The NFF calls it the Federation Cup, yet I have come across thousands who prefer to remember it as the Challenge Cup, that competition that ignited football in this country and brought out the best in our clubs thanks to its knock out, no second chance format.
Memorable finals of this exciting competition are still subjects of animated conversation in football circles and those in their sixties and seventies are still pleading for the "... .return of the glory days of the Challenge Cup"
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