NNL 2ND PHASE RESUMPTION DATE:
Clubs intensify preparations

DETERMINED to do better in the second stanza of the Nigeria National League (NNL) billed to resume on July 25, 2015 throughout the country, most of the participating clubs have intensified their training regime in other to post good results in the remaining matches of the season.
Some of the clubs have used the mid-season break and opening of transfer window to shake-up their team composition by either pruning down the number of players for better management or recruit fresh legs to beef-up their squad ahead of NNL resumption date.
Among the clubs that are very busy in the transfer market are Gateway Football Club, Ikorodu United FC, Remo Stars and Atiba United as well as others who are either chasing promotion tickets or battling hard to escape relegation at end of the season.
Abeokuta-based respected sports journalist, Rotimi Oduniyi who is very close to Gateway FC management disclosed that the team has recruited new players to help it escape relegation while some of the players who were found to be unproductive have been shown the way out for the good of the club.
He revealed that Gateway FC management do not want the club to go down hence the all hands are on deck to save the once darling club of the Ogun state people, adding that the club will go into close camping outside its base to have enough serenity to re-strategize for the tough task of  retaining the club in the second tier league next season.
Gateway Fc, Akwa Starlets, Atiba United and Nembe City FC are in the bottom four of Division B2 while Bussdor FC, Remo Stars, Ekiti United and Go-Round FC are rooted bottom in Division B1.
In Division A1, Kogi United, Jigawa Golden Stars, Yobe Desert Stars and Spotlight are in danger of dropping off while in Division A2, Sokoto United, Mighty Jets, FRSC and ABS FC are leading from the rear of the ladder.
Meanwhile, top performers in the first phase are also working hard to maintain their status when the league resumes. They include Division A1 leaders-Plateau United and Supreme Court and Division A2 front runners- Niger Tornadoes and Gombe United FC.
Others are Division B1 and B2 leaders- Crown FC, Ikorodu United, MFM and J.Atete FC.