9th November, 2010
A pre-season football tournament for clubs in the South West Zone of the country, tagged; BRF Club cup will debut tomorrow at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
Speaking on the pre-season tournament, which is organised by the South West Football Association Chairmen’s Forum, leader of the zone, Taiwo Ogunjobi, said the tournament is meant to foster unity among the states and clubs from the zone.
While thanking the executive governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola for supporting the tournament, he disclosed that four clubs, Bridge Football Club, Lagos; Fountain Football Club, Ekiti; Gateway Football Club, Abeokuta and Osun United, Osogbo will compete for honours in the tourney.
Ogunjobi, who is also the chairman of Osun State Football Association, noted that the uniqueness of the tournament is that it will prepare clubs from the zone for the national league, adding that the tourney will hold in a friendly atmosphere where the culture and values of the zone will be portrayed.
—Wale Joseph
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