Solomon Ogbeide, Sunshine Stars’ Technical Adviser, in an interview with newsmen after the game, said he was elated with his players’ performance and the match’s result
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In the 75th minute, Coach Paul Aigbogun introduced hero of the CAF Champions League victory over Etoile du Sahel, Mfon Udoh, for Osadiaye, but the Sunshine Stars’ defence checkmated all Enyimba’s efforts to increase the tally
Sunshine Stars needed to win the final game of the 2014-2015 Nigeria Professional Football League season to stand any chance of playing at least in the CAF Confederation Cup next year
The match was stopped with 10 minutes left on the clock when the fans invaded the pitch to beat up match officials as well as the Team Manager of Sunshine Stars, A. Adeleke
“The rescheduled fixtures between Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure and Rangers International FC of Enugu, and that between FC IfeanyiUbah and El-Kanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri will be played on Wednesday, November 4
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For the manager’s award, Boboye was always clear favourite to pick the prize after Sunshine Stars finished the month under review in style without losing a game and amassing 10 points out of the 12 available
Contender for goal of the season, Tunde Adeniji picked the ball up in his own half after a Heartland corner and ended firing home a left-footed scorcher from 25 yards in the 43th minute of the encounter.
Salihu Abubakar, the LMC Chief Operating Officer, said: “The two players have written to accept full responsibility for their bad behaviour and have accordingly apologized to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the LMC, our broadcast partners; Supersport, the owners of the club; the Ondo Government, their employers; the Ondo State Football Agency, Supporters of Sunshine Stars and the general public
But it was contrasting fortunes for some Referees who officiated on the same Match Day as the Nigeria Football Federation Referees Committee upheld a recommendation of the League Management Company to sanction two of them involved in the fixture in Akure between hosts, Sunshine Stars, and Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt
In a post match interview, Pillars handler, Okey Emordi, believes the loss to Sunshine will ginger his team to work hard to retain the leadership of the league
Warri Wolves made instant statement as they registered the first goal in just the fourth minute when a curling shot by Josiah Maduabuchi beat goalkeeper Ezenwa Ikechukwu. Wolves led for the break
They had been in camp in Ijebu Ode as part of preparations for the Glo Premier League season
Mike Idoko, the Executive Director, Ondo State Football Agency, made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
Also appointed alongside Ogbeide are coach Henry Abiodun as Head Coach, Julius Kayode, a former junior international, as Assistant Head Coach, Tokunbo Akinyelure as Assistant coach 2 while Busuyi Olu-Ibukun will serve as goalkeepers’ trainer
The statement reads: “It has come to our attention the satanic tales of the management of the Ondo State Football Agency (OSFA), where it was claimed that the Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State, Mr. Adedapo Lam-Adesina did not identify himself for them to have allowed him into the VIP stand at the Akure Stadium on Sunday
“From the moment we stepped on the stadium, Sunshine Stars’ fans displayed their aggressiveness to us