Stores FC Supporters Commend Adebajo Family and Media for FA Cup return

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The Stationery Stores FC Supporters’ Clubs Amalgamated—comprising several Chapters of the Club’s supporters—wish to commend the Adebajo family, owners of the team, for entering Stationery Stores FC (SSFC) for the 2016 FA Cup competition.


We are also not mindful of the strong exhibition of professionalism by members of the sporting Press in Nigeria, whose very important contribution has continued to help improve the standard of our domestic league and has also helped consolidate efforts to return Stationery Stores FC to its rightful place in Nigerian soccer.


As the club continues its gradual ascent to its glorious position in the country’s football, we recall with nostalgia that SSFC has a chequered history of participation in the FA Cup Competition, which began in the country in 1942.

The competition has been variously known as the “War Memorial Challenge Cup,” “Governor’s Cup,” “FA Cup,” and now, the “Federation Cup.”


The rich history of Stationery Stores FC has seen it win the Lagos State version of the FA Cup 15 times—perhaps the highest number of times than any other club in the State.


The darling team of Lagos—as Stationery Stores FC is also affectionately known—also won the national version of the competition in 1967, 1968, 1982 and 1990.

The return of Stores to the competition in 2016 is therefore in continuation of its renowned philosophy of providing entertaining and purposeful soccer to its teeming supporters in Lagos, Nigeria and Africa, and remaining competitive and focused.

We believe that the young players who will be donning the colours of our Club in this year’s historic return will be desirous of chasing history and following in the fine traditions of their predecessors who lit the flame of Nigerian football and received a permanent, appreciative acclamation as the “Flaming Flamingoes.”


Finally, we commend all the 52 Chapters of SSFC Supporters’ Clubs in Nigeria and the 10 Chapters overseas for remaining patient and loyal to the team and its owners.


This is the time to increase our support and prayers for the success and irreversible ascent of the Adebajo Babes.


Long live the legacy of Israel Adebajo. Long live Stationery Stores Football Club.Up Super. Triple Flaming. Gbogbo wa l’ore Adebajo! Iyo!!!

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