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One People One Power! Victoria United :Cameroonian Champions

I made the journey from London a few weeks ago to visit my home nation of Cameroon. While there it was my mission to watch as much football as possible. From the sand pits of "petit terrain, Douala" to the fields in 'lower farms, buea' I wanted to see it all. Fortunately for me it was the playoffs in Cameroon, deciding who will be crowned Champions and represent the country in continental competition. The playoff schedule had no real home or away teams. Naively ! thought as I was staying in Douala I would only be able to see Dynamo Douala's home games. Of which I did witness their game at Stade de Bonamoussadi, a fantastic ground where there were held by Colombe to a 1-1 draw. I paid 2000 CFA (£2.50) for entry which would have been for 2 games had I arrived early enough. On my entry to the stadium I was greeted by roaring chants and echoes of endless trumpets and xylophones, true african atmosphere. The players who had played on the ground previously were still ar