04/06/2020
Remembering the original Super Eagles
The first time Nigeria?s men?s football team played outside the country, it took them two weeks to reach their destination. They sailed from Lagos to Southampton on board the MV Apapa in August 1949, and every day the 18 players would run around the deck to keep fit. The team was young, having only played its first international match against Gold Coast ? now Ghana ? in Lagos in 1938. The tour of England, to test their strength against nine English amateur clubs, was its first major foray on the world stage. It started well. The opening game against Marine Crosby Football Club was scheduled for just two...
