Bishop Owen Nwokolo Football Academy, BONFA, were in imperious form as the youngsters waxed thrilling tunes with the ball, climaxing their Debut in Association football with an emphatic 3-1 annihilation of Young Strikers FC as the 2024 Neros/Anambra FA Cup got underway Friday in Nanka, Anambra State.

Made up of secondary school players and a few school leavers selected during the Onitsha Anglican Archdeconry Secondary School competition, and being nurtured in the academy being coordinated by Sir Victor Nwangwu, a former Rangers player and ex Anambra State FA Secretary, the players demonstrated eloquent testimony that talents abound in the school.

With just 10 teams participating in the 2024 Neros/Anambra FA Cup, BONFA have thus sealed their place in the quarter finals and would meet Cup holders, Ozalla Football Academy in the last eight (8) pairings.

A delighted Sir Victor Nwangwu could not hide his joy after the final whistle, heaping huge praises on the sponsor of the team and Bishop on the Niger, Bishop Owen Nwokolo, for his moral, spiritual, material and financial support to the team.

"We're delighted with the performance of the players and, of course, the outcome of the match today", starts Sir Vic, as he's fondly called.

"Don't forget that this is our first competitive FA Cup match as a team. These are all secondary school players and just a few of them who had just finished their secondary school.

"We're grateful to His Lord Bishop, Bishop Owen Nwokolo, who has strongly stood behind us in everything.

"He has always provided us with everything we needed and requested and ensures we lacked absolutely nothing as a way of encouraging and motivating the team. We can't thank him enough".

Nwangwu would go on to highlight the positives from the win going into the next round of the competition.

"In terms of experience, we are short of that as a team. But having won our first game of the competition, the players confidence will certainly come up going into the next game. That's the importance of winning your first game of a competition".

In the second match of the opening day of the 2024 Neros/Anambra FA Cup, Remmy Uche edged Africa OH FC 2-0 at the same venue.