The game was played at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, and the only goal of the match was scored by Aham Nwankwo.

[6] During the early 1990s, BCC Lions were one of the dominant teams in the league, peaking with the double in 1994.

After spending six years in the lower division, they slowly lost their fan base and financial support.

Despite a 2.5 million naira boost from Benue State governor George Akume in 2002 and another million from Guilder Brewing two years later, the team was disbanded, not even showing up for their 2004 FA Cup first round game against Shooting Stars F.C.

Dangote, also chairman of the BCC board, announced 110 million naira for the team to participate in the 2008/09 season.