MoR2, I completely agree. Those egbons used google to list out all those players.


I hope this makes you have a nice day sir.

MoR2:
Skimpledawg do you know how expensive cable was?

Your father will tell you he did not pay for it for you, when time he returns in the evening to watch network news.
Then we used to watch cartoons, movies and animations.

Make I know who watch full league before y2k?

Most nigerian arsenal fans are the ones who watched arsenal 2002,3,4,5,6, even Man U that like shouting history, many of them started in the 2007 just like Chelsea fans 2004 or so.

Serie A fans in Nigeria, Lagos are the oldest bunch, then Real Madrid fans even this noisy Barca fans started 2003 or so, and yet some will be claiming they have watch ball since they were born, TA.

I watched almost all ajax matches in 1995/1996 season. Don't ask me how.

MoR2:
Skimpledawg do you know how expensive cable was?

Your father will tell you he did not pay for it for you, when time he returns in the evening to watch network news.
Then we used to watch cartoons, movies and animations.

Make I know who watch full league before y2k?

Most nigerian arsenal fans are the ones who watched arsenal 2002,3,4,5,6, even Man U that like shouting history, many of them started in the 2007 just like Chelsea fans 2004 or so.

Serie A fans in Nigeria, Lagos are the oldest bunch, then Real Madrid fans even this noisy Barca fans started 2003 or so, and yet some will be claiming they have watch ball since they were born, TA.

Just because your father flogged you for touching his cable TV in the 1990s does not mean all our fathers are deeper life sadists. Some of our fathers actually encouraged our passion and would watch matches with us. My 2nd ever memory of watching football was sitting down with my pops to watch Italia 90 bronze match between Italy and England and him telling me Peter Shilton is his agemate. We did not have cable then so it must have been on local TV.

Those who want to watch football in the 1990s will find way to watch it. I even watched 1995 and 1996 UCL final in boarding house. Don't ask me how. 1994 World Cup, my father bought cable especially for that tournament. I can't remember how long his subscription lasted, he probably stopped subscription within few months but I know I watched 1994 World Cup on Canal + with French commentary. I watched every single match, even had logbook of yellow cards and red cards, and my pops would even let me stay awake till 2am to watch those matches, sometimes watching with me. As for Euro 1996, I watched as many matches as possible in Shell Camp, Port Harcourt.

@Ibime

I don't think Nihilist should count Bakayoko's 'Bag of beans'-like assists i his quest for Canvas. That would be double standard, what says you?

lalaboi:
@Ibime

I don't think Nihilist should count Bakayoko's 'Bag of beans'-like assists i his quest for Canvas. That would be double standard, what says you?

Anything official make dem count, Bakayoko would still not reach 8.

Ibime:


Just because your father flogged you for touching his cable TV in the 1990s does not mean all our fathers are deeper life sadists. Some of our fathers actually encouraged our passion and would watch matches with us. My 2nd ever memory of watching football was sitting down with my pops to watch Italia 90 bronze match between Italy and England and him telling me Peter Shilton is his agemate. We did not have cable then so it must have been on local TV.

Those who want to watch football in the 1990s will find way to watch it. I even watched 1995 and 1996 UCL final in boarding house. Don't ask me how. 1994 World Cup, my father bought cable especially for that tournament. I can't remember how long his subscription lasted, he probably stopped subscription within few months but I know I watched 1994 World Cup on Canal + with French commentary. I watched every single match, even had logbook of yellow cards and red cards, and my pops would even let me stay awake till 2am to watch those matches, sometimes watching with me. As for Euro 1996, I watched as many matches as possible in Shell Camp, Port Harcourt.

my father taught me how to watch football, he wakes me up sef to watch, i ask questions and he is always there to answer. atlanta 96 he will carry me on his head to watch football...i grew up liking arsenal and nigeria
DONT MIND THAT GUY HE DOESNT HAVE A CLUE, but true true una dan old oo
those players una day mention na legendary players...twale baba

