Tarila Okorowanta, the team manager of Bayelsa United and a former Nigerian international, has described the club's relegation from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) as the most painful moment of his football life. Speaking exclusively to Completesports.com, Okorowanta said the drop to the Nigeria National League (NNL) cut him deeply despite his decades in the game.

The 61-year-old holds a unique place in Nigerian football history as the first Nigerian to score at a FIFA World Cup finals, having found the net against the Soviet Union at the 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Mexico.