Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A decade before the 21-year-old Zambian striker announced his arrival on the world stage, Pel\u00e9 grabbed the record, 75, from Ferenc De\u00e1k, 66. The Hungarian had set his mark in 1946.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu lost his records in 1972, but not to the West German legend Gerd M\u00fcller, as most think. His 1968 records were indeed broken by M\u00fcller in 1972, but they were shattered by Chitalu himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both 1968 records, 81, were easily beaten by Chitalu, 107 and 116. M\u00fcller beat the old mark by 4, but trailed Chitalu\u2019s new World Records for a season and calendar year by 22 and 31 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu has been denied the credit he deserves. The question is, why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Quality Leagues<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nHe dominated a Farmers\u2019 League his detractors say \u2013 an insulting argument, as only Chitalu bullied the opposition in Zambia. Why, if it was so easy to score did he not just lead the charts, but amass a total that easily eclipsed his nearest competitors combined? Chitalu, as his teammates and opponents attest, was quite simply, that good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, what about the \u2018quality\u2019 European leagues? Were they so much better? Were West German Bundesliga teams a match for Bayern M\u00fcnchen (Munich) in 1972, or even La Liga teams for Bar\u00e7elona in 2012?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did M\u00fcller and his team dominate German football in 1972? Did Lionel Messi and his team dominate Spanish football in 2012? Were they the difference that Chitalu was? All three were top scorers in their leagues. Bayern dominated the Bundesliga \u2013 Barcelona shared titles, and Kabwe Warriors were the class of Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAn Oktoberfest League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn 1972-73 Bayern Munich won West Germany\u2019s top league, consisting of 18 teams by 11 points with a goal difference of +64, a full 49 ahead of second placed FC K\u00f6ln. And that was in the era of just 2 points for a win. Is that not a league of Bayern Munich and 17 others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By today\u2019s methods, Bayern would have won 79 points, beating K\u00f6ln by 20 points and a whopping goal difference too. Is that not domination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But who says West Germany\u2019s top league was very poor in comparison to Bayern Munich? M\u00fcller scored 36 of Bayern\u2019s 93 goals in the league that season, 8 ahead of Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach\u2019s second placed Jupp Heynckes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FC Schalke at least put up a fight in 1971-72. Bayern won by 3 points and led defending champions, Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach, in third place by 12 points. Bayern scored more than a hundred goals. If it had been by today\u2019s rules, Bayern would have won the league with 79 points and a goal difference of +63, 22 ahead of Schalke. It was certainly more competitive than the following year. But Bayern won again in 1973-74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That M\u00fcller dominated a comparatively poor West German league in comparison to his team is not his fault. He scored for fun \u2013 his job. The quality of the opposition he scored against is no more his fault than the teams Chitalu dominated is his fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Two-Team League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSpain has often faced criticism that it is a two-team league. The Primera Divisi\u00f3n table of 2011-12 illustrates the point. Lionel Messi\u2019s Bar\u00e7elona lost the league to Real Madid by 9 points \u2013 Valencia trailed the Catalans in third place by a staggering 30 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The champions\u2019 goal difference was +89, and Bar\u00e7elona\u2019s was +85, an incredible 70 ahead of third place Valencia. Messi led the scoring with 50, four ahead of La Liga champion Cristiano Ronaldo, and over double the tally of third placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid marksman Radamel Falcao. Valencia\u2019s most prolific striker was Roberto Soldado on just 17 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this was not the definition of an uncompetitive two-team league championship, what is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2012-13 was a bit better. Bar\u00e7elona won La Liga by 15 points from Real Madrid. Their goal difference was 14 more than their nearest rivals. However, the gap to third placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid was 24 points with a goal difference more than double \u2013 +75 to +34. The Catalans had feasted on the opposition, scoring a whopping 115 goals. Messi top-scored with 46, 12 ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. Falcao was third with 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nQuality<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBoth the West German and Spanish top leagues were hardly competitive. Both M\u00fcller and Messi played in a top-quality side with world class teammates. They were and are among the best to play the beautiful game, but that applies to Chitalu too \u2013 his teammates not being the household names that M\u00fcller and Messi played with week in week out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what about Chitalu? Zambia\u2019s Super League in 1972 was dismissed as a Farmer\u2019s League, but if the quality was so low in Zambia why did Chitalu stand head, shoulders and torso above the rest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool\u2019s first black player Howard Gayle wants to see African football develop in Africa, but he also paid tribute to the Zambian and African Goal King, Godfrey Chitalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt sometimes amazes me how our history has always been hidden or distorted from a number of truths that has been buried in the annals of Black history and achievements,\u201d Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd here is another case for us to deliberate and make known to the world and, in particular, the footballing community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGodfrey Chitalu was a Zambian Football icon. After a great career, he went into coaching, leading the Zambian team to the brink of their first qualification for the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, he was one of the many Zambian players and officials who were killed in a plane crash in Gabon in April 1993.