click like if you are a proud omo Bendel
#teamGongola click share if you represent Adamawa and Taraba
Proudly Etsako.

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Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by tesppidd: 7:43pm On Jan 09, 2019
Jesse25:
Up bendel up bendel

Am so proud of my state men at last we are back to the NPFL .

This a victory for football and to all bendel insurance fans world wide so happy now
lol

From your face I really doubt that you were aware when Bendel was a state.
Re: Bendel Insurance FC Gets Promoted To NPFL After 11 Years, Hails Gov. Obaseki by RTSC: 7:58pm On Jan 09, 2019
No wonder delta splited from edo state union in the so called BENDEL state.

How did Bendel insurance representing two states become Benin club?

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