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The National President of Stationery Stores Supporters Trust, Pastor Eliashib Ime-James, has declared that the darling team of Lagos – Stationery Stores FC, is on the march again. In a release jointly signed alongside SSST National Secretary, veteran sports journalist Yomi Opakunle, the man of God noted that, coming on the heels of Super Stores […]
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The Stationery Stores FC Supporters’ Clubs Amalgamated—comprising several Chapters of the Club’s supporters—wish to commend the Adebajo family, owners of the team, for entering Stationery Stores FC (SSFC) for the 2016 FA Cup competition.
We are also not unmindful of the strong exhibition of professionalism by members of the sporting Press in Nigeria, whose very important contribution has continued to help improve the standard of our domestic league and has also helped consolidate efforts to return Stationery Stores FC to its rightful place in Nigerian soccer.
As the club continues its gradual ascent to its glorious position in the country’s football, we recall with nostalgia that SSFC has a chequered history of participation in the FA Cup Competition, which began in the country in 1942. The competition has been variously known as the “War Memorial Challenge Cup,” “Governor’s Cup,” “FA Cup,” and now, the “Federation Cup.” The rich history of Stationery Stores FC has seen it win the Lagos State version of the FA Cup 15 times—perhaps the highest number of times than any other club in the State. The darling team of Lagos—as Stationery Stores FC is also affectionately known—also won the national version of the competition in 1967, 1968, 1982 and 1990.
The return of Stores to the competition in 2016 is therefore in continuation of its renowned philosophy of providing entertaining and purposeful soccer to its teeming supporters in Lagos, Nigeria and Africa, and remaining competitive and focused. We believe that the young players who will be donning the colours of our Club in this year’s historic return will be desirous of chasing history and following in the fine traditions of their predecessors who lit the flame of Nigerian football and received a permanent, appreciative acclamation as the “Flaming Flamingoes.”
Finally, we commend all the 52 Chapters of SSFC Supporters’ Clubs in Nigeria and the 10 Chapters overseas for remaining patient and loyal to the team and its owners. This is the time to increase our support and prayers for the success and irreversible ascent of the Adebajo Babes.
Long live the legacy of Israel Adebajo. Long live Stationery Stores Football Club.
Up Super. Triple Flaming. Gbogbo wa l’ore Adebajo! Iyo!!!
The management and supporters of Stationery Stores FC have finalized plans for the establishment of Nigeria’s first supporters’ co-operative.
The co-operative, which will be open to every Stores supporter, will be owned and managed on a ‘one-member one-vote’ basis and will represent the interests of supporters within the club, fundraising to develop new infrastructure and working towards acquiring a share of ownership of the club.
Football supporters globally have a voice within their clubs through formally organized vehicles and Stores are intent to bringing this level of organization to Nigerian football to empower their loyal fans and improve the fortunes of the club. As its first project, the co-operative will raise funds to develop training facilities and a Stores academy.
The Flaming Flamingos have a proud tradition as pioneers in the Nigerian game and this project will establish a revolutionary new vehicle that will become a model for the football landscape in Nigeria. The project supports the LMC’s wider efforts to introduce community ownership into Nigerian football and will provide a blueprint for other clubs to follow.
Stores Chairman Adetilewa Adebajo has committed to providing a seat on the club’s board to the co-operative and to supporting the long-term aims of the supporters to take a share of ownership of the club.
The project is being coordinated by Sandlanders Football – currently working on similar projects in 10 African countries – with support from Nigeria’s Island Sports under a Memorandum of Understanding entered into with the club. Sandlanders works in partnership with Supporters Direct, an organization funded by the English Premier League and UEFA to represent the interests of supporters in Europe whose work has resulted in over $50m of new investment into football.
Supporters interested in joining the co-operative are invited to register their interest on the official Stores supporters Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/flamingtrust Corporate partners will also be sought to work with the supporters to restore one of Nigeria’s finest clubs to the top of the game.
Stationery Stores Chairman Adetilewa Adebajo, said “The Sandlanders affiliation provides us with the right platform and optimal structure to organize our fan base in line with global best practice. The affiliation will also enhance our sponsorship, branding and funding initiatives; enabling us to pioneer a viable and sustainable business model for running football in Nigeria.”
