- Big Bullets
Football club infobox
clubname = Big Bullets
fullname = Big Bullets Football Club
nickname =
founded =
ground =Kamazu Stadium Blantyre ,Malawi
capacity = 50,000
chairman = Hassam Jussab
manager =
league =Malawi Premiere Division
season = 2006
position = 3rdBig Bullets is a
Malawi anfootball (soccer) club based inBlantyre and, by unconfirmed statistics, Malawi’s popular football club and has dominated the country’s major soccer league,Malawi Premiere Division , since it was formed in 1986.During that period, the team has won eleven league titles, including the record setting seven titles whose sequence was broken by their sworn rivals,
MTL Wanderers in 2006.The history of the rivalry between MTL Wanderers and Big Bullets could be likened to that of
Everton F.C. andLiverpool F.C. of theFA Premier League . Just like the latter, Big Bullets was formed out of MTL Wanderers in the late 1960s and have enjoyed more success than the ‘parent’ club.While the Bullets have had unparalleled success on the field of play, the same cannot be said of their sponsorship. Bankrolled by the shoe making company, Bata Shoe Company, since its formation (and known as "Bata Bullets"), the people’s team (as it is popularly known in Malawi), faced uncertainty when that marriage was dissolved in 2000. The oil giant, Total Malawi, took over and renamed it Total Big Bullets, sponsoring the team for the next two years before the arrangement was terminated.
In 2003, the then Malawi’s president
Bakili Muluzi adopted the team and renamed it Bakili Bullets. It was during this period that the team enjoyed one of its glamorous periods, reaching the lucrative group stages ofCAF Champions League 2004 [http://www.cafonline.com/left_index.php?head=2004&loc=years_cl_pastcomp/2004.htm] [http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=280] .It was also during the same period that the club had a training camp in the United Kingdom in readiness for the
CAF Champions League [http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/N190703.html] .But it was a feat never to be repeated as Muluzi, now of power, opted out of the sponsorship arrangement in 2004. This left the team in a clutch, and in keeping with the acronym ‘BB’, the team’s faithful changed the name to Big Bullets. The team completed two seasons, 2005 and 2006, without sponsorship but in late December 2006, the people’s team secured a sponsorship deal with a South African-based but Malawi-owned company, Cifu Group owned by the Msiska twins, Fumu and Phaskani.
quad
Former Players
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Peter Mponda
*Wisdom Ndhlovu
*James Chilapondwa
*Swadic Sanudi
*Fisher Kondowe
*Robert Ngambi
*Jimmy Zakazaka
*Maupo Msowoya
*Emmanuel Chipatala
*Navigator Dzinkambani
*John Banda
*James Chimera
*Muzipasi Mwangobe
*Russel Mwafulirwa
*McDonald Yobe
*Patrick Mabedi Achievements
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Malawi Premiere Division : 11::1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
*Tutulane Charity Cup : 1::2007Performance in CAF competitions
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CAF Champions League : 2 appearances::2000 - Preliminary Round::2004 - Group Stage*
African Cup of Champions Clubs : 3 appearance::1975: Second Round::1979: withdrew in First Round::1993: withdrew in Preliminary Round*
CAF Cup Winners' Cup : 5 appearances::1976 - First Round::1977 - Second Round::1997 - First Round::1998 - Preliminary Round::1999 - First Round
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