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team, asks Opio John, has provided the highest number of goalkeepers
for Uganda Cranes?
Much as its success in the league doesn't match that of
SC Villa and neither does their Kakungulu Cup heroics reach
those of Express FC, KCC has provided the biggest number
of Cranes stoppers. From 1974 when KCC was promoted to elite
division until recently when Uganda got professional goaltenders,
the Lugogo side provided the most number of goalkeepers
for The Cranes. These include George Mukasa, Ali Sendegeya,
Hussein Matovu, Jamil Kasirye, Paul Ssali, John Tebusweke,
Bright Dhaira, Sadiq Wassa and Hussein Ssali.
Strange facts:-
Oh Porter
At the height of the referee - bribing controversy in Ugandan
football in the late 80s, British expatriate Wayne Porter
volunteered to quell all the talk by joining the Referees
Association with a view of officiating Super League matches.
Porter said he was a Class Two British referee and had handled
a few Big League Soccer matches.
Fans and FUFA embraced the selfless gesture and quickly
offered him to handle the Express - Villa match. But the
ageing Porter requested for more time to attain fitness.
In February 1991, he advised John Semanobe’s FUFA
to bring forward the FIFA Cooper Test and warned that any
referee who fails to make the mark should be scrapped off
the FIFA list.
To the shock of the nation, Porter not only finished last,
but he ended the session on clutches. Doubts were raised
but in silence since everyone feared to question the Briton's
credentials.
On his road to recovery, he officiated a couple of friendly
matches until a game between the Diplomats and KCC reserves
at Lugogo grounds. Porter got so exhausted and collapsed
shortly before half time. He blamed his misfortune on the
high temperatures. But word is that he was no ref.
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