Sandlanders Football Director, Paul Jones, said: “We are incredibly excited to be working with a club with the history and stature of Stationery Stores. Internationally, supporters have a significant role to play in the development of their clubs and there is huge potential for supporters in Lagos to do the same. In Munich, over 200,000 registered members have made Bayern the club it is today. In Barcelona, 180,000 members have done the same and closer to home, Africa’s most successful football clubs are supporter-owned. We want this success to be replicated in Nigeria and Stores is the perfect club to lead the charge. A football club is nothing without its fans and we urge supporters to become a part of this initiative by joining the co-operative.”
Nigeria’s number one sports betting company 1960BET have been announced by the organizers of the “FOOTBALL FOR HOPE” Project as Headline Sponsors.
This was announced by the LOC for the “FOOTBALL FOR HOPE” Project earlier today in Lagos.
The organizers expressed their appreciation to 1960BET while calling on other corporate bodies to join hands to help make this event bigger and better in coming years.
1960BET is a street-credible sports betting company with over 5,000 outlets nationwide known for prompt payments and various Corporate Social Responsibility Projects.
Coincidentally, 1960BET are Headline sponsors of the darling team of Lagos Stationery Stores FC, 1960BET was also the headline sponsor of the just concluded Copa Lagos 2014 and also the League Bloggers Awards 2014 where the Nigerian Professional Football League’s Most Valuable Player was given a brand new car amongst other things.
Chief Organizer of the “FOOTBALL FOR HOPE” Project and Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Football matters Adeyinka Adeboye stated that “1960BET’s track record of identifying with laudable and life-changing programs such as the “FOOTBALL FOR HOPE” Project, made it very easy for us to partner with them on this project and we hope that subsequent editions will be bigger and better than this.
The event, is a pet project of the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Football matters, Adeyinka Adeboye and its designed to help the less-privileged in the society with specific emphasis on Motherless Babies homes, the physically-challenged personalities and even ex-footballers who can no longer cater for themselves.
The “FOOTBALL FOR HOPE” Project event comes up this Saturday, 3rd of January 2015 at the Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos.
Two Matches will be played on the day with the first match expected to kick off at 3pm between Managers FC and Lagos SWAN.
The second match will see the Lagos state Governor, His Excellency Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola and his friends square up against Nigerian Pros (a selection of Foreign and local players Nigerian footballers) at the Campos mini Stadium, Lagos.
Taribo West, Obafemi Martins, Babatunde Michael, Rasaq Omotoyossi, Ezekiel Imoh, Austin JJ Okocha, Teslim Fatusi, Azizat Oshoala and Fatai Amoo are some of football stars, current and retired expected to play in the match.
Owu Sports, Nigeria’s Foremost indigenous Sportswear Manufacturing Company will this week Open the first of its retail outlets In Ikeja, Lagos. Nigeria. And according to the C.E.O of the company Barrister Tunji Brown This is geared towards bringing the company’s products closer to fans of all the Nigerian Football Clubs that the Company provides kits for.
Brown Said: “we observed that most Nigerian Football lovers have been deprived of a chance to support their clubs because most of them do not know were to purchase their club’s jerseys and other branded paraphenalia”
The Plan is to Give Nigerian Sports fans an Opportunity to buy replica jerseys of their favourite Nigerian Football Clubs.
Owusports will open a retail outlet in a every city were our partner clubs are based, this way the fans can walk in to purchase their jerseys and even have them branded if they so desire.
MFM FC, ABS FC, Stationery Stores fc, just to mention a few are some of the Nigerian Clubs being kitted by OwuSports.
And the Sports wear manufacturing Company Only Recently Expanded its scope by providing kits for most of the Clubs that Participated in the recently concluded Independence Rugby Sevens in Lagos.
The leading Sports betting company in Nigeria, 1960BET, is by this release officially unveiled as the Headline Sponsor of the 2014 League Bloggers Awards (LBA) for its end-of-season event billed to hold at
the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, on December 15.
The 2014 LBA will honour outstanding players, coaches and clubs in the recently-concluded Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) 2013/14 season.
The CEO of LBA, Ojeikere Aikhoje, described the partnership with the industry-leading bookmaking firm as a win-win situation for the two organizations.
“We have entered into a game-changing partnership with 1960BET for the 2014 award. It is a start of an enduring relationship with 1960BET for us at the LBA. The partnership with 1960Bet is a win-win situation for both parties. It is a special kind of relationship that will surely open new vistas in our goal to reward the best actors in the Nigeria Professional Football League,” Aikhoje said.