"Just because your father flogged you for touching his cable TV in the 1990s does not mean all our fathers are deeper life sadists"

Unto football in the 90's, chaii na me fk up!

sod09:
my father taught me how to watch football, he wakes me up sef to watch, i ask questions and he is always there to answer. atlanta 96 he will carry me on his head to watch football...i grew up liking arsenal and nigeria
DONT MIND THAT GUY HE DOESNT HAVE A CLUE, but true true una dan old oo
those players una day mention na legendary players...twale baba

No mind am. Atlanta 1996 was even on NTA, and NEPA no dey take light during Naija matches. See prayers wey my popsie dey lead for house when we were 3-1 down against Brazil in the semi. As soon as that match finish, my popsie put us inside car dat night dey parole dey blow horn everywhere. For the final with Argentina, he took us to one hotel viewing centre sef wey people gather to enjoy the atmosphere

Thecassanova:


"Just because your father flogged you for touching his cable TV in the 1990s does not mean all our fathers are deeper life sadists"

Unto football in the 90's, chaii na me fk up!

Are you minding that guy, your pman will come home to watch news, you will now tell him, "dad i want to watch ball (or movie then)". Once it's 8, esp when it is not holidays and school is tomorrow, you will hear how you have been watching tv since 4pm and if news finish thats when you can soap operas because of mum.

The look your papa go give you self, except it's WC or Nigeria is playing. The only matches you can watch won't be live games and some highlights.

Ibime:


No mind am. Atlanta 1996 was even on NTA, and NEPA no dey take light during Naija matches. See prayers wey my popsie dey lead for house when we were 3-1 down against Brazil in the semi. As soon as that match finish, my popsie put us inside car dat night dey parole dey blow horn everywhere. For the final with Argentina, he took us to one hotel viewing centre sef wey people gather to enjoy the atmosphere

i remembered channels tv showing fa cups too

Ibime:


No mind am. Atlanta 1996 was even on NTA, and NEPA no dey take light during Naija matches. See prayers wey my popsie dey lead for house when we were 3-1 down against Brazil in the semi. As soon as that match finish, my popsie put us inside car dat night dey parole dey blow horn everywhere. For the final, he took us to one hotel viewing centre sef wey people gather to enjoy the atmosphere

Lol... Atlanta 96 was crazy Naija love football sha.....my house was basically lawless then..no one dey send when you dey go sleep or when you wake up...or house chores...it was just all about football. The night we won....warri was upside down...everybody enter Street. Na den we bros dem dey dash you money for no reason...

Who Sabi wan Timi guy for dbs,the guy get one hand wey dey bad?

MoR2:

Are you minding that guy, your pman will come home to watch news, you will now tell him, "dad i want to watch ball (or movie then)". Once it's 8, esp when it is not holidays and school is tomorrow, you will hear how you have been watching tv since 4pm and if news finish thats when you can soap operas because of mum.

Guy chill. Maybe u didn't have a very good parole with Dad.. There is time for everything you know.
My pops man loves football more like kilode. Infact, he will even be the one to ask if there is any match available or score of matches he didn't see.

My Dad and older people around me made my passion for football increased.

I first came in contact with the Serie A. I Used to watch alot of their highlights on local station back then. Ac and Juve drew me closer to the Azzuri team..

I see My egbon dem.. See players make dem dey name.

MoR2:

Are you minding that guy, your pman will come home to watch news, you will now tell him, "dad i want to watch ball (or movie then)". Once it's 8, esp when it is not holidays and school is tomorrow, you will hear how you have been watching tv since 4pm and if news finish thats when you can soap operas because of mum.

The look your papa go give you self, except it's WC or Nigeria is playing. The only matches you can watch won't be live games and some highlights.

oboy If na football levels, our popsi allow us watch am. I might agree with you on movies.

