Seaview’s tactician has
hopes, that his side can make-a-stay in the top tier of The Gambia Football
Federation’s (GFF) domestic league for next year, following their goalless draw
match against the defending champions Real De Banjul on Sunday at the Serekunda
East mini stadium. Ousainou Njie who team
is still in the relegating zone with only five games to go said his side has to
fight very hard in order to stay in the first division competition.
“We are going to fight very hard until the
last day of the competition, its football anything can happen. I am not happy
with our draw, however the performance was good. Finishing is our main problem,
we contain big teams but we sleep up at the finishing area,” He said.
The rooted team Seaview
secured 17 points out of 17 league games with one point behind Young Africans
and Interior, who both have 18 points with goal differences.
Njie added that the
team still need motivation because is a young team, he said working hard can
make a progress for him and his young team.
In the other hand, Real
de Banjul coach Baboucarr Coker said they can still defend their title with only
five games to go. “We can win the title again, we have five more games to wrap
up, and its football anything is possible.”
Meanwhile, in the other
games of the weekend, the current league leaders Steve Biko FC has sleep up to
open the margin to seven points on Saturday, following their goalless played
against Young Africans at the KG5 artificial turf in Banjul.
Coach Abdoulie Bojang
and his side are battling to win their first ever domestic league title.
Despite the draw the leaders remain in the first place with 29 points out of 17
games with only three points ahead of the telecommunication giants Gamtel FC.
Gamtel FC and The
Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) occupied the second and the third place on the table
standings respectively. The GAF have better goal scoring than Gamtel, who are
two goals behind the GAF. However, GAF also considered more goals than Gamtel,
with three goals differences.
The defending champions
Real De Banjul are sitting one point behind the GAF with 25 points. They could
have closed the gap if they won against the hoteliers side, Seaview FC in their
last week encounter.
Below is the current GFA league table standings for 2013
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#
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Team
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MP
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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D
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P
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Last
5 matches
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H
|
|
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1
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17
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7
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8
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2
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16
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7
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+9
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29
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2
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 |
17
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8
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2
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7
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17
|
13
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+4
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26
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3
|
|
17
|
8
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2
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7
|
19
|
16
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+3
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26
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4
|
 |
17
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5
|
10
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2
|
10
|
6
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+4
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25
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5
|
|
17
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4
|
10
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3
|
14
|
14
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+0
|
22
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|
|||
|
6
|
|
17
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5
|
6
|
6
|
17
|
20
|
-3
|
21
|
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7
|
|
17
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3
|
11
|
3
|
17
|
16
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+1
|
20
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|||
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8
|
|
17
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5
|
5
|
7
|
12
|
14
|
-2
|
20
|
|
|||
|
9
|
|
17
|
4
|
8
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5
|
8
|
12
|
-4
|
20
|
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|||
|
10
|
|
17
|
3
|
9
|
5
|
11
|
14
|
-3
|
18
|
|
|||
|
11
|
|
17
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
12
|
16
|
-4
|
18
|
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|||
|
12
|
|
17
|
2
|
11
|
4
|
8
|
13
|
-5
|
17
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Author: Mandu Sanneh
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