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IF Marvelous Nakamba had completed the move to Newcastle United last year, it’s very likely he would have featured in the Magpies’ FA Cup final colourful parade at Wembley on Sunday.
However, things didn’t go according to plan.
The Warriors midfielder has since retreated to English Championship club, Luton Town, on loan.
Nakamba has already won the equivalent of the FA Cup in Belgium, with Club Brugge, in 2016, and in the Netherlands, with Vitesse.
Joining the Magpies would have seen Nakamba being on the books of probably the closest thing to Siamese twins in football, after his stint in Highlanders junior side.
Bosso and Newcastle United share striking similarities – their iconic black-and-white colours, a passionate support base, a lengthy association with coalfields and a bond with royalty.
Toon army . . .
Even the local daily newspapers, which serve their hometowns, have the same name.
There is the Chronicle daily newspaper in Bulawayo, its soul has always been linked with the drama that unfolds at Highlanders.
And, there is also a Chronicle daily newspaper in Newcastle upon Tyre, whose soul has always been linked to the drama that unfolds at Newcastle United.
In the beginning, for Bosso, there were the two grandsons of King Lobengula, Albert and Rhodes, who returned from studies in South Africa to establish the country’s oldest football club in 1926.
Newcastle are owned by the wealthy Saudi Arabia royal family who completed a £300 million takeover of the English Premiership club.
At the weekend, the Newcastle fans invaded London, in a show of massive force, and produced sights and sounds, which charmed the world’s football community.
It was like a throwback to the days of the Bosso roadshow, at the turn of the millennium, when Highlanders fans would invade towns and cities to back their all-conquering side.
Liqhwa Gama was the leader of that marching band.
Watching the Newcastle fans storm London at the weekend, one could not help but go down memory lane – back to a time when Bosso were kings and local football was in good health.
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