Tickets for Saturday’s President Federation Cup men’s and women’s final matches are already being sold for the sums of N200 and N2,000 each. The tickets are being sold online as gathered by Nigeriasoccernet.com.
While popular side tickets go for N200, the VIP tickets are being sold for N2,000 each.
Saturday’s grand finale at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on the Lagos Waterfront will see Naija Ratels FC of Abuja, a club founded only five years ago, take on eight-time champions Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt in the women’s championship match, while the men’s final involves El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri and Abia Warriors of Umuahia.
The women’s final will kick off at 1pm, while the men’s final commences at 4pm.
Sports Development Minister, Senator John Owan Enoh and President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau are among eminent personalities expected at the grand finale.
FA CUP WINNERS AT A GLANCE
8-Shooting Stars Sports Club
7- Lagos Railways
6-Rangers International FC
4- BCC Lions of Gboko; Stationery Stores, Dolphin FC; Enyimba International FC; Bendel Insurance
3- Lagos ECN (later renamed NEPA), Port Harcourt FC; Heartland FC
2- Abiola Babes; El-Kanemi Warriors; Julius Berger; Leventis United; Lagos Marine; Akwa United; Kano Pillars
1-Calabar XI; Kaduna United; Lagos PAN Bank; Lagos UAC; Lobi Stars; Niger Tornadoes; Ocean Boys; Plateau United; Police; Wikki Tourists (Bauchi); FC IfeanyiUbah; Bayelsa United.
By Olaleye Oluwadamilola