Sierra Dooper Fisheries Football club has on 25th October 2022 officially taken over from VEM Buck a division one side. The ceremony took place at the Sierra Leone Football Association secretariat, Kingdom, Freetown.
Alhaji Umar Bah the Chairman of Real Republican Football Club said going back to the historic days Real Republican has a division one club in the name of Sierra Fisheries Football Club in the low division, it later gain promotion to the top flight league the Premier League in the Country and went on to represent the Country in Africa Club Competitions.
He affirmed that at one time he was with the Chairman of VEM Buck Football Club a division one side and he tell him that he want to let go of the club, they had an agreement and so he decided to buy the club from him, and want to change the name to Sierra Dooper Fisheries Football Club to be a second team to Real Republican Football Club reasons being he wants to bring the past glory of the club in the 80s as people have to know the two clubs.
” Am not only doing this because I want to bring the Old memories back, fans abroad were asking every Week what is happening about Sierra Fisheries, I recalled telling that the Club has been sold to now FC Kallon and that name has Is no long existing and now that I have bought this I have decided to give the name back of the Club Sierra Dooper Fisheries.”
He noted he is the Chairman of Real Republican Football Club has gained promotion to the top flight of the Premier League after ten years in the lower division, noting that there is going to be a new management handle the affairs of Sierra Dooper Fisheries Football.
Brima Jalloh the Chairman of the North East Region of the Sierra Leone Football Association said as a Federation they thank Alhaji Umar Bah for complementing the effort of the Football Federation and also using his resources to invest in Football is laudable noting that the Football Federation doors are always open to people who want to help the federation and developed the game in the Country.
Jobbor Sherington the Ex-players of Sierra Fisheries Football said he is happy and thanked the illustrious effort done by Alhaji Umar Bah for restoring the past glory name of the club that died some years back, it is no secret that there was a sub-team to Real Republican team and was Sierra Fisheries which later gain promotion to the top flight and they were having two team man by the brothers and he later went and play for Sierra Fisheries Football Club.
VEM Buck Football Club is presently in division one and now that the name has been changed they have to start their new season.