Ibime:


No mind am. Atlanta 1996 was even on NTA, and NEPA no dey take light during Naija matches. See prayers wey my popsie dey lead for house when we were 3-1 down against Brazil in the semi. As soon as that match finish, my popsie put us inside car dat night dey parole dey blow horn everywhere. For the final with Argentina, he took us to one hotel viewing centre sef wey people gather to enjoy the atmosphere

I tolk league no bi 9ja matches we dey tok about.

Did I actually read someone asking how some of us were able to watch u.s.a 94? So sky one, skymovies plus, sky news, cnn and co. Were actually viewed as luxuries to some? ABG satellite tv that was about N1500 in 1992 which was also the year the premier league began, which provided access to all those channels along with those hubble space telescope sized dishes were all imaginary to some peeps? If not for the rise in licensing fees and tv rights that ended abg's career we would have still been getting uk standard satellite tv in abuja/kd? I also guess since 1992 most people were forbidden from entering europe/yankee etc either alone or with their families? Since all man's life/destiny must mirror the other since we are all nigerians?

Living under a rock just got a whole new meaning........

MoR2:

Are you minding that guy, your pman will come home to watch news, you will now tell him, "dad i want to watch ball (or movie then)". Once it's 8, esp when it is not holidays and school is tomorrow, you will hear how you have been watching tv since 4pm and if news finish thats when you can soap operas because of mum.

The look your papa go give you self, except it's WC or Nigeria is playing. The only matches you can watch won't be live games and some highlights.

Na you do yourself. So you were watching Tales by Moonlight and Voltron since 4pm and you still want dey drag remote with your popsie at 8pm? For our house, we no dey watch TV sef except na football. If we are not in boarding school, once school finish, we drop our bag and go and play ball or table tennis, so when we enter house like 7pm, nobody go drag TV with us.

Your father no dey read newspaper for morning? So he go shun football dey watch Frank Olize and NTA News at 9? He no try at all.

Odunharry:

Guy chill. Maybe u didn't have a very good parole with Dad.. There is time for everything you know.
My pops man loves football more like kilode. Infact, he will even be the one to ask if there is any match available or score of matches he didn't see.

My Dad and older people around me made my passion for football increased.

I first came in contact with the Serie A. I Used to watch alot of their highlights on local station back then. Ac and Juve drew me closer to the Azzuri team..

Abeg sey no be U17 world cup dem kanu,babayoro brothers ,oruma n co break out from. After which he joined Ajax where he had finidi as a team mate, then left after 1995 for inter Milan?

funlord:


Did I actually read someone asking how some of us were able to watch u.s.a 94? So sky one, skymovies plus, sky news, cnn and co. Were actually viewed as luxuries to some? ABG satellite tv that was about N1500 in 1992 which was also the year the premier league began, which provided access to all those channels along with those hubble space telescope sized dishes were all imaginary to some peeps? If not for the rise in licensing fees and tv rights that ended abg's career we would have still been getting uk standard satellite tv in abuja/kd? I also guess since 1992 most people were forbidden from entering europe/yankee etc either alone or with their families? Since all man's life/destiny must mirror the other since we are all nigerians?

Living under a rock just got a whole new meaning........

Fvck you funlord I thought you had no time to engage we brothers in the Lord?

funlord:

ABG satellite tv that was about N1500 in 1992 which was also the year the premier league began, which provided access to all those channels along with those hubble space telescope sized dishes were all imaginary to some peeps?

Oboy that was big money those days oh. Our house rent for 3 bedroom was N7,000 per annum in 1990.

We had some rich neighbour with hubble telescope dish in the early 1990s. When we put booster on our TV and face the antenna toward their dish, we would be picking up their cable channels. That lasted a few good months until our Landlord went and raised his own antenna higher and stole the signal.

Ibime:


Oboy that was big money those days oh. Our house rent for 3 bedroom was N7,000 per annum in 1990.

