Sunshine Queens Football Club of Akure escaped relegation as the club’s management completed the Club Licensing registration for the 2021/2022 NWFL Premiership season and won’t be relegated as warned by the Nigeria Women Football League.
The Chief Operating Officer of the NWFL, Modupe Shabi, stated this morning that the management of the club headed by Mr. Akinbobola, made frantic efforts to beat the final deadline given to the club by the NWFL and before midnight of yesterday, they fulfilled all righteousness and completed all Club Licensing registration for Sunshine Queens.
Modupe Shabi said: “With this, we are ready to go as no team will be relegated due to failure to meet club licensing registration. The Week One match between Sunshine Queens and Bayelsa Queens will hold at the Akure Township Stadium, as all 14 clubs planned for the 2021/2022 NWFL Premiership will now play.”
The 2021/2022 NWFL Premiership will officially flag off tomorrow Wednesday, December 8, 2021 with a Group B game at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba that would see Delta Queens host Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt. There will be other Week 1 fixtures across designated venues in Nigeria also tomorrow.
Week One Group B games will see Sunshine Queens host Bayelsa Queens at the Akure Township Stadium, and FC Robo host Abia Angels of Umuahia at the Legacy Pitch, National Stadium, Lagos.
In Group A Week One matches; Confluence Queens will battle Pelican Stars of Calabar at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja, Naija Ratels will play host to Osun Babes at the Old Parade Ground, Abuja and Adamawa Queens take on Edo Queens of Benin at the Patani Stadium, Gombe.
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