…Appeals for more support
Rivers United Football Club of Port Harcourt has intensified its quest to mobilise more support for the club towards Sunday’s CAF Confederations Cup duel against visiting Club Africain of Tunisia.
The media department of the club recently embarked on a road show as part of activities to drum up support for the Nigeria Professional Football League club.
The road show was also aimed at selling the philosophy, ideology and objectives of the football club as well as bringing it closer to the people of Rivers State.
Elekahia, Stadium Road, Aba Road, Olu Obasanjo Road and the famous Ikoku market were visited by the team during the road show.
Some other areas of Port Harcourt visited by the media team were Mile One market, Diobu, Moscow Road, Lagos Street, Bernard Carr Street, Old GRA, Aggrey Road, Bonny Street, Victoria Street and Bende Street, among other locations in the old Port Harcourt Township.
Some of the inhabitants of the city who spoke to the media team during the show expressed delight at the project while also revealing that they were previously unaware of most of the activities of the football club.
Most of them promised to attend the club’s CAF Confederations Cup game against the Tunisian outfit at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt.
They also expressed the intent to subsequently attend matches played by the club in the NPFL and other domestic competitions.
Meanwhile, the media department of the club will present free branded tee shirts to the first 100 fans who turn up for the club’s CAF Confederation Cup game.
Plans have also been intensified by the media team to embark on an aggressive media outreach on electronic and print media this week ahead of Sunday’s game.
The media team of Rivers United FC will hold another road show on Saturday, July 1, 2017.