[b]We had some rich neighbour with hubble telescope dish in the early 1990s. When we put booster on our TV and face the antenna toward their dish, we would be picking up their cable channels. [/b]That lasted a few good months until our Landlord went and raised his own antenna higher and stole the signal.

Your head dey dere

Meanwhile Una landlord na baddest guys

MoR2:

Some are using GOOGLE jare. Can you tell me now that you remember the best defenders of 2000's not to talk of 1990's.

Let them be decieving themselves, imagine one even when ahead to start listing names. I understand when person mention one or two names, not the one of listing

Back in the '90s NTA show tournaments (world cup, Olympics etc).

I watched the' Damman miracle' match of Saudi '89. I can still vividly remember my father's reaction when Nigeria went 3-0 down. The way he slammed the door, the hinges nearly fell off. My mum was just laughing. When the scoreline became Nigeria 3-4 USSR he is back.

I watched Italian ' 90 but didn't follow it that closely. I saw Andreas Brehme score the only goal, a penalty, against Argentina in the final.

I was a kid but I watched and actually understood what was happening.

I was among the many youths burning tires and jubilating in the streets in North Bank, Makurdi when Nigeria knock out Brazil and won Argentina in Atlanta '96.

I started taking an interest in Chelsea when my favorite player in Atlanta ' 96, Celestine Babayaro signed.

I watched all these matches in NTA. There was no cable but NTA has a program every Saturday, Weekend Sports. There I watch highlights from virtually all leagues in Europe and South America. The highlights might come 2 weeks late but that was how I got my updates. I also have a big bro then who doesn't miss any edition of Complete Football International and International Soccer Review... Those are full color glossy magazines. I get infos from there too.

There was no cable then but I've always loved football. And I watch football from an early age.

diggz:


Fvck you funlord I thought you had no time to engage we brothers in the Lord?

I'm just surprised at how shallow the reasoning of some people here are? What is history meant for? why not ask what came before your time instead of being perplexed at things you don't understand! If I ask him about drinks like brahma Guarana, green Shandy, Bata shoes, dauda the sexy guy or even lolly magazine now some may also think I googled it or that they are rooted in fantasy? If not that one does not want to seem condescending there are actually peeps here that should only ever discuss jogo with my son! Jesu....

funlord:


Did I actually read someone asking how some of us were able to watch u.s.a 94? So sky one, skymovies plus, sky news, cnn and co. Were actually viewed as luxuries to some? ABG satellite tv that was about N1500 in 1992 which was also the year the premier league began, which provided access to all those channels along with those hubble space telescope sized dishes were all imaginary to some peeps? If not for the rise in licensing fees and tv rights that ended abg's career we would have still been getting uk standard satellite tv in abuja/kd? I also guess since 1992 most people were forbidden from entering europe/yankee etc either alone or with their families? Since all man's life/destiny must mirror the other since we are all nigerians?

Living under a rock just got a whole new meaning........

C'mon now. .
How is N1500 in 1992 not luxury in 1992? My Dad was buying land in 1990 for N3000 and N5000. Today, those lands are worth Millions! I mean, 50kobo was still in use at the time, 5 naira was good money at the time. Fine, the y2k dude may have made outrageous comments but yours is almost topping it.

funlord:




I'm just surprised at how shallow the reasoning of some people here are? What is history meant for? why not ask what came before your time instead of being perplexed at things you don't understand! If I ask him about drinks like brahma Guarana, green Shandy, Bata shoes, dauda the sexy guy or even lolly magazine now some may also think I googled it or that they are rooted in fantasy? If not that one does not want to seem condescending there are actually peeps here that should only ever discuss jogo with my son! Jesu....

Bwuahahahaha....oya come dey go

diggz:


Abeg sey no be U17 world cup dem kanu,babayoro brothers ,oruma n co break out from. After which he joined Ajax where he had finidi as a team mate, then left after 1995 for inter Milan?

