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Oguleftie wrote:False, false & false.
Chukwu had always been the best defender we played with through primary school and through secondary school.
Regarding Rangers, nobody could have played CB while Achebe was still playing. Isaac Nnado did retire; so did some others.

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

Gotti wrote:EII:
I’m referring to the 1973 team that beat Shooting 3-0 in Ibadan...
That team was 1st/2d almost all season, and only slipped to 3d (overtaken by Rangers) the final game.

I forgot about Nwokeji and got Egbukichi in too early, but that was the team...
Also think that Ilechukwu and Nwokocha were still at NCFC Dragons in 1973 (along with Sam Onyeka).

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

See all the players our academy produced... We need to bring back our feeder team, the great P and T Vasco Da Gama. We need them back to continue where they stopped

Enugu II wrote:

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

See all the players our academy produced... We need to bring back our feeder team, the great P and T Vasco Da Gama. We need them back to continue where they stopped

Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

Enugu II wrote:Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

And when was the last (or first) time Vasco won a trophy? Oh wait...

TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:

Enugu II wrote:

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

See all the players our academy produced... We need to bring back our feeder team, the great P and T Vasco Da Gama. We need them back to continue where they stopped

Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

This is blasphemy. How can fans of Vasco da Gama who haven’t won anything be talking about karma? We just recently won the league and the freaking FA cup for crying out loud. That’s karma for you baby


Cheers.

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo


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FATHER TIKO wrote:
Oga Heavyd, re-visit past threads on this forum about John Nwadioha...
He was top striker for Vasco Da Gama for 4yrs during Vasco's peak...Nwadioha was a tripod with Obed Ariri & Pat Ekeji, that made Vasco tick...

Nwadioha was called by Tiko to the GEagles for the final 1978 WCQualifier v Tunisia, but never really filled Usiyen's boots in that position...

On Chukwu & Ezeani, I've always maintained Ezeani was a better defender (maybe Chukwu was a better leader)...there was a popular myth in those days that Ezeani "taught" Chukwu the libero role...probably because of the seamless manner Chukwu stepped into the libero role after Ezeani departed for the US...
There is a reason whenever Chukwu & Ezeani were in the same XI, Ezeani always duly pocketed the CB position...

Gotti wrote:

Oguleftie wrote:False, false & false.
Chukwu had always been the best defender we played with through primary school and through secondary school.
Regarding Rangers, nobody could have played CB while Achebe was still playing. Isaac Nnado did retire; so did some others.

Just saw the discussion...
IMHO, Ezeani was probably the better pure defender but Chukwu was the better footballer.

It is difficult to determine what would have happened if both had played out their careers at Rangers, but the reason that Chukwu was sometimes moved around (when Ezeani and Achebe were still available, and even Ekeji figured among the clogged CD position at the Academicals level) was his versatility. He was such a great pure footballer that he could play anywhere along the defensive line, in midfield and often joined the attack during his secondary school days at Nike.

maceo4 wrote:Did they use actual soccer boots back then? What about shin guards?

theYemster wrote:

maceo4 wrote:Did they use actual soccer boots back then? What about shin guards?

I vividly remember Michel Platini and Jean Tigana playing at Mexico 86 without shin guards.

FATHER TIKO wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Oguleftie wrote:False, false & false.
Chukwu had always been the best defender we played with through primary school and through secondary school.
Regarding Rangers, nobody could have played CB while Achebe was still playing. Isaac Nnado did retire; so did some others.

Just saw the discussion...
IMHO, Ezeani was probably the better pure defender but Chukwu was the better footballer.

It is difficult to determine what would have happened if both had played out their careers at Rangers, but the reason that Chukwu was sometimes moved around (when Ezeani and Achebe were still available, and even Ekeji figured among the clogged CD position at the Academicals level) was his versatility. He was such a great pure footballer that he could play anywhere along the defensive line, in midfield and often joined the attack during his secondary school days at Nike.

