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3SC begin restructuring, release 20 players into transfer market

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Restructuring
By Akeem Abas
Ibadan, Oct. 2, 2017 (NAN) Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Monday said they have released 20 out of the 40 players they registered for the last Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season.

The club’s management, in a statement in Ibadan by its Media Officer, Jubril Arowolo, said this was part of their ongoing restructuring programme.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 3SC were, after the 2016/2017 season, relegated from the NPFL to the Nigeria National League (NNL) for the 2017/2018 season.

The statement disclosed that the decision to release the players and place them in the transfer market was taken after evaluating the performances of every player in the team.

It listed players retained to include Abubakar Adamu, Michael Uweru, Kayode Bankole, Seun Akinyemi, Alaba Osawe, Omololu Waheed, Opeyemi Adetoyi, Oginni Olatubosun, Ayobami Abiodun (Jnr), Shile Ibrahim and Sunday Faleye.

Others are Jide Apena, Abayomi Adebayo, Rafiu Wasiu, Shittu Taiwo, Isiaq Rafiu, Ajani Ibrahim, Kunle Olukokun, Bode Daniel and Sherrif Sanda.

“The club’s remaining 20 players, whose names did not appear on the list, have been placed on transfer and will not be part of the team when the new season commences,’’ the statement announced.

It added that a number of new players would be added to the list of the players retained after a thorough screening, for the list of players for the 2017/2018 season.

The statement went further to disclose that the club’s management had woken up to the realities of its team playing in the NNL next season.

“We will do everything possible to return to the NPFL within the shortest period.

“The evaluation of the team however continues, and fans will see a better and improved Shooting Stars next season,’’ it said.(NAN)
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(Edited by Gregory Mmaduakolam and Olawale Alabi)

Sport

3SC management warns technical crew on team’s poor performance in NPFL

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3SC
By Akeem Abas
Ibadan, June 12, 2017 (NAN) The management of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) has issued an ultimatum to the team’s technical crew to find a way of saving it from relegation or be sacked.

Gbolagade Busari, the Executive Chairman of 3SC, gave the ultimatum at an emergency management meeting of the club in Ibadan on Monday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 3SC, known as the Oluyole Warriors, are presently battling against being relegated from the season 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

3SC, who were second to the last on the NPFL log, lost 0-1 to MFM Football Club of Lagos in their last away match in Lagos on Sunday.

Busari said it is the technical crew that should save the club from being relegated from the NPFL, or else its members should face the consequences.

He said the technical crew would henceforth be evaluated on a match-to-match basis, adding that the management would no longer hesitate to wield the big axe.

“The team has a crop of young and promising players who can excel in the league and it is the duty of the technical crew to mould them into a successful side,” the club chairman said.

He warned that the club management would not tolerate any excuse from the technical crew if it failed to put adequate measures in place to ensure that the team escaped relegation.

Similarly, Abayomi Oke, the State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, said government would intensify efforts in supporting the team in its bid to bring back the club’s lost glory.

Oke added that the team’s teeming supporters, who were not happy with the team, would soon have smiles on their faces.(NAN)
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(Edited by Dianabasi Effiong and Olawale Alabi)