Gambian
international coach, Tapha Manneh, has joined the elite group of teams in
Liberia to complete a season’s double with the FA Cup.
LISCR
thrashed Elwa United 3-0 in Sunday’s Liberia FA Cup final at a 10,000 capacity
Antoinette Tubman stadium.
The
team now added on Wednesday’s League triumph where Manneh guided the team to a
record-breaking 22-match unbeaten run.
Stephen
Seameh opened the score sheet for the ‘Shipping Boys’ mid-way through the first
half before Saikou Sheriff and Edward Ledlum sealed victory over the relegated
Elwa United side, to cap off a memorable 2016 – 17 domestic league season in
historic fashion with the club’s third league title.
Shortly
after the team sealed the FA Cup, posting on its official Facebook page, the
Club wrote: “It’s over!!! We are #Champions of the 2016-17 #FA-Cup. The mission
for the #Double has been completed.”
Eyebrows
were raised when LISCR appointed the relative unknown Tapha Manneh as manager
in October 2016.
He
arrived in the Liberian First Division league as one of the lowest certified
coaches with a CAF B’ Licence.
Yet
just 10 months later the Gambian had moulded a squad capable of challenging the
top club’s stranglehold on the Premiership.
Bolstered
by shrewd signings, Manneh and Liscr were set for an all-out assault on the
League title.
Success
looked unlikely when the shipping boys trailed FC Fassell by five points early
on in the campaign.
However,
a firm decision by the Liberian FA to deduct 12 points off FC Fassell
eventually provided the turning point for Tapha Manneh and charges. But also
the catalyst for a 22-match unbeaten run brought the Liberian First Division
trophy to LISCR after five years. The last time the team won the League was in
2012.
Tapha
Manneh, on his own, in just his first year has surpassed the 19 league games
unbeaten run and set his own of 22 games unbeaten record. The club now set
their sight on the CAF Champions League next season.
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