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  • Duke Udi charges 3SC

    Duke Udi charges 3SC

    Ex-Shooting Stars FC influential midfielder, Duke Udi has identified with Shooting Stars Football Club at this trying time believing that the club has the potentials to turn around its fortunes. Udi told the club website:

    “I have watched some of their matches with good displays and quality players, they are not supposed to be in this position”.

    He said people may not understand what the club is passing through that affects their league runs but prays they get over it soonest. He,then advised the coaches to enforce discipline in the team ‘as this is the only key to success and I hope the team can still finish in the top four, he concluded.

    Duke Udi was a member of 3SC double champions team (League and FA) in 1995\96 football seasons before he left for Switzerland for greener pastures. He also had brief spells in the national teams.

  • 3SC not a relegation team —Ameli

    3SC not a relegation team —Ameli

    Bayelsa United’s media officer, George Ameli has told SportingLife that Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan’s position on the ongoing Globacom Premier League table is not a true reflection of their performance this season.

    The Oluyole Warriors defeated The Restoration Boys 2-0 in a week 26 league game at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba Ibadan in a clossed door match on Saturday and Ameli told SportingLife he was surprised that a team like 3SC are in the relegation zone.

    “3SC have a good squad and they are playing good football. I think they should have been in a better position on the league table with the way they played on Saturday.

    “It is surprising to me that a team that is playing like this is still battling relegation. I think they belong to the top,” Ameli told SportingLife.

    He continued: “If they continue playing the way they did on Saturday, they will surely escape relegation. Whatever might have happened, they’ve learnt their mistakes and will do well next season.”

    Ameli said his team had a bad day against 3SC on Saturday. Strangely, he also added that they were not aware they would play on Saturday.

    “We had a bad day against 3SC. In a game of football, you win some lose some.

    “Again, we thought all the matches would be played on Sunday including ours. We were not notified by 3SC or the management of League Management Company that our match had been moved to Saturday.

    “Our tradition for away games is to travel two days before the match so as to have a day’s rest. We travelled on Friday with the hope that we would play on Sunday. We would have travelled on Thursday if we were notified on time. However, as I said, you win some and lose some. We are going to bounce back in our next game against ABS.”

  • Sports commisioner thanks 3SC supporters

    Sports commisioner thanks 3SC supporters

    Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Adedapo Lam-Adesina has thanked supporters and fans of Shooting Stars for keeping faith in the team during the trying period, promising that things will get even better with the Oluyole Warriors.

    The Commissioner said this shortly after Shooting Stars demolished Kano Pillars by three goals to one at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba Ibadan with goals from Kingsley Ediwo and Akinbinu Samuel.

    Mr. Lam-Adesina said just as he promised, the win is the beginning of many good things to come for the team now that he is fully on ground. He re-assured the fans that he will continue to do his best to ensure things get even better as he is giving Shooting Stars utmost priority.

    He called on the fans and supporters to keep praying for the team to win their remaining matches.

    The Commissioner said the win over top team like Kano Pillars was a good way to announce the resurgence of Shooting Stars while urging the players and technical crew to keep up the momentum.

    The team, he said will not lack necessary support from Oyo State Government in their quest to reclaim their lost glory.

  • 3SC will bounce back -Lam-Adesina

    3SC will bounce back -Lam-Adesina

    Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Adedapo Lam-Adesina has pleaded with Shooting Stars supporters, fans and well wishers to be patient and prayerful with the team as things will get better soon.

    Lam-Adesina said all effort are being put in place to turn things around with the club as he had to cut short his annual leave to come back to oversee things by himself while calling for understanding and support from all.

    He called on the supporters to be steadfast in their support for the club saying he is working round the clock to get the team back on track.

    The Commissioner believes several measures put in place so far will start yielding positive results.

    He urged supporters and fans of the club not to lose hope in the team but to rally round them at this crucial period.

    Mr. Lam-Adesina thanked many who have shown concern and offer useful advice on how to move the club forward especially legal luminary Chief Afe Babalola promising not to disappoint them all. He said Oyo State Government under Senator Abiola Ajimobi will continue to support the club with a view to take it to an enviable height and will be ready to take the right decision when necessary.

    He also used the occasion to congratulate Muslim faithful on the successful completion of Ramadan fasting and Eid el Fitr celebration.

     

  • ‘Blame 3SC coaches for Salami’s plight’

    SHOOTING Stars Sports Club (3SC) media officer, Jubril Arowolo, has said that the coaches of the Oluyole Warriors are largely to blame for the predicament of striker, Gbolahan Salami, who has had his July salary slashed for indiscipline.

    Arowolo, in a chat with SportingLife, said the technical crew was wrong not to have given a reasonable explanation when Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Dapo Lam-Adesina, asked about the whereabouts of the player when he came to watch one of their training sessions recently.

