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This is not to witch-hunt any footballer but the happenings connected to whenever a club buys Steven Fletcher for a club record transfer fee is too important to be ignored. Steven Fletcher was bought for a club record transfer fee of  3million Pounds by Burnley FC in June 2009 but the club were relegated from the Premier League. Fletcher was then transfered to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a club record fee of  6.5million Pounds in 2010 and in 2012, the club were relegated from the Premier League. Fletcher again was transfered to Sunderland AFC for a club record fee of 14million Pounds (with 12million Pounds up front) in 2012 and the team has been frolicking with the relegation zone finishing 14th and 16th in the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 premier league season respectively. Sunderland are currently placed 19th on the English Premier League table. "Could this mean that any club that pays a record transfer fee to bring-in Steven Fletcher will eventually...

Nigerian Professional Football League                                                                                                                 Sunday,  October 11 Akwa United 1 - 0 Abia Warriors Bayelsa United 1 - 2 Nasarawa United Enugu Rangers 1 - 1 Warri Wolves FC Enyimba 2 - 1 Shooting Stars Giwa FC 1 - 0 Dolphin Port Harcourt Walkover.                                  Ifeanyi Ubah United 3 - 0 El Kanemi Warriors Kano Pillars 2 - 1 Sunshine Stars Lobi Stars 2 - 1 Kwara United Sharks 2 - 0 Wikki Tourist Taraba 1 - 0 Hear...

                            Nigeria's goalkeeper Ikeme "Calmed" every ball that came.                       into his area and the Nigerian Defence was impressive compared to what we saw against DR Congo as Echiejile showed the Camerounian right-winger that he is an "Elder", Efe "Ambushed" the Camerounian central-attackers of the ball with the aid of Leon's "Ballooning" of the balls that came to the Nigerian defence-line. Abdullahi was "Sebaceous" with the ball, gracefully combining well with defensive-midfielder Onazi who showed great "Ogle" in the match and combined well with Mikel who was "Obeyed" by the ball as he showed unrivaled control of the ball. Igbonu was not left out as he "Screwed" the Camerounian attack and Set-up Nigeria's. In the attack, Emenike "Emancipated" his other two attackers as Ahmed "Mustered" a great team performance while Moses "S...

Nigerian Professional Football League Week 32 Results Saturday, October 3 FT Abia Warriors 3 - 3 Enugu Rangers FT Warri Wolves FC 3 - 0 Sunshine Stars Sunday, October 4 FT Dolphin Port Harcourt 0 - 0 Ifeanyi Ubah United FT El Kanemi Warriors 2 - 0 Sharks FT Giwa FC 0 - 0 Kano Pillars FT Heartland Owerri 2 - 1 Enyimba FT Kwara United 2 - 1 Akwa United FT Nasarawa United 1 - 0 Lobi Stars FT Shooting Stars 0 - 0 Bayelsa United FT Wikki Tourist 1 - 0 Taraba Nigerian   Professional Football League Week 32 Results 

# Team Name PL W D L F A GD Pts 1 Enyimba 32 16 10 6 44 26 18 58 2 Warri Wolves FC 32 16 7 9 49 26 23 55 3 Wikki Tourist 32 15 9 8 37 29 8 54 4 Sunshine Stars 32 16 5 11 48 31 17 53 5 Giwa FC 32 13 12 7 35 33 2 51 6 Nasarawa United 32 14 7 11 37 34 3 49 7 Heartland Owerri 32 14 5 13 39 33 6 47 8 Abia Warriors 32 14 5 13 35 38 -3 47 9 Kano Pillars 32 13 7 12 39 32 7 46 10 Shooting Stars 32 13 7 12 32 31 1 46 11 Ifeanyi Ubah United 32 12 8 12 32 31 1 44 12 Enugu Rangers 32 12 8 12 38 38 0 44 13 El Kanemi Warriors 32 12 7 13 33 48 -15 43 14 Lobi Stars 32 8 13 11 28 34 -6 37 15 Akwa United 32 10 7 15 27 36 -9 37 16 Sharks 32 8 12 ...

Bayelsa Utd trashed Heartland FC 4-1 in a rescheduled Nigerian Professional Football League match played earlier on Monday (today). The match was postponed from yesterday due to heavy rainfall that made the playing turf unplayable. The victory gives Bayelsa Utd 29points though still rocking the bottom of the table, 7points away from 16th placed Sharks FC with 36points. This weekend action also saw the very first live NPFL match at night on TV which took place at the Nest of Champions in AkwaIbom the home ground of Akwa Utd that defeated Record breakers Nassarawa Utd 2-0. The victory kept Akwautd home record of not losing at the Nest of Champions Other weekend results are Nigeria  -  Professional Football League September 25 Friday FT Akwa United 2 - 0 Nasarawa United September 27 Sunday  FT Enugu Rangers 2 - 1 Kwara United FT Enyimba 2 - 0 Wikki Tourist FT Ifeanyi Ubah United 1 - 1 Giwa FC FT Kano Pillars ...