Memories of glorious past, Bendel Insurance light up Nigeria’s football
One of the biggest upsets in Nigeria’s football history happened in 1978 at the National Stadium, Lagos. The setting was the national Challenge Cup, which was the most glamorous cup competition in West African football. The gladiators were African champions, Enugu Rangers, which had the bulk of national team players and Bendel Insurance, made up of young school leavers, whose only claim to fame was that they defeated the more illustrious IICC Shooting Stars in the semifinal of the competition. And then, they had Alabi Aisien and belief in their ability.
