Do you know there was BIAFRAN FOOTBALL CLUB (1969-1978)?
As the Republic of Biafra was founded, and the war started, a group of idealistic young football lovers gathered together in Valls, Barcelona (Spain) to honour the heroic struggle of the Biafrans.
As the Republic of Biafra was founded, and the war started, a group of idealistic young football lovers gathered together in Valls, Barcelona (Spain) to honour the heroic struggle of the Biafrans.
They created a symbolic pennant& founded the Biafran Football club in order to draw world attention to the plight of Biafra, using one of the most focused methods known to humanity—Football. CF Biafra had about hundred players from Reus to Pla, from Nulles to Tarragona.
They settled in El Vilar, within the federated amateur league and rode all the way to the Third Regional League.
Half a century later, the golden anniversary of the Biafra football club was celebrated.
Half a century later, the golden anniversary of the Biafra football club was celebrated.
Though now extinct, Biafra , to those idealistic young men, was a mirror for their own struggles. Their own region of Catalonia was going through the same situation at the hands of the Spanish government as Biafra was experiencing, at the hands of the Nigerian government.
They found a bond with the Biafra struggle through the formation of the Biafra football club in Valls. The club existed until 1978 when its activities were truncated by lack of economic resources.
The history of the Biafra Football Club was exhibited at Patio de Sant Roc in June 2007. A delegation from CF Biafra in Barcelona led by Ramon Rovira & Oscar Gasso visited Odumegwu Ojukwu in Enugwu to present to him the official jersey & album of the history of CF Biafra.
When Ojukwu died, a delegation of CF Biafra also came to Nigeria& participated fully in the funeral rites of Ojukwu in 2012. While leaving, they took a stone from Biafra land which they merged onto the commemorative plaque, twinning the Land of the Rising Sun with Valls forever.
On December 29th 2020. This copper plaque was installed on the ground of the square where all the CF Biafra football players met in 1969. It was unveiled by the Mayor of Valls, Dolors Farre, the Administrator of Sports, Enric Garcia in the presence of regional municipal officers,
politicians, surviving CF Biafra players and some members of the Igbo community
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