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Momodou
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 Posted - 29 Jul 2007 : 02:00:02
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FA Cup: Big Guns Join the Fray
By Modou Nyang
Second division minnows will today attempt to continue their giant killing characters as they face the big guns in the first round of the competition.
First division sides has now joined the competition after waiting on the wings as the relegated two from their ranks battled second division outfits and regional teams in the preliminary stage knockouts. And as results from the preliminaries have stated Seaview fell along the way from a determined Young Africans side and Jambanjelly FC surprised many as they emerged 1 nil victors against Nema United. Young Africans saw off first Division side Seaview 5-4 on penalties.
The first round matches today will witness Young Africans taken on current champions Real de Banjul at the independence Stadium in Bakau and Jambanjelly play league runners-up Wallidan at the Serrekunda East grounds. The two first division sides are outright favourites but Young Africans and Jambanjelly who occupy the bottom of the second division league table will go all out looking to cause an upset their big brothers.
Complete the day’s sensational fixtures dethroned division 1 champions Gambia Ports Authority will face the challenge of determined Tallinding United at Serrekunda West, Tallinding having reached this stage after eliminating Ham Ham 4-3 on penalties in one of the Serrekunda derbies. And to cap it all relegated Steve Biko will battle out for supremacy with Gamtel at the Box grounds in Brikama. Biko returns to the Western Region grounds in less that a week after they survived elimination from a goal down to level terms against Brikama United, before running out 4-2 winners on post match penalty shootouts. They might as well show that they do not lack the quality to play against the top sides in the 1st division.
And tomorrow at the Independence Stadium Basse outfit Waterman FC, will also seek to revise the axis of power in Gambian football when they meet defending champions Hawks FC. The meeting will be an epic clash of the extreme opposites in Gambian Association football. Hawks FC the standard bearers in Gambian club football in the Greater Banjul Area versus a regional team from the farthest town in the country, ready to portray to the footballing public just what they are missing by not venturing up country to tap into the endless talents that are abound there.
On the same day on Thursday at Serrekunda West it will a security men affair as Armed Forces FC taken on Interior FC. Interior came into the game with 6-0 thrashing of Kiang Central in Soma. Their mettle will however be tested to prove their current standing at the top of the 2nd division league. Kaira Silo who reached this stage without dropping a sweat were handed boardroom points as a result of the non appearance of Northern Region side Lower Niumi, who cited bereavement for their no show, will play Sait Matty FC in Brikama. And the last match of the round will be between 2nd division sensations Serrekunda East FC and Bakau United. The game at the Serrekunda East grounds will witness United who escaped relegation from the 1st division on the last day of the league season, square-up against young boys of Serrekunda East in their own back yard.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 86/2007, 25-26 July, 2007
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