Nigerian Football Team in England 1949. Nigerian football team was the
first ever to leave West Africa. They arrived in the UK on the 29th
of August 1949 and played nine matches in five weeks against top English
amateur teams. This picture is of a training session with their coach
'the famous Fulham football star' John (Jack) Finch.
54 comments:
When soccer made sense. Lindaobserve
They looked strong
No boots?
Me i can't c d coacb o, dey all look alike. Dave
I wonder how they played that year.....any where belle face......
Back when times were good
Great picture! It is sad that they did not have shoes/boots but seemed ver happy!
Lmao..that guy on the far right just killed me! But they actually looked very young compared to now.
Wow
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Wow! Good one. ...
Wow
Lol, see dem sha
Nice one
Old times. God bless Nigeria Phil 4:13
Hmm ... I hope they absconded while they were abroad .. thats the biggest blessing you would hv done for ur generations
Hehehe they looked like Civilian JTF in Borno state.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Lol, they look like slaves
OMOR u go fear squad
Hehehehe! History 101. How time flies. Linda take note!
I trust my forefathers if they had this oppurtunity they would be part of the team that left naija but not part of the team that came back ..
If only today's team can be like them
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Now this what you call an epic photo. History 101.
Busy Fingers.
woooow!...dey played bare foot then, footbal has progressd indeed, now we talk of goal line technology. hu wld av tot abt dis then. linda thumbs up fr takin us bak memory lane.
Am sure they played with zeal and committment unlike this days,d team needs money to inspire them...#Back2dRoot
Were they playing barefoot
Bo boot?
No boot?
Where are dis pple now... *handsOnChin*
They didn't have shoes in 1949?
But y? The background does not tally. Perhaps d picture was taken in naija as there are no palm trees in the UK!
Okay
Lol like sch students
Nigeria is Great
They had no boot? God!!!
#LOL.....still remain d real(Akure no1 son)
It's A Nigerian football team not THE Nigerian football team.
Awesome! I really love history.
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ABEG oh....oyinbo captioned the photo..." A Nigerian football team oh Linda, not THE Nigerian football team.
No, that's just your mentality speaking. Grow up a little, will ya?
Yes, they were. It was said that the English team felt very weird playing against them. Our team lost tho.
Your foolery has no hiding place
Wow and they are bare footed too.
Hey is your boyfriend a footballer hahaha hahaha boo boot
C as Yam full dea leg
When men had no 👟 shoes, thanks to God, we can now afford it.
Ugly guys.
Wen grandpa's were boys
Awwww
Wow!!!
Actually, the team was not at the time concerned about boots. They were used to playing bare footed. Before the end of the tour, however, four of them led by Dokubo purchased boots after sustaining some injuries from opponents. Bear in mind, that the Nigerian media attributed some of their losses to the use of boots for which they were unfamiliar.
Why dis people come ugly like dis now?
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