This is the most probable verdict on the Ezeani v Chukwu debate...
2 excellent CB's...People forget Ezeani left Nigeria well before his prime...His prime would have been 1978-82...
Imagine a Chukwu/Ezeani combo in the central defence of Rangers & GEagles in those yrs...Wahala...

Enugu II wrote:

TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:

Enugu II wrote:

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

See all the players our academy produced... We need to bring back our feeder team, the great P and T Vasco Da Gama. We need them back to continue where they stopped

Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

This is blasphemy. How can fans of Vasco da Gama who haven’t won anything be talking about karma? We just recently won the league and the freaking FA cup for crying out loud. That’s karma for you baby


Cheers.

Bia TTTK,

For me, Rangers suppose set up place wey dem go dey worship Vasco's spirit for all the trophy Vasco's hard work give Rangers. Look Vasco line ups and how Rangers take milk those lineups.

TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:

Enugu II wrote:

TonyTheTigerKiller wrote:

Enugu II wrote:

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:FATHER TIKO,

Abeg, take your time ooo! See how you reduce great Vasco to three players.That is not fair. See the line-up below, did they not strike fear in the eyes of Rangers' supporters in those days? Did they not?

---------------Umelo Ahamaefule ------------------

Charles Adimora-----Pat Ekeji ---- Ignatius Ilechukwu/"Old Ghana" Okorie ---- OJ Chukwu

---------- Paul Agu/Mathew Nwokedi ----------------Stanley Okoronkwo-------------

Tony Uzoka-------------Obed Ariri-----John Nwadioha -----Innocent Nwankwo

This seems an all-time team...
But the greatest single Vasco team/squad was the one that finished 3d in the league.

Umelo

David Adiele - Pat Ekeji - Illechukwu/Felix Emordi - Pat Okonjo

Nnamdi Egbukichi - Over Ariri

Adimora* - Christian Nkwocha/Nwadioha - James Udemba - Innocent Nwankwo

*Charles Adimora was moved up to RM/RW to accommodate Adiele.

See all the players our academy produced... We need to bring back our feeder team, the great P and T Vasco Da Gama. We need them back to continue where they stopped

Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

This is blasphemy. How can fans of Vasco da Gama who haven’t won anything be talking about karma? We just recently won the league and the freaking FA cup for crying out loud. That’s karma for you baby


Cheers.

Bia TTTK,

For me, Rangers suppose set up place wey dem go dey worship Vasco's spirit for all the trophy Vasco's hard work give Rangers. Look Vasco line ups and how Rangers take milk those lineups.

Enugu II, we did give them a special place. Vasco was our feeder team, lol. How much more special did you want it to get? Isn’t it enough for you that some Vasco da Gama players can claim to have been part of the greatness that is the Enugu Rangers International. Haba, black people are so hard to please


Cheers.

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

And when was the last (or first) time Vasco won a trophy? Oh wait...

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

And when was the last (or first) time Vasco won a trophy? Oh wait...

Damn that is so cold Even P and T Games sef dem nor fit win

Enugu II wrote:

oloye wrote:

Gotti wrote:

Enugu II wrote:Oloye,

Make I correct you one time. You for say all the super players wey Rangers conspired with the Sports Council to STEAL from Vasco da Gama. Climbing on the back of another to win cups and claim greatness....hmmmmm.

Karma is a B***** Rangers learned the hard way about Karma when they went decades without a trophy after they had stolen Vasco blind. Go figure.

And when was the last (or first) time Vasco won a trophy? Oh wait...

Damn that is so cold Even P and T Games sef dem nor fit win

Oloye,

Make una continue dey laff jejely Wen dem put curse on una now, na so una go begin de complain.

Goldleaf wrote:

Can anyone attempt to name any member of the 1973 All Africa Games gold winning Green Eagles apart from then Military Head of State Yakubu Gowon?