By News Source Guyana on January 21, 2014
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Rawle Toney reports It was the first time that the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) has collectively spoken out on the ongoing dispute with their parent body – the Guyana Football Federation, when they held a Press Conference in the board room of the Critchlow Labour College in Georgetown on Tuesday. “The UDFA challenges […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2014
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Rawle Toney reports Thirteen of the fourteen affiliated clubs of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) voted in full support of the suspended executive, saying “no” to a proposed interim committee which the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is planning to put in place. The clubs were all represented yesterday when the association convened an emergency […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2014
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Rawle Toney reports Vice President of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Collie ‘Hit-man’ Hercules said that the suspended executives of the entity that governs the game of football in Linden will not recognize the various penalties handed down by its parent body; the Guyana Football Federation (GFF). For not adhering to the decision of […]
By News Source Guyana on January 1, 2014
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By Rawle Toney Georgetown, Guyana – After spending 22 years as President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Colin Klass was banned by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for 26 months and fined US$5,537 for his involvement in the Bin Hammam “cash for votes” scandal. Since August 11, 2011, Klass could not be close to […]
By News Source Guyana on December 30, 2013
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Heavy rainfall over the past week coupled with a soggy ground has forced the Georgetown Football Association to postpone the finals for its GFA/Banks Beer tournament which was scheduled for January 1 at the GCC Ground Bourda. The development clears the way for one major senior football finals on New Years day and the Upper […]
By News Source Guyana on December 30, 2013
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“So far so good, but we have a job to do still, which is to win on January 1” exclaimed Charles ‘Lilly’ Pollard, coach of the Slingerz Football Club who will take on Santos in the finals of the 3rd Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Knock out tournament on New Year’s Day. Slingerz got […]
By News Source Guyana on December 21, 2013
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President of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA), Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon says that the people of Linden will have football on January 1, contrary to what the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and its General Council has instructed. Under the newly launched Banks GT Beer, 14 clubs from Linden are doing battle to see who […]
By News Source Guyana on December 21, 2013
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The USA’s Major League Soccer (MLS) Super Star Dwayne De Rosario is expected to arrive in Guyana tomorrow and will conduct a coaching clinic with 52 children between the ages of 10 and 18 years at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on Sunday December 22. De Rosario, whose parents are Guyanese, has never visited Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2013
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Upon granting the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) the permission to host its GT Beer Knock out tournament, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has instructed that the Finals cannot be held on New Year’s Day (January 1). The UDFA partnered with Banks DIH under its newly launched beer to stage a return of year-end football […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2013
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“Wednesday December 11, 2013 marks the rebirth of Region 10 football…OUR football…OUR players…OUR fans…OUR ground…OUR thing. For too long Linden has suffered without its beloved game occurring at a time to which we have grown accustomed. For too long, this MSC Ground has stood silent…its stands empty…at the beginning of each year” The words of Regional Chairman and President of the Upper Demerara Football Association […]