Football made me an outcast in my family

Nigeria's 51st Independence Anniversary celebration may be low-keyed, but not for Coach Christian Chukwu, who only last weekend, led Heartland Football Club of Owerri to win the Federation Cup after 23 years of no such glory for the Owerri, Imo State club side.Just like it was in 1980, when 'The Chairman' lifted the coveted Africa Cup of Nations for the first time for Nigeria at the National Stadium in Lagos, the triumph over Enyimba at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, also in Lagos, last Sunday, brought cause for Heartland and all its crew to mark this year's independence anniversary in style.
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