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candidate for his job and Chola stepped up as player-coach, although the
Dynamos lost the title to their rivals Nkana by a single point when they failed to beat their cross-town rivals in their penultimate league game at home. They also lost the Champion of Champions trophy to Wanderers. The players though, said they were very happy with Chola's training methods. Chola's younger brother Pascal Kunda played as a midfielder for Ndola United and joined Power Dynamos in 1985.
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The following year, Dynamos bagged the big one when they overcame
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put paid to Zambia's chances. Chola featured in both games but was substituted in both games and the coach revealed afterwards that he had been suffering from illness. This turned out to be his last game for Zambia. He made 100 appearances (including 12 Olympics related matches) and scored 43 goals,
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It soon emerged that Chola had been given a job by
Copperbelt Power Company, the sponsors of Power Dynamos and this led to Blackpool banning the player indefinitely 'for deserting the club,’ which ruled him out of international matches. This prompted Chola to write a letter of appeal to the FAZ who
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In 1978, Blackpool made a strong start going unbeaten in the first 8 games of the season and topping the table. They were still leading with 4 games to go, however were pipped to the title by
Wanderers, who finished on top by a single point, when Blackpool lost all three cases which were before the
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in a CAN qualifier and lost 2–1, leaving them with the seemingly achievable aim of winning by one goal to qualify to the next tround. Despite sustained pressure in the second leg in Ndola, they could only manage a scoreless draw, with Chola missing a 55th-minute penalty, for which he came in for a
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Dynamos suffered their only league loss in October 1984, a 2–0 defeat to eventual runners-up Mufulira Wanderers but Dynamos avenged this a week later when they whipped Wanderers 4–1 in the reverse fixture at Arthur Davies Stadium. This helped Dynamos to the title for the first time in their
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Dynamos teammate Kaumba as world class players with enough potential to play for any division I side in Europe. Grabowski joined the legion of fans who admired Chola's bull juggling skills, but he noted that his teammates did not understand his crisp and timely passes. He
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The following year in August, Dynamos lost a BP Challenge Cup first round match to
Division I side City of Lusaka 3–0, which led to coach Freddie Mwila being sidelined amid reports of dissension from the players who were unhappy with his attitude towards them. He singled out Chola as a possible
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Germany where he was awarded with an advanced diploma in coaching. The following season, he re-assumed coaching responsibilities after the departures of Bone and Mwila and Dynamos embarked on the defence of their Cup Winners Cup trophy. After
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3-0 which upset Mwila who suggested a "change of coaches may bring some spark into the team because he may have been telling them the same old techniques". He singled out Chola as a possible candidate for his job. There were reports of dissension from the players as well, unhappy with Mwila's
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in the quarter-finals. In 1982, they won the
Independence Cup for the third time in 4 years, but the league eluded them as they ended the season as runners-up to Kitwe rivals Nkana Red Devils. Dynamos however had a fine run in the Africa Cup Winners Cup, reaching the final only to lose 4–0 on
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of Ivory Coast. However, the two returned home in July 1984 and it turned out that a major sponsor of Africa Sports had pulled out so this changed the fortunes of the club and they decided to return to Zambia. The duo arrived just in time to lend a hand to Dynamos final push for the league
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Chola starred in Zambia's 1976 Olympic Games qualification run, scoring 6 times as Zambia qualified to Montreal 1976. However, Zambia withdrew for political reasons so Chola had to wait 4 more years to make his Olympics bow. In between, he featured for Zambia at
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2–1. In the final, Dynamos drew 0–0 with Camerounian giants Tonnere Yaonde FC and won 5–4 on post match penalties with goalkeeper Blackwell Chalwe saving the decisive spot-kick after a goalless 90 minutes.
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qualifier in Lusaka, with Peter Kaumba scoring a header off his free-kick. Zambia lost the second leg 2-0 and bowed out of the race, and this would be Chola's last game for almost two years.
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which was abandoned when Blackpool walked off the pitch after Arrows were awarded a dubious penalty had its result upheld. The third case involved a former Blackpool player who featured for
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Chola first donned national colours in September 1974 when he featured for Zambia 'B' in a match against Brazilian club Operario in Lusaka. He marked his full international debut against
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footballer and coach. Voted Zambian Footballer of the Year in 1976, he is regarded as one of the greatest Zambian players in history and is the country's second highest goal scorer after
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Chola made his second CAN appearance at Libya 1982 where Zambia reached the semi-finals only to lose to the hosts 2–1 after taking an early lead. The following year, Zambia played
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battle right from the start and finished second bottom, however was saved from relegation when the FAZ increased the number of teams from 16 to 18.
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Chola put the disappointment behind him and later that year, starred as Zambia beat Egypt 1–0 in the first leg of an
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skills and precise passes unsurprisingly led to the nicknames 'Computer' and 'Master Dribbler.' He inspired a young
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1183:Lombe, Humphrey. "Blackpool grab 'freedom' cup"
1196:Chola, Gunston. "Wanderers are league winners"
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1222:Chola, Gunston "Chola vanishes from Mufulira"
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1287:Anon. "Chola, Kaumba world class"
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444:Zambia Army
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962:References
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1070:. Zamfoot
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213:Forward
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