Unleashed: The Enugu Rangers Revolution (1970-1977)
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Uncle Enugu II,Enugu II wrote:Aswani,Aswani wrote:I am going to disagree with you on this Ukwala, these are seasoned professionals about to play an African Champions Cup final.ukwala wrote:. The perception in Enugu then was that the NFA and perhaps higher powers did not want Rangers to win and Rangers went to Lagos dejected and psychologically defeated. That was by far Nigeria’s best chance of winning the African cup of champions until Enyimba won it in 2003.
I think, if anything, they would have wanted to stick it to the NFA or whoever it was that changed the venue.
Seasoned professionals or not, they remain HUMAN BEINGS and susceptible to similar effects. They are not robots. Here, you are believing you have a very important match in a friendly venue in Enugu and training for it.
As far as I remember, the change of venue came way too late and the team had to travel quite late to Lagos. The psychological effect of that had to be enormous, particularly in a crucial game against a team that was arguably the most dreaded in Africa at the time.
Bros, never underrate such odds.
I obviously have immense respect for you so I am going to tread carefully in disagreeing with you.
There are lots of other reasons why Rangers lost, I would be surprised changing venue would be high on the list.
"Dejected and Psychologically defeated" would never have applied to a Rangers team of the 70's IMHO.
Obviously, the change of venue was a total nonsense and indicative of the poor football administration we have had in Nigeria. I truly believe Rangers and IICC would have won between them at least 3 African Champions Cup matches in the 70's if it wasn't for the shocking standard of football administration.
Re: Unleashed: The Enugu Rangers Revolution (1970-1977)
Lovely video, truly powerful, thanks for posting it "cic old boy".cic old boy wrote:Very powerful stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOpCMNo ... e=youtu.be[/video]
That Rangers can keep churning out players season after season in the 70's and 80's despite the yearly exodus to the US and wherever is a testament to the club. Boys become men in that jersey and I am not a Rangers fan but a fan of the ethic/traditions of the club.
Would have loved to hear a mention of Commander Igwilo* at some point but I guess that wasn't the era the video was directed at.
*My favourite ever Rangers player, I once saw him play against First Bank and every single time he touched the ball something positive happened, and I mean every single time.
Re: Unleashed: The Enugu Rangers Revolution (1970-1977)
he was another version of sylvanus opkala with a different body typeAswani wrote:Lovely video, truly powerful, thanks for posting it "cic old boy".cic old boy wrote:Very powerful stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOpCMNo ... e=youtu.be[/video]
That Rangers can keep churning out players season after season in the 70's and 80's despite the yearly exodus to the US and wherever is a testament to the club. Boys become men in that jersey and I am not a Rangers fan but a fan of the ethic/traditions of the club.
Would have loved to hear a mention of Commander Igwilo* at some point but I guess that wasn't the era the video was directed at.
*My favourite ever Rangers player, I once saw him play against First Bank and every single time he touched the ball something positive happened, and I mean every single time.
make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable.
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