Bo Rangers maintain lead as Edwards pick up away win

Bo Rangers maintain lead as Edwards pick up away win

League leaders Bo Rangers strengthened their grip at the top of the table with a 2-0 triumph over East End Tigers at the Bo Stadium in the Southern Province with goals from Musa Noah Tombo Kamara and Saidu Bah Kamara in the 45th and 74th-minute respectively. (Photo SL Police FC)

Musa Tambo Kamara is the league top scorer with six goals helping new coach Jose Solomon Cortes secured his first three points of the ongoing campaign.

At the Port Loko mini playing field, Old Edwardians new boss Abdulai Kaloga Bah guided his side to a vital away victory after the home side had taken the lead through Abubakarr Sankoh.

Coach Bah, who was confident ahead of the contest, says he was pleased after the game.

“As always, it is good to start well, and I was pleased with the result,” Bah to FSL News. Emmanuel Ansumana and Abdulai Agger Koroma were the scorers for the May Park Boys.

Freetown City played to a barren draw with SLIFA Mount Aureol FC, who are bottom on the present league standings. Abdul Yillah Slifa’s keeper was named Man of the Match at the Attouga Mini Stadium.

In the day’s final match, Abdul Razak Conteh accounted for the only goal as East End Lions overcome Sierra Leone Police FC at the Freetown Siaka Steven Stadium.

The reigning defender champions move to second after their 1-0 win over their host.

The season continued on Sunday with other exciting matches as Kamboi Eagles travel to Diamond rich Town Eastern Province of Sierra Leone to face Diamond Stars.

Sierra Leone most decorated club Mighty Black with a new chairman will take on Central Parade on Sunday.

Saturday’s Results 

Bo Rangers 2-0 East End Tigers

Bai Bureh Warriors 1-2 Old Edwardians 

FCFC 0-0 SLIFA 

SL Police 0-1 EE Lions 

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Old Edwardians new coach Abdulai Bah aka Kaloga, is confident and thrilled after signing a two-and-half-year deal with the May Park Boys.

On Saturday, the new Edwardians acquisition will be leading his side out against Bai Bureh Warriors in Port Loko District in the resumption of the Sierra Leone top tier football season.

The experienced local technician told football in Sierra Leone that starting his reign with Edwards on a good footing will bring confidence to his side moving forward.

“I am looking forward to a tough away game as there are no small teams anymore in the league, but as always, to start well in any job is good,” Bah told FSL News.

“A good away result will bring and increase confidence in the team.”

The former homebased coach also has backing from the club Chairman Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq.

Saffa Abdulai Esq has called on the fan club to support their new head coach Ibrahim Kaloga Bah.

“I think it is paramount for all of us, including the fan club, to rally behind Ibrahim Kaloga Bah so that he can succeed. Our objective is to offer the needed support for him to be a success in this new appointment.”

The May park Boys lost their last game 1-0 to Central Parade on June 12 before the campaign was halted due to the covid-19 pandemic.

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Well-known football administrator, Rodney Michael, has said revamping one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Sierra Leone, Mighty Blackpool is the immediate objective. 

The Freetown based club announced Rodney Michael, who remains one of the most revered administrators in the country, as their new Chairman after a meeting with the committee of elders.

In recent years, the most decorated club in the country has been struggling, something Michael acknowledged and has vowed to help revive the club to its best.

“I am excited and extremely appreciative that Blackpool, with the potential of being the biggest club in Sierra Leone, and without doubt the richest history in Sierra Leone football, considers me the worthy choice to lead the transformation of the club through a very difficult period,” Michael explained while answering questions from FSL News.

The Ex-Sierra Leone Premier League chairman vehemently indicated that their short term goal is to secure a firm financial structure of the club.

“With the blessings of everyone at the club, my short term goal is to ensure financial and structural stability, conducive training and match operations, setting up of right administrative structures and uniting a very divided family. 

Medium to long term is to work on infrastructure to serve as permanent official secretariat, developing a training field with artificial turf and a solid revenue generation that is reliable through marketing and other methods. Blackpool has great potential, and we want to exploit it fully.”

1989, Mighty Blackpool reached the quarter-final stages of the African Cup of Champions Clubs. The first club from Sierra Leone to reach that stage. 

The club became famous in Africa after defeating reigning champions ES Sétif from Algeria further in the second round to eliminate Djoliba Athletic Club from Mali before losing to Tonnerre Yaounde from Cameroon in the quarter-finals.

Presently, Blackpool standing 13th in the ongoing Sierra Leone top tier league, and they will restart their campaign against Central Parade Sunday.

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The 49-year-old has joined a list of foreign coaches who have been in charge of a Sierra Leonean club after the swiss Robert Muller, who was at Mighty Blackpool over 30-years ago.

Cortes, who will be working with former Kamboi Eagles coach Alhaji Foray, Kabineh Kamara and Guinean goalkeeping coach Allan Sekou Kamara, has said he is delighted and can’t wait to start.

His first task is at home against East End Tigers when the ongoing season kick starts on the 11th of August 2021.

“I am 49-year-old, and I have been coaching in Sweden and Guinea. I am delighted to be here in Bo and cannot wait to start,” the Rangers new boss told FSL News.

He confirmed having previous working relationships with Premier League clubs Aston Villa and Chelsea as a scouting agent.

The experienced technician has coached Vasalunds IF in Sweden and neighbouring Guinea over the last four years.

Rangers executive has been persistently on development with the recent construction of the clubhouse.

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The Regional Manager made his statement during a visit to one of Sierra Leone’s poor playing fields, the Approved School, on Thursday.

In May 2021, former FA boss, Isha Johansen, announced five proposed artificial projects at the training field in Kingtom, Approved School in Freetown. Lungi field, Port Loko mini Stadium and the Bo Coronation Field.

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On recognising the situation in Sierra Leone, he said, “Infrastructure is vital, is key to football development. Especially in well-populated areas, such as the area where we are right now.” He was referring to Approved School.

“It was important for me to come and visit the area and see the passion people in the area had for football. In other to better support the project. Based on what we have seen and based on what has been told to us, this area, this field, that has very poor quality, unfortunately, is occupied from morning to evening.”

He went further to say their role is to provide quality football pitches to help players develop better. He is expected to conclude his visit on Saturday.

It’s worth mentioning that during Fifa and Caf’s president’s visit to Sierra Leone in May, Motsepe said: “CAF and FIFA are committed to supporting Sierra Leone with the requisite infrastructure to host the African Cup of Nations in the not-too-distant future.”

Sierra Leone has only one internationally recognised stadium that is over four decades old. The Siaka Stevens stadium was built in 1979 with the help of the Chinese government.

Other venues across the country. Bo, Kenema and Makeni have been undergoing rehabilitation in recent years, some through Fifa assistance.

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Leading the list on the continent is Ghanaian club Inter Allies, who recently relegated to the division one league in the just ended Ghana Premier League season, exported 64 players.

Club owner, former Inter Milan and Monaco striker Mohamed Kallon expressed satisfaction with the administrative structure of his club.

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“This is what I refer to as development – we did not make money on most of those players, but they are very comfortable with their families in the diaspora today.”

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