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Once upon a time there was a certain Olumide Harris at 3SC, there was so much hype about him. He went to the AYC hocted in Nigeria in 1995 and flopped. Every now and then, there comes this player that dteals all the attention in the media but after a few fleeting appearances, dissappears into the vehicle of historical oblivion.
trhis thread is aimed at reminding us of some of these forgotten guys, Keneth Ziegbo,Sambo Choji,Mutairu Momodu,James Obiora,manga Mohammed, the list goes on.
If you know more palyers that have dissapeared, you can add.

akolawole, please can u tell me when u started supporting chelsea, and please this is not a double-edged question. i just want to know, honestly.

I think i am neutral here cos i dont support any English team. I am a madridista. Personally, i dont think chelsea are arrogant. it's just that they shook up the status quo so much and left the likes of man u and arsenal in the lurch that other teams can't help but hate them and besides the have have a manager who really is a master at mind games. it will take some time for people to see chelsea beyond the money, but it will happen.

hey, as a hardcore madridista it was hard to see us lose to an unfancied arsenal but it was a deserved victory for them, yet i'll urge caution, dont just pop the champagne yet, there is still 90 mins to be played, do not hate, let sportsmanship reign.

absolutely unnecesary......we have a competent technical crew that knows all about cote d'ivoire.... cerezo,siasia and amokachi all played against the ivoriens the last time we met in '94....even ike shorounmu was the alternate player in that squad.

The answer to number 8 would be Victor Nosa Ikpeba....he played in the AS Monaco side that had the likes of Jurgen Klinsmann and Enzo Scifo.

7. sorry Peter Rufai moved from Stores(big club) to Femo Scorpions(small club) before proceeding to Dragons of Benin Republic whic also fielded Loveday Omoruyi at a time.

now bro these are questions to test the pre-internet football fan... a tip of the hat 2 u. i'll try.
1. Dimeji Lawal
2. Ademola Adesina
3. Rashidi Yekini and ....
4.
5.
6. Teslim Fatusi
7. Peter Rufai

hooray...there's humility present in you. all i was saying is that...well never mind. i am expecting the new questions from u but u didn't tell me if i was right or wrong in my answers and if i must add.... u have an impressive CV when it comes to supporting clubs.....up sootin!!!

Hey bro...some of ur questions have absolutely nothing to do with football...u are beginning to soften up or are u running out of questions?? anyway let me make u happy by attempting
1.celestine babayaro was the captain of nigerian under 23 team at the sydney 2000 olympics.
2. kanu..papillo yekini..ye-king or goalsfather amokachi..da bull martins..oba-gol muitiu..headmaster euavoen..cerezo omokaro..ten-ten.
3.Nkechi,esosa,mutiat and amarachi.
4.mikel obi.
5.no particular country can lay claim to this title...in the 80s and early 90s, it used to be Belgium.this is an ambigous question.
6.adokie amasiemaka..has a law degree. mutiu adepoju has a first degree in PHE from U.I. sunday oliseh has an HND from yabatech seyi olofinjana has a degree from ABU zaria. Segun odegbami....U.I
7. i sincerely hope you will not ask such obscure questions again....completely off track...i expect u 2 keep it real...dont sell out.

akolawole, u are very wrong...Abedi pele was not the L'OM captain when the won the trophy... u should know the "rules" of this forum.......be precise

I really dont fancy the nigerian commentators that akolawole mentioned...they are a bunch of local hypes apart 4rm Ernest Okonkwo. any commentator that refers to a player as "jersey no 14" and so on is incompetent. and besides,these nigerian commentators are boring...they can make u fall asleep during a match. the just dont make the cut. Martin Tyler,Gerry Armstrong,Gary Bloom,Derek Rae....now these are the guys....waiting to hear from u

no. 3 is rabah madjer from algeria......he lifted the trophy with fc porto....even scored in the final.

do u live in warri??....cos i live here too...we could meet.

Whichever way you look at it, Real Madrid are a big side and whatever "crisis" we are going through now is only temporary.bouncing back is a certainty. Cassano is a good signing cos he will provide more options in the attack line. Especially now that he has opted to shed his bad boy image..glorious days are here his year..... hala madrid!!!!. viva los merengues!!!!!. il puta barca!!!!.

akola.....sorry about the fact dat i did not clarify?!?................however, if the clarification you sought concerned the the first player to kick a ball in the world cup, the u should know that there is truly one "world cup"....no apologies there. expect more questions brother!!
hey, it's nice to meet one of my kind. a real eagles scholar.

These days i can not help but wonder what has happened to our wingers...both right and left. Although some people will tell u dat the days of wing football are gone for ever but there used to be a time when our wingers were among the best in the world.....finidi george who was referred to by archie mcpherson, a eurosport commentator as "probably the best crosser of the ball in europe".....emma amuneke.....tijani babangida....even in the youth teams,we had sambo choji.manga mohammed et al. they were all a rare breed!!!!!

1. the ever-frowning charles okonedo wore no 5 at the japan 93 tourney.

2. this may seem trivial...but the first nigerian to kick the ball at the world cup USA'94 was the one and only BULL, Daniel Amokachi.....just after the bulgarians kicked off,in true fashion, he bullishly intercepted one of their passes.

3. the yak played for lowly okomu oil fc in benin city before joining the adewale bridge boys in lagos.

4. of course oliseh plied his trade for julius berger before leaving for belgium.

hey men...just joined this forum 2 days back.i must say u all belong to an elite group of football fans who always try to keep nigerian football history alive.very impressed with your views.keep it up.........i love going back into time when it concerns nigerian football. tell me.
1. who wore jersey number 5 for the eaglets at the japan '93 u-17 tourney??
2. who was the first nigerian player to kick a ball in the world cup??
3. which was yakubu aiyegbeni's club before he played for julius berger fc??
4. which was the last club sunday oliseh played for in Nigeria before he left for europe??
..i will provide the answers .i bet no one can get all.

if there is anyoner in this forum who is into playing football manager on PC please hola at me so we could exchange tips....i'm quite into it u know.

hey man...just joined this forum 2 days back.....i must say u belong to an elite group of football fans who always try to keep nigerian football history alive......very impressed with your questions.keep it up.........i love going back into time when it concerns nigerian football. tell me.
1. who wore jersey number 5 for the eaglets at the japan '93 u-17 tourney??
2. who was the first nigerian player to kick a ball in the world cup??
3. which was yakubu aiyegbeni's club before he played for julius berger fc??
4. which was the last club sunday oliseh played for in Nigeria before he left for europe??

first of all..i want to say this is going to be a n exciting fixture. it's one match i have always wanted to see. i think it's a privilege for arsenal to be playing the biggest team in the world in terms of success.i know without a doubt that this is the most high profile match the gunners have played in their history. as it concerns the outcome, people are going to be surprised at the way the gunners are going to be outclassed and outshined...this will be a mismatch at the end of the day. arsenal are no match for los merengues. hala madrid!!!!