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nMeticulous<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAuthor, Jerry Muchimba, researched Chitalu\u2019s achievements of 1972 carefully, poring over newspaper reports, recording Chitalu\u2019s goals with dates, opponents and more. The information was there to verify Chitalu\u2019s phenomenal achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zambian newspaper reports contained the evidence to prove Chitalu held the single season and calendar year scoring records since 1968. He broke his own record in 1972 \u2013 this was before the age of televising matches, social media, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a time-consuming process that resulted in Muchimba\u2019s book, Godfrey \u2018Ucar\u2019 Chitalu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Farmers\u2019 League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKabwe Warriors retained the Zambian Super League in 1972 by the narrowest margin, just one point. Nchanga Rangers lost a match less than Kabwe, but while the champions won 18, drew 4 and lost 4, Chingola\u2019s finest lost 3, drew 7 and won 16. That left Kabwe Warriors Champions with 40 points, a goal difference of +55. Nchanga had 39 points and a goal difference of +33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu had scored an incredible 49 goals in the Zambia Super League from just 24 matches \u2013 two matches were not completed, as Mufulira Blackpool did not turn up for transport reasons and a fixture against Roan United was abandoned after 34 minutes. Chitalu\u2019s goals, averaging more than two per match \u2013 nobody else came close to that \u2013 almost account for Kabwe\u2019s goal difference on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhokana (now Nkana) came third with 15 wins, 4 draws and seven losses. They lost second place by five points. Their goal difference was +6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that season had been played today, Kabwe Warriors would have amassed 58 points to beat Nchanga Rangers by three points with Rhokana trailing second place Nchanga by six points. Despite the derogatory comments, Zambia\u2019s league was competitive and Chitalu was the difference maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAfrica and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
An Oktoberfest League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn 1972-73 Bayern Munich won West Germany\u2019s top league, consisting of 18 teams by 11 points with a goal difference of +64, a full 49 ahead of second placed FC K\u00f6ln. And that was in the era of just 2 points for a win. Is that not a league of Bayern Munich and 17 others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By today\u2019s methods, Bayern would have won 79 points, beating K\u00f6ln by 20 points and a whopping goal difference too. Is that not domination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But who says West Germany\u2019s top league was very poor in comparison to Bayern Munich? M\u00fcller scored 36 of Bayern\u2019s 93 goals in the league that season, 8 ahead of Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach\u2019s second placed Jupp Heynckes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FC Schalke at least put up a fight in 1971-72. Bayern won by 3 points and led defending champions, Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach, in third place by 12 points. Bayern scored more than a hundred goals. If it had been by today\u2019s rules, Bayern would have won the league with 79 points and a goal difference of +63, 22 ahead of Schalke. It was certainly more competitive than the following year. But Bayern won again in 1973-74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That M\u00fcller dominated a comparatively poor West German league in comparison to his team is not his fault. He scored for fun \u2013 his job. The quality of the opposition he scored against is no more his fault than the teams Chitalu dominated is his fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Two-Team League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSpain has often faced criticism that it is a two-team league. The Primera Divisi\u00f3n table of 2011-12 illustrates the point. Lionel Messi\u2019s Bar\u00e7elona lost the league to Real Madid by 9 points \u2013 Valencia trailed the Catalans in third place by a staggering 30 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The champions\u2019 goal difference was +89, and Bar\u00e7elona\u2019s was +85, an incredible 70 ahead of third place Valencia. Messi led the scoring with 50, four ahead of La Liga champion Cristiano Ronaldo, and over double the tally of third placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid marksman Radamel Falcao. Valencia\u2019s most prolific striker was Roberto Soldado on just 17 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this was not the definition of an uncompetitive two-team league championship, what is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2012-13 was a bit better. Bar\u00e7elona won La Liga by 15 points from Real Madrid. Their goal difference was 14 more than their nearest rivals. However, the gap to third placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid was 24 points with a goal difference more than double \u2013 +75 to +34. The Catalans had feasted on the opposition, scoring a whopping 115 goals. Messi top-scored with 46, 12 ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. Falcao was third with 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nQuality<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBoth the West German and Spanish top leagues were hardly competitive. Both M\u00fcller and