Gotv ‘Hood To Hood’ Football Championship Season 2 Set To Kick Off

The season 2 of the GOtv Hood to Hood Football championship set to hold between Sunday 19 October, 2014 and 1 November 2014 at the Legacy/NIS pitch, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

The plans for the tournament were unfolded at a press conference held at the Secretariat of Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in the National Stadium, Lagos.

Marketing Manager GOtv, Mr. Dare Kafar, the General Manager, GOtv, Mrs Elizabeth Amkpa, the General Manager, Supersports, Mr Felix Awogu and Board Member of Lagos Football Association Mr Mojeed Adegbidin at the Press conference for the GOtv Hood to Hood Football Championship held in Lagos on Thursday

Speaking at the Press conference, the General Manager GOtv, Mrs Elizabeth Amkpa disclosed that the GOtv Hood to Hood football championship is an initiative aimed at contributing towards the development of football at the grassroots.

Amkpa assured that the season 2 of the competition promises to be more exciting with a larger crowd of spectators expected. ”All the matches will be played at both the Legacy and NIS pitches of the National Stadium which will enable teeming football lovers to watch the matches live while adequate media coverage will be provided by Supersport”, she said

Mrs Amkpa announced that the winner of the season 2 of the competition will go home with a
cash prize of Five Hundred Thousand Naira only (N500, 000.00) and a gold trophy, the second placed team will get the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only (N250, 000.00) and a silver trophy, the third placed team will get the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150, 000.00) while the fourth placed team will go home with a consolatory prize of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100, 000.00) only.

On the match fixtures for the competition, the Marketing Manager, GOtv, Mr Oludare Kafar noted that 16 teams will compete in the first round of the competition which will be a direct elimination to produce eight teams for the quarter final stage of the competition.

L-R . Marketing Manager GOtv, Mr. Dare Kafar, the General Manager, GOtv, Mrs Elizabeth Amkpa, Board Member of Lagos Football Association Mr Mojeed Adegbidin and the General Manager, Supersports, Mr Felix Awogu while unveiling the Jersey for the GOtv Hood to Hood Football Championship during the Press conference held in Lagos on Thursday

According to Kafar, the four (4) teams that emerge for the semi-final stage of the competition will be presented with a set of Jersey made in the four dominant colours of the brand which are Yellow, Green, White and Red to play the semi-final match, third place and the final match.

Unveiling the teams for the tournament, Kafar noted that the teams were drawn from the different zones from grassroots in Lagos. The 16 teams for the second edition are; Olukoya FC, Yaba, Satech FC. Mushin, Team 360 FC, Surulere, Dino FC, IJesha, Premier Academy, Apapa, Bethel FC, Yaba, Collins Edwin Fc, Surulere, Yemo FC, Bariga, Skillful FC, Iganmu, Buruj Sports FC, Ikorodu, Rainbow FC, Iyana Ipaja, Stronghold FC, Idaraba, Honour FC, Gbagada, Kushy FC, Oshodi, Yobo FC Ikeja, and Kings United, Ajah