HISTORY OF GAMBIAN FOOTBALL PART 2

In our last edition we stop at the 2003/2004 football season were Gambia was eliminated in the world cup qualifying and the African Nation 16/11/03 Gambia 0 Liberia 3 for 2 years. The President Alhagie Gabbi Sosseh set up an enquiry headed by Gyra Lamin. The Technical Director Sang Ndong and his entire staff were sacked. GFA decided not to play international matches, and the decision annoyed nearly all the teams in the league, more than sixty teams wrote a letter to The GFA requesting an immediate resignation of the GFA President and called on VOTE OF NO CONFIDENT. He was impeached on the 7/11/04 at the Independence Stadium. A Congress was held and Alhagie Omar Sey was elected President. And now continue from where we stop, there we go:

Musa Fatty, The Author

In 1956 The Gambia made their first tour to Sierra Leone on the 31/10/56 Gambia played against the Rural Areas (Freetown) and The Gambia won by 1 goal to nil. It means the first ever away win for The Gambia was against the Rural Areas of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The second match was 3/11/56 against South Eastern States played in BO and The Gambia won by 2 goals to nil. The third match was on the 07/11/56 against Northern Province in Makini and Gambia won by 4 goals to 1. The final match was against Sierra Leone played in Freetown and Sierra Leone won by 1 goal to nil.

1011/56 The players that made the tour are as follows:

Amadou Tall	White Phantoms
DawdaCorr	Rainbow
IsmailaJagne (Lagra)	Foyer
Mam Barra Taal	White Phantoms
Pa MamadiSowe	Rainbow
MelburryJatta
Francis Eku Forbes	White Phantoms
KebbaNjie	Gam United
AssanJallow (Kanya)	Atomic
William Daddy Tamba	Atomic
HabatSowe
William Stapleton	UAC
Pa SulayNjie	Rainbow
Jonny Johnson	Augustinians
Sulayman Samba (Captain)	Police
AbdoulieMboob	Gam United Police (Goalkeeper)
MayagouNjie
Dodou Jack

Officials: B.O. Janneh, Gibriel George, OusmanSaho and Pa Louis Prom

1955/56 season starling, Police B, Bathurst wonderers FC, Field Force FC, Casuals FC were in division II.

On the 5/12/61 Gambia beat Senegal by 3 goals to 2 in their famous victory in Dakar (Kawme Nkrumah Gold Cup)

O.K Saho – Manager, AmadouTaal, NyamsuSambou, Ebou Max Njie, George Gomez, SalifuNdure, FancisEku Forbes, Hassan Jallow, Musa Jobarteh, Solomon Gomez, OusmanSillah, Pa William Ndure and AbdoulieNgum

2/3/69 Coach Drater Crammer arrived from German to assist The Gambia for six weeks and he departed on the 14/4/69.

1969 season Augustinians played against Wallidan and Moses Trinn leg was broken by Solomon Nyassi. He was admitted to RVH. GFA management promised to take Moses Trinn to Dakar for further treatment, which did not. Some of the teams felt it was not good for the sport, they decided to break away from the league and form their own league at KG5 (Banjul Mini Stadium).

To be continued in our subsequent editions where I hope to bring you the two presidents running the association and the matter was taken to court presided by SIR Phillip Bridge as the judge.