Jay-Jay Okocha signs for the Marathon Bet #NonLeagueChallenge Legends

By Ray Simpson

Jay-Jay Okocha signs for the Marathon Bet #NonLeagueChallenge Legends

Jay-Jay Okocha is the latest big name to be included in the MarathonBet #NonLeagueChallenge squad to...

Jay Jay Okocha

Jay-Jay Okocha is the latest big name to be included in the MarathonBet #NonLeagueChallenge squad to play Darlington on Sunday.

Jay-Jay played for Borussia Neunkirchen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce and Paris St Germain before he signed for Bolton Wanderers in the summer of 2002.

He led Bolton to the final of the League Cup in 2004 (when they lost to Middlesbrough), and the Bolton fans took him to their hearts, printing T shirts saying “Jay-Jay – so good, they named him twice.”

He started 123 games for Bolton and scored 18 goals for them in four seasons before joining Qatar.

He is one of the best footballers ever to come from the African continent. He was also capped 75 times by Nigeria, scoring 14 goals. He helped his country win the African Cup of Nations in 1994, and was Nigerian footballer of the year seven times between 1995 and 2005.  He was the BBC African footballer of the year twice, the best player in the 2004 African Cup of Nations, the player of the month in the Premiership in November 2003, and scored the goal of the month in April 2003.

Tickets for Sunday's big game are available here, https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dfcsg

or you can pay on the gate.

The squads for Sunday's game now look like this;

Marathon Bet #NonLeagueChallenge legends managed by Sir Geoff Hurst

Chris Waddle

Kieron Dyer

Danny Mills

Julio Arca

George Boateng

Luke Young

Matt Elliott

Alan Stubbs

Yakubu

Marco Gabbiadini

David Preece

Russell Hoult

Muzzy Izzet

Clinton Morrison

Jeremie Aliadiere

Ruel Fox

Jay Jay Okocha

The Darlo Legends managed by Craig Liddle:

Craig Liddle

Robbie Painter

Amar Purewal

Liam Hatch

Alan White

Tommy Wright

Graeme Armstrong

Leon Scott

Chris Moore

Peter Jameson

Chris Senior

Micky Cummins

Martin Smith

Jamie Chandler

Plus two fans who successfully bid for places:

Michael Barrass

Michael Matthews