General Manager of Dolphins, Joe Johnson says it is the passion he has for football that will lead him as he starts in his new role at the club. Johnson used to be secretary of the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Football Supporters club and later its chairman, a position he has held until now. He shares an experience when he had to take twenty one members of the supporters club by road to Kumasi to watch a CAF Confederation Cup game between Asante Kotoko and Dolphins in 2008. “I actually drove the supporters’ club bus for 17 hours from Port Harcourt to Kumasi. That journey took us 17 hours and I did the driving all by myself. “That is the passion I have had for football for a long time. In 2008, I never knew I would be General Manager of Dolphins in future but I loved what I did and I did it with all my heart,” Johnson said. He described Dolphins as an international club who do not sign players based on ethnicity. “You do not have to be from Rivers State to play for Dolphins. There are players here from all over the country and they have had their share of international players from Ghana, Senegal, and Ivory Coast and now they have a Malian player,” Johnson said.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:10:00 +0000
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