    The club’s spokesman, who said he would not have made the matter public if he had not been so instructed by the board and management of the club.

    He said the coaches have to explain why they feigned ignorance when Lam-Adesina demanded for an explanation on Salami’s absence from training.

    “I was surprised to read that I took the action to make it public on my own without being given the green light.

    “The message I sent to the media reads that the board and management took the decision.

    “If the coaches had come to defend him when the honourable commissioner sought an explanation on his whereabouts, it wouldn’t have gone this far.

    “The management is looking into the case and in the coming days, a statement will be issued on Gbolahan Salami. We later realised he got permission to travel to where he left for,” Arowolo said.

    Meanwhile, 3SC have stressed their resolve to leave Katsina Ala with a good result against Lobi Stars, their matchday 23 league opponent, despite the fact that the home team will have the full support of their fans.

    Arowolo told SportingLife that with good officiating as was witnessed during the initial leg at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Ibadan, the Oluyole Warriors will hold their own against any team including Lobi Stars.

    The game is significant for both teams as they are neck deep in relegation waters.

  • 3SC place Gbolahan Salami on half salary

    The board and management of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan have placed striker Gbolahan Salami on half salary as a step to enforce discipline in the team.
    The club’s media officer, Jubril Arowolo who  confirmed this to SportingLife Tuesday night said the sanction is with effect from Salami’s July, 2013 salary.
    According to Arowolo, the management took the decision against the former Under 23 player  when he failed to turn up for the club’s training sessions in the last two days without official permission.
    “After today’s training sessions and with no clue about the striker’s whereabouts, the management decided to cut his monthly pay by half with effect from July, 2013,” Arowolo said.
    Asked if the club suspects Salami of going abroad for trials, Arowolo replied: “We don’t know anything like that and he didn’t tell anybody about his movement. If at all he has offers for trials he needs to seek permission from the club before he takes any step.
    “His team-mates too said they didn’t know his whereabouts. We are still expecting him but we have to take this step to tell others that the club is very serious about its dealings and no player is bigger than the club. The way we are now we shouldn’t toy with anything. We shouldn’t take anything for granted. We are in a precarious situation and we are still aiming for the top. For us to have taken this action against Salami, other players will know they have to sit up.”

  • Match Commissioners’ reports indict Heartland, ABS, 3SC

    Match Commissioners’ preliminary reports sent to the League Management Company (LMC) before the end of the Week 20 Glo League matches have indicted three clubs for complicity in the crowd violence or elements of it that marred three league games last Wednesday, SportingLife has gathered.

    Crowd violence allegedly occurred at the games played at Owerri (Heartland versus Enyimba, Ilorin (ABS versus Kaduna United) and Ibadan (3SC versus Kwara United) and if the preliminary reports submitted are anything to go by, Heartland, ABS and 3SC would soon be summoned by the LMC for questioning, a top official of the league body has disclosed.

    At Owerri, the Naze Millionaires were down 0-1 at home to next door neighbours, Enyimba of Aba when the police were invited to maintain order. The officers dispersed the crowd with tear-gas in order to avert looming crowd violence. This was about five minutes to full time.

    Although the match continued, the smoke from the tear-gas discomfitted the spectators who had to keep changing seats to avoid.

    The report of the match commissioner in charge of the affair at Owerri allegedly also indicted Heartland’s Team Manager, Promise Nwachukwu, who was alleged to have hidden the centre referee. He however denied the allegation when SportingLife contacted him on telephone.

    Nwachukwu said he never touched the centre referee at all but that he only went to him during half time in the presence of all to tell him to make the game 50:50 when it was obvious he was acting a script.

    “Whoever said that is telling a lie. I never touched the referee at all. I only went to him during the half time break in public glare that he should make the game balanced and shouldn’t take sides. He should make it 50:50.

    “I didn’t touch him at all. We all know that the referee didn’t give us fair officiating and all our penalty appeals were turned down for no just cause,” Nwachukwu said in defence.

    An LMC source also noted that the match officials were manhandled in the games at Ilorin and Ibadan and that it was contained in the report submitted.

    “LMC will soon sit on these cases and there won’t be sacred cows in the dispensation of justice. We want to rid the league of violence and more punitive steps will be taken to ensure that it becomes a reality.

    “There were cases of crowd violence at three match venues and we are not going to take it lightly at all.

    “The match commissioners’ reports already have what transpired and soon we shall give our preliminary verdict subject to the ratification of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

    “These games are Heartland versus Enyimba in Owerri; ABS versus Kaduna United in Ilorin and 3SC versus Kwara United in Ibadan last Wednesday.