Messi played in a top-quality side with world class teammates. They were and are among the best to play the beautiful game, but that applies to Chitalu too \u2013 his teammates not being the household names that M\u00fcller and Messi played with week in week out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what about Chitalu? Zambia\u2019s Super League in 1972 was dismissed as a Farmer\u2019s League, but if the quality was so low in Zambia why did Chitalu stand head, shoulders and torso above the rest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool\u2019s first black player Howard Gayle wants to see African football develop in Africa, but he also paid tribute to the Zambian and African Goal King, Godfrey Chitalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt sometimes amazes me how our history has always been hidden or distorted from a number of truths that has been buried in the annals of Black history and achievements,\u201d Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd here is another case for us to deliberate and make known to the world and, in particular, the footballing community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGodfrey Chitalu was a Zambian Football icon. After a great career, he went into coaching, leading the Zambian team to the brink of their first qualification for the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, he was one of the many Zambian players and officials who were killed in a plane crash in Gabon in April 1993.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nMeticulous<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAuthor, Jerry Muchimba, researched Chitalu\u2019s achievements of 1972 carefully, poring over newspaper reports, recording Chitalu\u2019s goals with dates, opponents and more. The information was there to verify Chitalu\u2019s phenomenal achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zambian newspaper reports contained the evidence to prove Chitalu held the single season and calendar year scoring records since 1968. He broke his own record in 1972 \u2013 this was before the age of televising matches, social media, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a time-consuming process that resulted in Muchimba\u2019s book, Godfrey \u2018Ucar\u2019 Chitalu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Farmers\u2019 League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKabwe Warriors retained the Zambian Super League in 1972 by the narrowest margin, just one point. Nchanga Rangers lost a match less than Kabwe, but while the champions won 18, drew 4 and lost 4, Chingola\u2019s finest lost 3, drew 7 and won 16. That left Kabwe Warriors Champions with 40 points, a goal difference of +55. Nchanga had 39 points and a goal difference of +33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu had scored an incredible 49 goals in the Zambia Super League from just 24 matches \u2013 two matches were not completed, as Mufulira Blackpool did not turn up for transport reasons and a fixture against Roan United was abandoned after 34 minutes. Chitalu\u2019s goals, averaging more than two per match \u2013 nobody else came close to that \u2013 almost account for Kabwe\u2019s goal difference on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhokana (now Nkana) came third with 15 wins, 4 draws and seven losses. They lost second place by five points. Their goal difference was +6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that season had been played today, Kabwe Warriors would have amassed 58 points to beat Nchanga Rangers by three points with Rhokana trailing second place Nchanga by six points. Despite the derogatory comments, Zambia\u2019s league was competitive and Chitalu was the difference maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAfrica and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Two-Team League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nSpain has often faced criticism that it is a two-team league. The Primera Divisi\u00f3n table of 2011-12 illustrates the point. Lionel Messi\u2019s Bar\u00e7elona lost the league to Real Madid by 9 points \u2013 Valencia trailed the Catalans in third place by a staggering 30 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The champions\u2019 goal difference was +89, and Bar\u00e7elona\u2019s was +85, an incredible 70 ahead of third place Valencia. Messi led the scoring with 50, four ahead of La Liga champion Cristiano Ronaldo, and over double the tally of third placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid marksman Radamel Falcao. Valencia\u2019s most prolific striker was Roberto Soldado on just 17 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this was not the definition of an uncompetitive two-team league championship, what is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2012-13 was a bit better. Bar\u00e7elona won La Liga by 15 points from Real Madrid. Their goal difference was 14 more than their nearest rivals. However, the gap to third placed Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid was 24 points with a goal difference more than double \u2013 +75 to +34. The Catalans had feasted on the opposition, scoring a whopping 115 goals. Messi top-scored with 46, 12 ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. Falcao was third with 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nQuality<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBoth the West German and Spanish top leagues were hardly competitive. Both M\u00fcller and Messi played in a top-quality side with world class teammates. They were and are among the best to play the beautiful game, but that applies to Chitalu too \u2013 his teammates not being the household names that M\u00fcller and Messi played with week in week out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what about Chitalu? Zambia\u2019s Super League in 1972 was dismissed as a Farmer\u2019s League, but if the quality was so low in Zambia why did Chitalu stand head, shoulders and torso above the rest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool\u2019s first black player Howard Gayle wants to see African football develop in Africa, but he also paid tribute to the Zambian and African Goal King, Godfrey Chitalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt sometimes amazes me how our history has always been hidden or distorted from a number of truths that has been buried in the annals of Black history and achievements,\u201d Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd here is another case for us to deliberate and make known to the world and, in particular, the footballing community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGodfrey Chitalu was a Zambian Football icon. After a great career, he went into coaching, leading the Zambian team to the brink of their first qualification for the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, he was one of the many Zambian players and officials who were killed in a plane crash in Gabon in April 1993.