By Barrie Alpha
The chairman of Real Republicans FC, Alhaji Umar Bah, has expressed his amusement with the team’s performance in the first round of the 2022-23 league season, while elucidating on his ambitions for the club.
Chairman Bah machinated the Soccer Ambassadors’ historical return to the country’s top flight football after 13 years in the wilderness. He also ensured that the team finished the first round of this year’s league in the top half of the log.
Real Republicans’ 1-0 victory over FCFC in their final match for the first round was the sixth win recorded out of seventeen (17) outings, which Chairman Alhaji Umar Bah described as relevant and commended the performance of both the players and technical staff for finishing in the 8th position with 21 points in the first round, after their return to the country’s top-tier.
Speaking to Nightwatch Sports, Chairman Bah said the victory against FCFC was important because it placed them in an encouraging position on the league table in the first round, adding that it brings confidence to the team and supporters.
‘The team’s performance in the first round of the league has built confidence within the fan base and we would work hard to maintain that confidence build-up.’
Elucidating on his ambitions for the club, the Leone Stars Team B Manager said:
‘I will start by stating what the ambition is. The ambition is to put this club in a position where we are challenging to win the Premier League, where we are competing to win in Africa and pushing forward. Football is constantly evolving and we need to evolve and move forward and improve with that. That is the objective that the club has, that I as the Chairman and my executive have, that the fans have and that I know the coach and technical team have.
‘We do this continually by the way. We talk continually about how we can evolve and what’s happening in football. It’s constantly evolving and we need to be not only evolving with it, but we need to be ahead of it. We’re very conscious of that and we’re going to be very proactive again to improve both on and off the field in all areas.
‘Today is not the day to get into the specifics of that. I think you’ll see that commitment in the months ahead and I think you’ll see that commitment coming into next year.
‘Well, what I hope is that we can start the second round strongly; we can have that sense of togetherness and hope that drives football at every football club. And that we can achieve great things together. I want this football club, the coach and technical team want this football club, our management and fans want this football club to be competing to win the Premier League. And that’s my hope for next coming seasons; but for this season we want to make sure that we finish among the top five clubs in the league,’ he noted.