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Two books of quotes and notes from Nigerian football. The bants, the bragging rights and the press conferences that should have been sermons. Some of them were.
Also by Victor: Football Memories, sports-themed nonfiction, plus two poetry collections and a stage play.
If you put 11 herbalists on the field…
Quotes & notes from Nigerian football
A match is never just ninety minutes. It is a whole conversation, a courtroom, a comedy show, sometimes all three before half-time.
This book is Victor’s tribute to the terraces: the bants, the bragging rights, and the small proverbs Nigerians have built around a game that means far more here than sport alone.
"Nigerian football has always talked back."
Journalists are like mosquitoes
Nigeria football's finest quotes & notes
Somebody said it about the press. The press wrote it down. Of course.
This collection bridges the gap between the pitch and the page, keeping the wit, the history and the drama of Nigerian football alive through its most iconic quotes.
"Journalists are like mosquitoes."