Sierra Leone fans and players turn to non-league football

One of the biggest crowds in several years came out to watch a non-league match between Mountain City and Fullah Town

Fans and players in Sierra Leone are turning to non-league community football rather than domestic competitions organised by the country’s football association.

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is not currently organising a domestic league however it is running an FA Cup that only a handful fans watched over the weekend, despite entry being free.

Just a week earlier the biggest crowd for a domestic in more than 20 years saw Mountain City beat Fullah Town 1-0 in the non-league final at the Siaka Stevens stadium in Freetown.

Indeed the match attracted more fans than some of Sierra Leone’s recent international matches in Freetown.

Premier League side FC Johansen beat division one club AIK Freetong 3-0 in the Sierra Leone FA Cup in front of a sparse crowd

Even a breakaway league organised by 11 out of 14 premier league clubs that ended a few months ago failed to attract large crowds in Freetown.

The community tournament was organised by Freetown-based Central One Football …

continue reading in source www.bbc.co.uk