    “We cannot leave out the home teams because the incidence happened in their domain so they are liable,” the source informed SportingLife.Ten matches were played last Wednesday with six home wins,three draws and an away win.

  • Olayioye: 3SC fans attacked Kwara Utd, match officials

    Olayioye: 3SC fans attacked Kwara Utd, match officials

    Irked by Wednesday’s result of the league game between Shooting Stars Sports Club, (3SC) of Ibadan and Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin which ended one goal apiece, irate 3SC fans allegedly descended on the match officials, Kwara United supporters, players and officials pelting them with missiles.

    According to a press statement by Kwara United’s Media Officer, Olayioye Ajide, Kwara United supporters, players and officials, caught unawares after the gritty encounter, ran helter-skelter seeking for cover as 3SC fans vented their spleen on them.

    Ajide alleged that Abdullahi Muritala, the cameraman of Kwara United, was badly beaten and his camera was snatched. The drum set used by the away team’s supporters was also damaged. Supporters were tortured as many were hit by objects flung at them.

    The statement further said that center referee Cristansus Okoro from Imo State had to take off his dress on the field and his uniform and other items were picked up by Kwara United officials. His first and second assistants Anthony Uzonna and Andy Ubani were rescued from the hands of the mob.

    The show of shame was also extended to the Deputy Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Babatunde Olaniyan a league match commissioner. He attempted to placate them but was also attacked.

    The 3SC fans claimed the center referee denied them goals during the game which give the advantage to the visitors. This was the reason for their violence.

    Kwara United scored in the 44th minute of the first half via a free kick by Dare Ojo but 3SC levelled up in the 66th minute through Adepoju Taofeek who headed in a cross in the vital area.

    Kwara United got four yellow cards and Dare Ojo sent off, even as 3SC won more than 10 free kicks around the arch in a match played in the rain.

    “It is highly disappointing that a traditional club like 3SC which has followers across the country could throw caution into the winds and display no decorum in their conduct.

    “What lesson are they teaching others? The Nigeria Professional Football League Board should rise to the occasion because the second and crucial stanza of the league has just started.

    “It is psychologically depressing going through such in the Nigerian league,” Olayioye sounded.

    Olayioye assured Nigerians that Kwara United would hold no grudge against them but that the NPFL should bring the culprits to book and retrieve Kwara United’s lost items.

  • 3SC commends referee Udoh

    Recently named CAF best young referee, Ferdinand Udoh, has been commended for his brilliant performance by a top official of the Oluyole Warriors after Wednesday’s tie between traditional rivals, Enugu Rangers and Shooting Stars of Ibadan.

    According to the official, who preferred his name not to be mentioned, “Udoh from Kwara State has to be commended for his firm and fair handling of the Rangers versus 3SC game, which ended 2-0 in favour of the home side, the Flying Antelopes.

    “He was excellent; it was the best officiating we have had this season apart from the ones we saw in Kano and Warri.

    “Even the home fans could not but cheer him for some good calls he made against Rangers.

    “He is the best example of what Nigerian refs should be, not undermining his age, I think he should be a role model to his other colleagues.”

    As regards their loss to their traditional rivals Rangers, the official said: “All I can say is that the lucky side won as the better side lost.”

  • No break for 3SC — Arowolo

    No break for 3SC — Arowolo

    •Oluyole Warriors battle Rangers Wednesday
    •Face GateWay FC Sunday

    SHOOTING STARS Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan continues its busy fixtures with a rescheduled week 13 Globacom Premier League clash against Rangers International of Enugu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium on Wednesday.

    The Oluyole Warriors were beaten 2-0 by Kwara United in a week 19 league match at the Ilorin Township stadium on Sunday.

    SportingLife understands that the league went on two weeks break after the week 19 league matches played last weekend. The second stanza of the league is expected to resume on July 3.

    The club’s media officer, Jubril Arowolo told SportingLife that there won’t be time for the Ibadan-based side to rest before the commencement of the second round.

    “Although there is a break for the Glo league but in our own case, there is no break for us. The league went on break last Sunday and we played on that day too. We will travel to Enugu for our rescheduled league match against Rangers on Wednesday.

    “From there we will move to Akure for our Federation Cup tie against Gateway FC of Abeokuta, and if we win, the draws for the next stages will be made immediately.

    “And knowing full well that you will still need to prepare for the second stanza of the league, so, where is the break here,” Arowolo asked.

    Arowolo also admitted that the team was not too impressive during the first round of the league, stressing that the club will make adjustments were necessary.

    “We tried our best in the first round of the league but I have to admit here that we’ve not been too impressive. We have to re-double our efforts and correct our lapses. This is the last lap of the league and we can’t afford to fail. We’ve played all the clubs and we know what they are capable of doing. We want to assure our supporters that we are not going to disappoint them,” Arowolo told SportingLife.