Friday Night Football: A milestone for Nigerian Football by AMOS ETUK

When Akwa United hosted Nassarawa United on Friday night at Nest of Champions, Uyo

Friday, September 25,2015 was a milestone in Nigerian football as the League Management Company, the body responsible for organising the football league in the country began the Friday Nights Football in the league in line with the concept of what obtains in European leagues especially in the German Bundesliga.
It was a night of history as passionate football followers in the country looked up to the maiden fixture which was a week 31 encounter between Akwa United versus Nassarawa United and the match lived up to its billings as the continent stayed glued to Africa’s emerging league add another feather to her numerous achievements.

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The two major football competitions in Nigeria are the Nigeria Professional Football League and the Federation Cup formerly known as the Challenge Cup. Winners of both competitions are guaranteed automatic slots to represent the country at the continental battle for the different competitions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) each season. Winners of the Nigeria Professional Football League and the runner up automatically represent the country at the CAF Champions League while the third placed team and the winners of the Federation Cup represent the country at the CAF Confederations Cup.
It is always a gruesome season as clubs battle with many matches moving from one end of the country to the other winning and losing matches on the road to victory as each game comes with more pulsating actions and for the losers, more regrets and heart breaks.