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nMeticulous<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAuthor, Jerry Muchimba, researched Chitalu\u2019s achievements of 1972 carefully, poring over newspaper reports, recording Chitalu\u2019s goals with dates, opponents and more. The information was there to verify Chitalu\u2019s phenomenal achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zambian newspaper reports contained the evidence to prove Chitalu held the single season and calendar year scoring records since 1968. He broke his own record in 1972 \u2013 this was before the age of televising matches, social media, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a time-consuming process that resulted in Muchimba\u2019s book, Godfrey \u2018Ucar\u2019 Chitalu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Farmers\u2019 League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKabwe Warriors retained the Zambian Super League in 1972 by the narrowest margin, just one point. Nchanga Rangers lost a match less than Kabwe, but while the champions won 18, drew 4 and lost 4, Chingola\u2019s finest lost 3, drew 7 and won 16. That left Kabwe Warriors Champions with 40 points, a goal difference of +55. Nchanga had 39 points and a goal difference of +33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu had scored an incredible 49 goals in the Zambia Super League from just 24 matches \u2013 two matches were not completed, as Mufulira Blackpool did not turn up for transport reasons and a fixture against Roan United was abandoned after 34 minutes. Chitalu\u2019s goals, averaging more than two per match \u2013 nobody else came close to that \u2013 almost account for Kabwe\u2019s goal difference on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhokana (now Nkana) came third with 15 wins, 4 draws and seven losses. They lost second place by five points. Their goal difference was +6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that season had been played today, Kabwe Warriors would have amassed 58 points to beat Nchanga Rangers by three points with Rhokana trailing second place Nchanga by six points. Despite the derogatory comments, Zambia\u2019s league was competitive and Chitalu was the difference maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAfrica and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Quality<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBoth the West German and Spanish top leagues were hardly competitive. Both M\u00fcller and Messi played in a top-quality side with world class teammates. They were and are among the best to play the beautiful game, but that applies to Chitalu too \u2013 his teammates not being the household names that M\u00fcller and Messi played with week in week out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what about Chitalu? Zambia\u2019s Super League in 1972 was dismissed as a Farmer\u2019s League, but if the quality was so low in Zambia why did Chitalu stand head, shoulders and torso above the rest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool\u2019s first black player Howard Gayle wants to see African football develop in Africa, but he also paid tribute to the Zambian and African Goal King, Godfrey Chitalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt sometimes amazes me how our history has always been hidden or distorted from a number of truths that has been buried in the annals of Black history and achievements,\u201d Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd here is another case for us to deliberate and make known to the world and, in particular, the footballing community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGodfrey Chitalu was a Zambian Football icon. After a great career, he went into coaching, leading the Zambian team to the brink of their first qualification for the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sadly, he was one of the many Zambian players and officials who were killed in a plane crash in Gabon in April 1993.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nMeticulous<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAuthor, Jerry Muchimba, researched Chitalu\u2019s achievements of 1972 carefully, poring over newspaper reports, recording Chitalu\u2019s goals with dates, opponents and more. The information was there to verify Chitalu\u2019s phenomenal achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zambian newspaper reports contained the evidence to prove Chitalu held the single season and calendar year scoring records since 1968. He broke his own record in 1972 \u2013 this was before the age of televising matches, social media, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a time-consuming process that resulted in Muchimba\u2019s book, Godfrey \u2018Ucar\u2019 Chitalu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Farmers\u2019 League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKabwe Warriors retained the Zambian Super League in 1972 by the narrowest margin, just one point. Nchanga Rangers lost a match less than Kabwe, but while the champions won 18, drew 4 and lost 4, Chingola\u2019s finest lost 3, drew 7 and won 16. That left Kabwe Warriors Champions with 40 points, a goal difference of +55. Nchanga had 39 points and a goal difference of +33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu had scored an incredible 49 goals in the Zambia Super League from just 24 matches \u2013 two matches were not completed, as Mufulira Blackpool did not turn up for transport reasons and a fixture against Roan United was abandoned after 34 