The third edition of the LBA end-of-the-season event will reward actors in the NPFL in 16 different categories including the Highest Goalscorer Award which will go to Enyimba striker, Mfon Udoh, who
scored 23 goals.
Top among the categories up for grabs is the prestigious Player of the Season as well as Manager of the Season and Club of the Season.
Other awards include Fair Play Award, Best Use of Social Media (for clubs), Best Website, Best Designed Jersey, Best New Goalkeeper (NPFL), Best Draft from Development Team, Best Development Team, Best
New Player, Best Goalkeeper, Best Foreigner, Best Promoted Team and Best National Team Player.
1960BET is a street-credible sports betting company known for prompt payments and various audacious Corporate Social Responsibility Projects and sponsorship programmes which include Headline Sponsorship
of Copa Lagos 2014, the resurgence of Boxing in Nigeria broadcast live on satellite TV (GOtv Boxing Night), Headline sponsorship of Stationery Stores FC, Sponsorship of 11 sports fans to Brazil 2014
World Cup.
1960BET offers Nigerians a money-making platform from sporting events in the cosy ambience of their mega Retail Outlets located in multiple states of the federation. Online, their presence is visible for an
array of products including Sports, Pools, Casino, Virtuals, Binary Options and many more exciting features that justify the very busy traffic and frequent visits to http://www.1960bet.com. Also available to
Nigerians on the go via their mobile platform, the company has enriched so many sports loving youths who “Play their Game!” with Nigeria’s Number 1 High Street Bookmaker, which boast of thousands of youths currently under her employ.
Through the easy-to-get 1960BET Franchise, many Nigerians are being empowered financially thus contributing to the reduction of the country’s unemployment rate and taking youths off the street.
1960BET is in the good books of industry Regulators and all host State Governments to whose good causes she contributes immensely.
It is in recognition of the company’s outstanding pedigree and contributions to the development of indigenous Sports in general that LBA has deemed it fit to offer 1960BET the headline sponsorship of
this year’s award which promises to be a totally rewarding experience for both Awardees and guests alike.
The Nigeria Football Federation has mourned the passing of former Stationery Stores FC and Green Eagles’ ace Yomi Peters, who died in Lagos on Wednesday at the age of 71.
NFF’s General Secretary, Barr. Musa Amadu on Thursday described the departed Peters, nicknamed Kwango by his team-mates and fans of Stationery Stores FC of Lagos, as “one of the most passionate footballers of his generation.”
Incidentally, Peters was one of the ‘Legends of the Federation Cup’ paraded at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere on Sunday by the Lagos State Government, as part of the Grand Finale of the 2014 Men and Women Federation Cup competitions. He was represented by his wife, as he was on hospital bed.
“We all remember Yomi Peters as a very committed player of Stationery Stores FC in those days; he was a lion of sorts whenever he was wearing the jersey. Football fans who are old enough can also testify to his utmost sense of dedication anytime he donned the National Team jersey.
“Only on Sunday, he was remembered and honoured by the Lagos State Government for his contribution to making the Federation Cup what it had become. We earnestly pray to God to grant him eternal rest and also grant the family he has left behind the fortitude to bear the loss,” Amadu said in Abuja.
After a career spanning stints with Mandilas, Metal Construction and Cadbury Football Clubs, Yomi Peters pitched his tent with the famous Stationery Stores FC and won the Federation Cup with the darling team of Lagos in 1968 and 1982. He also played his part when the Lagos club reached the final of the now-defunct African Cup Winners Cup competition in 1981.
TEAM AGODO WINS 2ND 1960BET GOLD CUP *Carts home N2 Million prize money *Stationery Stores signs on 1960BET as its Headline Sponsor
Onikan Stadium was agog on Saturday as Team Agodo won the 2ND edition of the 1960BET Gold Cup 2014. The match climaxed this year’s edition of the 1960BET Gold Cup that saw Team Agodo defeat its counterpart from the Lagos Island West by a lone goal to go home with the giant trophy and 2 million Naira prize money while the team from Island went home with N1.5million naira. The 1960BET Gold Cup, a CSR initiative of Winners Bookmaker Nigeria Limited, operators of 1960BET, the No. 1 bookie in the land is intended to promote positive engagement of the youths and helping attract gainful employment opportunities, taking the youths off the street whilst also helping good footballers showcase their skills even at grassroots level. The Competition itself was patterned as a Mock World Cup where 32 teams from all over Lagos and Ogun State (Abeokuta to be precise) participated.