I no too get this idea mayb 93 as I no watch dem.

Ibime:


Oboy that was big money those days oh. Our house rent for 3 bedroom was N7,000 per annum in 1990.

We had some rich neighbour with hubble telescope dish in the early 1990s. When we put booster on our TV and face the antenna toward their dish, we would be picking up their cable channels. That lasted a few good months until our Landlord went and raised his own antenna higher and stole the signal.

Abg single handedly destroyed that hubble telescope dish market in 91/92.....they had one frying pan looking very light alloy metal dish that would get channels on our analogue tvs even during rain or harmattan! I've been searching for the pictures to upload! That time if I travel na the same soccer shows like dream team on sky one I go still go jam dey follow back to back like say na naija I still been dey! Na direct tapping from jand Abg dey do! That time as per the man na muslim once them begin show ibiza uncovered or soft porn for late night the useless Malo engineers go scramble the channel so that breasts and _fucking no go show? On top your own parents cash again? Let me dig up those pix

Odunharry:

I no too get this idea mayb 93 as I no watch dem.

It is definitely 93..

lalaboi:


C'mon now. .
How is N1500 in 1992 not luxury in 1992? My Dad was buying land in 1990 for N3000 and N5000. Today, those lands are worth Millions! I mean, 50kobo was still in use at the time, 5 naira was good money at the time. Fine, the y2k dude may have made outrageous comments but yours is almost topping it.

Lol

lalaboi:


C'mon now. .
How is N1500 in 1992 not luxury in 1992? My Dad was buying land in 1990 for N3000 and N5000. Today, those lands are worth Millions! I mean, 50kobo was still in use at the time, 5 naira was good money at the time. Fine, the y2k dude may have made outrageous comments but yours is almost topping it.

Why won't N1500 seem cheap to me in 1992 when I was not the one paying? Had no need to understand the value of such large amounts back then and I'm sure you did not send too! My own was to ask why subscription no dey on! Getting the cash was down to mom and dad's hustle mate....no apologies whatsoever for enjoying my youth...after all I'm doing the same thing now for Lil nigga too!

timbros:


Back in the '90s NTA show tournaments (world cup, Olympics etc).

I watched the' Damman miracle' match of Saudi '89. I can still vividly remember my father's reaction when Nigeria went 3-0 down. The way he slammed the door, the hinges nearly fell off. My mum was just laughing. When the scoreline became Nigeria 3-4 USSR he is back.

I watched Italian ' 90 but didn't follow it that closely. I saw Andreas Brehme score the only goal, a penalty, against Argentina in the final.

I was a kid but I watched and actually understood what was happening.

I was among the many youths burning tires and jubilating in the streets in North Bank, Makurdi when Nigeria knock out Brazil and won Argentina in Atlanta '96.

I started taking an interest in Chelsea when my favorite player in Atlanta ' 96, Celestine Babayaro signed.

I watched all these matches in NTA. There was no cable but NTA has a program every Saturday, Weekend Sports. There I watch highlights from virtually all leagues in Europe and South America. The highlights might come 2 weeks late but that was how I got my updates. I also have a big bro then who doesn't miss any edition of Complete Football International and International Soccer Review... Those are full color glossy magazines. I get infos from there too.

There was no cable then but I've always loved football. And I watch football from an early age.

Don't forget Complete Sports abi Complete Football. I believe it was N50.

You have not followed football in the 1990s if you did not buy Complete Sports magazine. I can forego lunch for a whole week just to buy that magazine.

I am sure the owner of that magazine never conducted those interviews, just probably ripped them off foreign newspapers. He made a killing boy. My first ever copy was before World Cup 1994 either the one they were talking about how Ruud Gullit has been banished from the Dutch team, or the one where Romario was giving interview saying this would be his last World Cup as he would be 32 by France 1998. That magazine dey trip me then ehn.