Showing posts with label Simba SC. Show all posts
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Friday, 11 September 2026

FORMER SIMBA SPORTS CLUB PLAYER BAKARI IDDI HAS PASSED AWAY

 



The management of Simba Club has received with great sorrow the news of the death of former player Bakari Iddi, which occurred this evening at his home in Kigogo, Dar es Salaam.

During his lifetime, Bakari Iddi served Simba from 1989 to 1992, playing in the number eight midfielder position and being among the players who represented the club during that period.

In 1991, Bakari was part of the Simba squad that played in the final of the East and Central Africa Champions Club (CECAFA) against Sports Club Villa of Uganda, where Simba won the championship after securing a 3-0 victory in the match played at Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam.

Simba has joined the family, relatives, and friends in mourning the death of Bakari Iddi, while praying to God to rest his soul in eternal peace.

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Saturday, 20 June 2026

THE TRUE STORY OF SIMBA WHEN THEY WERE AWARDED THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AT THE TABLE, WHEN YANGA REFUSED TO COME TO THE FIELD IN 1965


In the picture, it is 1965 at Ilala Stadium (now Karume), and it is the National Championship Final between the traditional rivals Sunderland (now Simba SC) against Yanga SC. But the match did not reach its conclusion in the usual way.

In the 80th minute, with Yanga leading by one goal, a major commotion broke out on the field. The referee was forced to stop the match right there, and it was ordered that the match be replayed on another day. Yanga did not show up…

The football authorities awarded Simba the championship and the trophy, not by the power of the feet, but by a committee decision.

This photo is a memory of that replay day when Sunderland arrived but Yanga did not appear:

Standing from left: Adam Athuman, Hamisi Kilomoni, Gilbert Mahinya, Kibwana, Kibunzi, Kimimbi, Haji Lesso, Mustafa Choteka and Fikirini. Crouching from left: Arthur Mwambeta, Durban, Mbaraka (Gentula), Salum, Hatibu Mtoto, Luando and Ali Kajo.

#SimbaSportsClub #YoungAfricansSportsClub #yanga #Simba #makinikiayahabari

- Muhidin Issa Michuzi