minutes. Chitalu\u2019s goals, averaging more than two per match \u2013 nobody else came close to that \u2013 almost account for Kabwe\u2019s goal difference on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhokana (now Nkana) came third with 15 wins, 4 draws and seven losses. They lost second place by five points. Their goal difference was +6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that season had been played today, Kabwe Warriors would have amassed 58 points to beat Nchanga Rangers by three points with Rhokana trailing second place Nchanga by six points. Despite the derogatory comments, Zambia\u2019s league was competitive and Chitalu was the difference maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAfrica and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Meticulous<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAuthor, Jerry Muchimba, researched Chitalu\u2019s achievements of 1972 carefully, poring over newspaper reports, recording Chitalu\u2019s goals with dates, opponents and more. The information was there to verify Chitalu\u2019s phenomenal achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zambian newspaper reports contained the evidence to prove Chitalu held the single season and calendar year scoring records since 1968. He broke his own record in 1972 \u2013 this was before the age of televising matches, social media, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a time-consuming process that resulted in Muchimba\u2019s book, Godfrey \u2018Ucar\u2019 Chitalu<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Farmers\u2019 League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKabwe Warriors retained the Zambian Super League in 1972 by the narrowest margin, just one point. Nchanga Rangers lost a match less than Kabwe, but while the champions won 18, drew 4 and lost 4, Chingola\u2019s finest lost 3, drew 7 and won 16. That left Kabwe Warriors Champions with 40 points, a goal difference of +55. Nchanga had 39 points and a goal difference of +33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu had scored an incredible 49 goals in the Zambia Super League from just 24 matches \u2013 two matches were not completed, as Mufulira Blackpool did not turn up for transport reasons and a fixture against Roan United was abandoned after 34 minutes. Chitalu\u2019s goals, averaging more than two per match \u2013 nobody else came close to that \u2013 almost account for Kabwe\u2019s goal difference on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhokana (now Nkana) came third with 15 wins, 4 draws and seven losses. They lost second place by five points. Their goal difference was +6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that season had been played today, Kabwe Warriors would have amassed 58 points to beat Nchanga Rangers by three points with Rhokana trailing second place Nchanga by six points. Despite the derogatory comments, Zambia\u2019s league was competitive and Chitalu was the difference maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAfrica and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Farmers\u2019 League?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKabwe Warriors retained the Zambian Super League in 1972 by the narrowest margin, just one point. Nchanga Rangers lost a match less than Kabwe, but while the champions won 18, drew 4 and lost 4, Chingola\u2019s finest lost 3, drew 7 and won 16. That left Kabwe Warriors Champions with 40 points, a goal difference of +55. Nchanga had 39 points and a goal difference of +33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu had scored an incredible 49 goals in the Zambia Super League from just 24 matches \u2013 two matches were not completed, as Mufulira Blackpool did not turn up for transport reasons and a fixture against Roan United was abandoned after 34 minutes. Chitalu\u2019s goals, averaging more than two per match \u2013 nobody else came close to that \u2013 almost account for Kabwe\u2019s goal difference on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhokana (now Nkana) came third with 15 wins, 4 draws and seven losses. They lost second place by five points. Their goal difference was +6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If that season had been played today, Kabwe Warriors would have amassed 58 points to beat Nchanga Rangers by three points with Rhokana trailing second place Nchanga by six points. Despite the derogatory comments, Zambia\u2019s league was competitive and Chitalu was the difference maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAfrica and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Africa and Football\u2019s Icon<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cI already knew of Chitalu\u2019s exploits, but my research gave me the opportunity to see what he achieved in detail,\u201d Muchimba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an iconic player who made a mark not just in his country, but across the continent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top three were reasonably competitive except on goal-difference \u2013 Chitalu\u2019s domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis goal scoring record in African Football is phenomenal and to score over 107 + in a calendar season can only be described as world class,\u201d Mr Gayle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut why has Godfrey Chitalu s record not been recognised by the footballing authorities of African Football and also FIFA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chitalu is credited with 107 goals in 57 matches \u2013 Mufulira Blackpool didn\u2019t show up on October 22nd<\/sup> due to transport woes \u2013 they were docked points, but with the form Chitalu was in that might have been a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few have struggled for recognition like Zambia\u2019s Goal King. Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed \u2018Ucar\u2019 after the long-lasting Union Carbide manufactured battery, held World Records for both the season and calendar year from 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[698],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fittedin.org\/fittedinwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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