It is attracting all the trappings of a City Classic as
Sharks FC and Dolphins FC, both of Port Harcourt are engaging on pre-match day
throwing of darts and mobilization of fans ahead Saturday’s first of the two
Garden City Derbies of the Glo Premier League 2013/14 season.
Sharks captain, Odinga Odinga is in town throwing free
tickets at fans as reward for their support over the years but he is also
strategically rallying a full house to have the twelfth player on the pitch.
For Dolphins Media Officer, China Acheru, a mind game
will deliver full points to his side and he is doing just that when he threw a
verbal salvo describing Sharks as their noisy neighbours.
Dolphins will be
away to Sharks in the League on Saturday and Acheru says Sharks have been all
noise and no achievements since their formation as a football club.
“From 1972 to 2014
makes it 42 years and the only thing they have to show for all the money spent
on them is a meaningless West Africa Football Union, WAFU trophy.
“We have only been
around since 1990 which makes it 24 years and we already have in our kitty
three league titles, four FA Cups and some other honours they will only dream
about, yet they act like they have achieved more than Al Ahly Nationale.
“It is not out of
place to call them our noisy neighbours because that is what they are. We will
also do our best to shut them up on Saturday but even if we don’t win that game
we will justify ourselves by the end of the season”, Acheru boasted amidst
taunts.
He believes the Dolphins’ squad this season is much
stronger than that paraded last season and expressed hopes that they will
return to winning silverwares again. “We
have a much better team than last season and we hope the boys will play as well
as they did in Owerri against Heartland or with the determination they showed
against Sunshine Stars and then Sharks will be in trouble,” Acheru said
admitting that they will not match Sharks in numbers at the stadium.
“We agree they
have more fans than we do and playing at their Stadium will be more difficult
but we have always been the better side", he boasted
In the derby last season, both sides ended it 0-0 at the
Sharks FC Stadium and Dolphins lost 2-1 at the Liberation Stadium, a loss that
almost drove them down to the lower divisions.
Culled from LMC
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