The finals of the ongoing Above 50 Football Championship will hold today Saturday at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium Surulere Lagos.
According to the fixtures released by the Local Organising Committee of the championship, the finals which will hold from 11am- 3pm will see ‘Team Ajegunle’ trading tackle against Team Abeokuta’ in what promises to be a cracker considering the performance of the two teams at the preliminary stage of the competition put together for senior citizens of the country.
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The finals will be preceded by the third place match between ‘Team Surulere’ and ‘Team Alimosho’ at the same venue.
Meanwhile sponsor/ initiator of the championship Dr. Edward Olutoke has expressed joy at the level of attendance and the number of ex- internationals and former national team players that are participating in the tournament.
He explained that the idea behind the competition was to enable old players network, exercise themselves and show the young ones that they can still play football.
Olutoke who is the President of Ikeja Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture promised that the championship will be sustained just as he commended the players and officials for the discipline displayed during the preliminaries urging them to replicate it in the finals.
Winner of the tournament will go home with a giant trophy and N5 million while the first and second runners-up will get N2 million and N1 million respectively.