Ahead of the crucial Would Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Cameroun, we went to the streets to get the view of fans in Uyo about the match, their expectations and predictions.
Twenty years of professional football that started at age 15, 21 National team goals, stints with Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester, Blackburn, Reading to mention a few, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, the third highest goal scorer for the Super Eagles has called time on his 'footballing' career. Embed from Getty Images An Illustrious by career by many standards, the 'YAK' terrorized defenders across the premier league for years, employing a sheer use brute force, perfect hold up play and positional discipline to gain the upper hand for his side. At 35 however, this writer believes there is one more season left in the YAK, and it should be played in the NPFL. Imagine the YAK playing home games(yes, even only home games) for MFM FC or Enyimba, with his face plastered across match day billboards and his name the key marketing element to sell the games. Without trying, the YAK should bring in an extra 2000 fans every match day, and if he adds goals to his game...
This is an opinion based piece, I advise you not to read it. A casual search for Gombe United across the Nigerian internet space will throw up unsavory news stories published on leading sports websites, ESPN and Goal, to mention a few. A stranger to the news item is fed with information about the 3.5Million Naira fined imposed on them by the League Management Company(LMC) for violent scenes that erupted during their rescheduled match day 19 clash against Enugu Rangers on the 10th of May, 2017. Web search for Gombe United
Opinions have been formed in different quarters about the Gombe United Vs Fabiyi saga that has waged on in the media sphere since the Match Day 19 rescheduled game against Rangers International Fc(see previous post for full analysis). Following scenes of violence(throwing of missiles) and crowd restiveness during the game, fans encroached the field of play at the final whistle, terrorizing home and away teams, and as has been largely spoken of in the media, Fabiyi Emmanuel, the goal keeper for Gombe United was accosted and gravely injured by his own fans.
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