naptu2:


The very first time that I watched a real women's football match was in 1989. All the matches I watched before then were exhibition matches that were more of comic relief than serious athletic contests.

Lagos State hosted the National Sports Festival and the venue of the women's football competition was close to my house. Many states came with teams that were really not very good, but Lagos, Bendel and Rivers states were in a completely different class from the rest. Those three states beat other states with massive scorelines like 6-0, 8-0, etc. Their players were fit and a joy to watch. The arena was always full when these three states were playing.

I later found out why these three states were better than the rest. They had professional women's football clubs and most of the girls that represented those states were from those clubs.

There was Jegede Babes in Lagos, Ufuoma Babes in Bendel and Larry's Angels in Rivers State.

Girls from those three clubs formed the nucleus of our first national team.

Meanwhile, other African countries had not even considered women's football in 1989.

Topmaike007:
wow,I just finish reading about our women league it seems I have start developing interest in the league than our male league..The new winner are nasarawa Amazon..but is there any TV rights for the league

naptu2:


I don't think there's any TV rights, but they occasionally show the Super 4 and the cup final on TV.

naptu2:
Ghana defeated Algeria 1-0

and

Mali lost to Cameroon 1-2

In the first games of the tournament.

naptu2:
Dressing room.

Pretty nice dressing room if you ask me.

klexycole:
The Nigeria vs South Africa match is presently LIVE on Supersport 2 Select.

Cc naptu2

naptu2:
Dressing room.

naptu2:


You just posted that when I went to change the channel.