Ikeja Football Tourney Kicks Off

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The much-awaited Ikeja Football Soccer Championship will kick off this Saturday at the Teachers Training College, Ifako-Ijaiye,Lagos.

The tournament is put together by Ikeja Divisonal Football Coaches Association.

In fixtures made available to P.M.Sports, 14 teams have been divided into two groups.

Group A comprise of: Future Pro.Soccer;Journey Sportfit; Vasco Dagama; Santos FC; Foundation FC; Youth Stars and Marvelous FC.

Group B consists of: Courageous FC; Achievers FC; United Stallion FC; LSDPC; Black Knight; Chambody and Sab FC.

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The opening match will be between Future Pro Soccer Academy and Courageous FC.

The Chairman Organising Committee, Fatai Akande, disclosed that the tourney is organised to help the clubs  training within Ikeja and Agege to have a competitive game, instead of waiting for football tournament outside their domain.

“This idea came up during the coaches meeting held recently.The tournament will hold for a long time because it would be played in a league format. All the participating teams will play one another to determine the best four that would play in super four at the end of the tournament,” he said.

—Sunday Akintoye

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