The match pulled a capacity crowd and had started on a high tempo as both teams tried to make use of every opportunity to get the curtain raiser.
Team Lagos Island West, the maiden and defending champions tried every trick in their books to draw the first blood but the Sunday Adeyemi-led Agodo team stood its ground to maintain its unbeaten run to end the first half goalless.
At the resumption of play for the second half, Team Agodo introduced Michael Etim in jersey No. 14 who became the tormentor-in-chief, he gave the Island team defence marshaled by Uche Emmanuel in jersey No. 15 a tough time. However, in the 78th min the defence caved in and Ugochukwu in jersey No 9 scored the goal with a rocket shot, his left foot following a rebound from Captain Sunday Adeyemi’s shot on target that had been blocked by goalkeeper Abiodun George in goal for Team Island West.
In the 86th min Team Island West had a chance to draw level but Korede Shodipo in goal for Team Agodo parried the ball for a corner kick with the resultant kick being fruitless. After 90mins Team Agodo became the champions of the tournament in what was a pulsating and exciting match that was tension-soaked all the way.
Earlier in the day, Team Oshodi led by its Captain Kayode Samson had defeated Team Ojo by a similar score line of 1-0. The goal came in the 71st min after Kayode Samson dribbled his way into the goal area to fire a low shot to the far corner of the net for the only goal of the match.
Following the victory recorded by the Oshodi team, they went home with bronze medal and were also 1 million richer while team Ojo that placed fourth went home with 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
As is the custom of the organizers, there was a Novelty match between Ex-Stationery Stores players and the 1960bet XI. The match ended one goal apiece with both goals coming from penalty spot. The Captain of the Ex-Stores team Taiwo Oloyede scored first for them, whilst the Managing Director /C.E.O of 1960bet Mr. Dotun Ajegbile scored the equalizer after the Captain of the 1960BET X1 team, Kamardeen Oyebo was brought down in the box and the referee duly awarded the host team the penalty which was converted by the MD/CEO 1960BET to the delight of all and sundry.
The high point of the final was the official signing ceremony of Headline Sponsorship deal between 1960BET and Stationery Stores FC of Lagos. The contract is a 5year contract with financial details left undisclosed, though the deal is mouth-watering and is believed as one of the largest club sponsorship deals ever signed in Nigeria. The signing ceremony which was conducted by High Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, (FIFA Instructor and former Head Coach of the Green Eagles of Nigeria) had Mr. Tilewa Adebajo the Chairman of Stationery Stores FC and Mr. Dotun Ajegbile of 1960bet represent Stores FC and 1960bet respectively.
Notable dignitaries that graced the occasion include Chief Festus Onigbinde, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila CEO Lagos State Lotteries Board, Mr Tilewa Adebajo Chairman Stationery Stores FC, Akin Alabi MD/CEO Nairabet, Mr Sheriff of Surebet, Ex-internationals Mutiu Adepoju, Tajudeen Disu, Ann Agumanu Chiejine, Olumide Banjo, Taiwo Oloyede, erudite Sports Presenter Ken Ochonogor, GM Sports, Nigeria Info, Femi Obong Daniels and members of the Sporting fraternity were well represented at the event.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
MVP-Omowanle Emmanuel (Lagos Island West)
1st Highest Goal Scorer -Sunday Adeyemi (Agodo)
2nd Highest Goal Scorer -Clement Sagu (Apapa)
Best Goalkeeper-Lekan Oladepo (Ojo)
Fair Play Award-Team Oshodi.
RESULTS
(Match 8) THURSDAY 10/04/2014
COD UNITED FC 1 DE REAL VICTORIOUS FC 0
(Match 9) THURSDAY 10/04/2014
BURUJ FC 0 CLIQUES SPORTS ACADEMY 3
(Match 10) THURSDAY 10/04/2014
SAMVIC FC 1 SUPER GOLD FC 0
(Match11) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
FAME FC 3 ANOINTED STARS FC 0
(Match12) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
CHRIST AMBASSADORS FC 2 BOLOWOTAN FC 0
(Match 13) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
TESLIM THUNDER BALOGUN FC (0) 5 AL-AMIN FC (0) 4
(Match14) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
AMBEK FC 3 UNION BANK FC 0 (w/o).
