Pamba to be received royally in Mwanza

The team of players, technical bench and leaders of Pamba FC, today is expected to be received with joy by football fans in Mwanza city and its suburbs, coming from Arusha city where they managed to climb the Tanzania Mainland Premier League, after 23 years

Pamba, which rocked from the mid-1980s to the 1990s, before being relegated in 1999, the other day managed to return to the Premier League, after beating Mbuni FC 3-1 in the Championship League, the match being played, Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium in the city Arusha

These results make Pamba finish the league in second place with 67 points, joining KenGold which was the first to climb, but in the match yesterday also winning 1-0 against Police Tanzania, Sokoine Stadium in Mbeya , and won the Championship this season

The Head of Mwanza Region, Said Mtanda, has congratulated the players, the technical bench and the leaders, saying that royal receptions have been prepared in Mwanza when the squad arrives today from Arusha

"The procedure has been prepared, tomorrow (yesterday), we are waiting for our modern bus that is being prepared, it will come here to carry our young people, technical bench and leaders to Mwanza. The journey will start tomorrow (yesterday, Monday), to Shinyanga, when we get there we will receive a reception from the fans there, on Monday (yesterday) we will sleep in Shinyanga, on Tuesday (today) we will leave with our heroes, at four in the morning we will be received in Kwimba, there we will find two vehicles specially prepared for the 'parade' have been prepared to enter Mwanza City, " said the Head of the Region

While Pamba is expected to get a big reception, the teams of Mbeya Kwanza and Biashara United will play a 'play off' to get one team that will play the second 'play off' and a team that will come from the Premier League

Mbeya Kwanza finished third with 65 points after beating Transit Camp 2-0, Biashara United took fourth place finishing with 62 points, beating Cosmopolitan 2-0

The league has ended with the Ruvu Shooting and Pan African teams being relegated, where next season they will play in the Second Division, 'First League.' Ruvu trailed behind finishing with 13 points, while Pan African finished 15th with 20 points.

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