(Match15) SUNDAY 13/04/2014
36 LION FC VS LSDPC FC
SATURDAY
FAME FC ANOINTED STARS FC
CHRIST AMBASSADORS FC 2 BOLOWOTAN 0
TESLIM THUNDER BALOGUN FC AL-AMIN FC
AMBEK FC 3 UNION BANK FC 0 (W/O)
36 LION FC (1) 5 LSDPC FC (1) 6
SUNDAY
AWORI UNITED FC 1 AS RASCINES FC 2
YOBO FC 4 AMAZING GRACE INT FC 2
MONDAY
APAPA GOLDEN STARS FC (2) BRIDGE FC (2)
NATH BOYS FC 2 MESSIAH FC 1
MAGATE FC 3 STATIONERY STORES FC 0 (W/O)
DIVINE PRAISE FC (1) VS MFM FC (1) 2-5
TUESDAY
FIRST BANK FC 4. MY PEOPLE FC 1
CMD UNITED FC 0 COLLINS EDWIN FC 1
RESULTS
(Match 8) THURSDAY 10/04/2014
COD UNITED FC 1 DE REAL VICTORIOUS FC 0
(Match 9) THURSDAY 10/04/2014
BURUJ FC 0 CLIQUES SPORTS ACADEMY 3
(Match 10) THURSDAY 10/04/2014
SAMVIC FC 1 SUPER GOLD FC 0
FIXTURES
(Match11) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
FAME FC VS ANOINTED STARS FC 8.00AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match12) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
CHRIST AMBASSADORS FC VS BOLOWOTAN FC 9.30AM
(Match 13) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
TESLIM THUNDER BALOGUN FC VS AL-AMIN FC 11.30AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match14) SATURDAY 12/04/2014
AMBEK FC VS UNION BANK FC 1.30PM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match15) SUNDAY 13/04/2014
36 LION FC VS LSDPC FC 8.00AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match16) SUNDAY 13/04/2014
AWORI UNITED FC VS AS RASCINES FC 9.30AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match17) SUNDAY 13/04/2014
YOBO FC VS AMAZING GRACE INT FC 11.30AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match18) MONDAY 14/04/2014
APAPA GOLDEN STARS FC VS BRIDGE FC 8.00AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match19) MONDAY 14/04/2014
NATH BOYS FC VS MESSIAH FC 9.30AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match 20) MONDAY 14/04/2014
MAGATE FC VS STATIONERY STORES FC 1.30PM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match 21) MONDAY 14/04/2014
DIVINE PRAISE FC VS MFMF FC 3.30PM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match22) TUESDAY 15/04/2014
FIRST BANK FC VS MY PEOPLE FC 9.00AM AGEGE STADIUM
(Match 23) TUESDAY 15/04/2014
CMD UNITED FC VS COLLINS EDWIN FC 10.30AM AGEGE STADIUM
Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re back to winning ways as Rovers are rolled into the Lagoon!
On an evening Stationery Stores FC needed to do a few things that had little or no room for errors, the team performed to the delight of a respectable crowd of supporters at The Flaming Arena. What were those things? Well, it needed to subject its new team to real match conditions and come out of it unscathed.
It needed to introduce its new coach to the Lagos fans and it needed to re-assert its authority on the Onikan Waterfront in order to send a warning to other teams who will visit the Arena henceforth.
Indeed Stores FC succeeded in doing all of those within a space of 92 minutes…ninety minutes of playing time plus two extra minutes added by the match officials. It “rolled” UNICEM Rovers FC into the Lagoon opposite the stadium—just as its vociferous fans asked it to do—sinking the visitors from Calabar by two goals to nothing.
It did so parading several new players who re-enacted the tiki-taka brand of soccer that the Adebajo Babes are famed for and to the delight of the impressively filled stadium.
Then it fronted Fatai Amoo, its new coach, to the media and the fans, in what ostensibly is a warning to the other NNL teams that the Flaming Flamingoes are bouncing back under the tutelage of one of the most tactically gifted gaffers on the Nigerian soccer scene. Stationery Stores Football Club is back to winning ways and in the words of Fatai Amoo at the post match conference, “it is going to fight for every single point remaining in the season.”
Here are some photos from today’s game. Enjoy…Up Super. Triple Flaming. Gbogbo wa l’ore Adebajo!!! Iyo!!! ©Superstoresfansworldwide
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