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Current Feed ContentSamger berth FA Cup semis spotSamger beat SK East United 2-0 yesterday at the East Mini-stadium to fill up the final semi-final slot in the 2008 Gamtel sponsored FA Cup championship. Goals from Abdou Bojang and Lamin Samteh in first and second half respectively, were enough for the league second runners up to overcome the Serrekunda East Boys to set up a mouth-watering semi-final tie against Steve Biko. Steve Biko earlier struggled to beat Kaira Silo 1-0 with Abdoulie Jatta scoring the only goal in the 60th minute. The...Shock results grip FA Cup 3rd roundA series of stunning upsets brought the 2008 Gamtel sponsored FA Cup championship alive in the third round stages. Except the league champions, Wallidan, who stamped their supremacy on Interior with a 2-1 victory on Saturday, results from other weekend fixtures were just puzzling as sequence of big names were humbled. Real de Banjul lost suffered a 2-0 defeat in the hands of Kaira Silo on Friday, while SK East United ease past Gamtel with a 1-0 win on the same day to set up an enticing...Wallidan want the doubleAfter leading Wallidan to a record seventeenth domestic league title on Sunday, the Blue Boys head coach Foday Bah insists their mission is not completed yet since the FA Cup trophy lies ahead. In an interview with Observer Sports, coach Bah said, the FA Cup title is now their next target, noting that they want to win all the trophies this season after a three-year trophyless seasons. “We want all the trophies this year. The league title is our cup and we have got it back. Now the FA Cup is...Sang Ndong pays brave Wallidan tributeThe head coach of Hawks United, Sang Ndong, has heaped praises on Wallidan for their resounding 3-1 victory over his side on Sunday to land them their first league title since 2005 season. Wallidan were pushed to the wire by both Hawks and Samger, in a nail-biting finale to the most thrilling Gambian league title battle in years, but the Blues Boy beat their local rivals Hawks to claim their seventeenth league title by two points after the close contenders, Samger, were held to a 1-1 draw by...The luckiest team will take the crown - Sang NdongThe head coach of Hawks, Sang Ndong, has said that for any of the three front-runners to land the division one league title, an element of luck must be on their side. Hawks beat Steve Biko 2-0 on Sunday to rejoin Wallidan and Samger in the race for the coveted title, the destiny of which will be decided on Sunday. All the three teams are level on points, and the former Scorpions coach believes the luckiest and not necessarily the best team among the three will prevail next weekend. “Three...Hawks go neck and neck with WallidanHawks beat Steve Biko 2-0 last evening to go neck and neck with Wallidan at the top of the division one league table, as the race for the crown goes right down to the wires. A first-half stoppage time goal from striker Ousman Jatta and a last-gasp strike from substitute Dawda Ceesay earned the Red Devils all the three points they needed to remain in frame for their first league title since 1996. Hawks and Wallidan, who will next square off against each other in the final match of the league,...GFA Division One League StandingsTeam P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1. Wallidan 21 9 9 3 22 14 8 36 1. Hawks 21 9 9 3 21 13 8 36 2. Samger 21 10 6 5 21 15 6 36 4. Real Banjul 21 6 12 3 14 9 5 30 5. Armed Forces 21 6 10 5 16 ...GFA Division One League standingsTeam P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1. Wallidan 20 9 8 3 22 14 8 35 2. Samger 20 10 5 5 20 14 6 35 3. Hawks 20 8 9 3 19 13 6 33 4. Real de Banjul 20 5 12 3 13 9 4 27 5. Armed Forces 20 6 9 ...Ports Authority battling to avoid relegationEach year as the football season dwindles, as winners coast home, the media endeavor to stir up excitement over the heroic relegation battles taking place at the bottom-rock. With just two matches of the season remaining, three clubs are jostling to avoid finishing bottom of the GFA division one league table. Interior, Bakau United and Ports Authority all face a nervous run-in. And as it stands, Interior are most in danger of becoming the first club to be relegated on two occasions after...Star profile: Lamin Conateh Gambia & Assiriskas rocky defenderParticulars Name: Lamin Conateh D.O.B: 1st October 1981 Place of Birth: Bakau Playing Position: Defender Previous Club: Steve Biko, Walllidan, Bakau Utd Present Club: Assiriska (Sweden) Lamin Conateh was born on the 1st October, 1981, in Bakau - a town that has never relented in producing sports personalities of timber and mettle. Known by his sobriquet as Babaye, Conateh commenced football in the streets of Bakau. He later started off locally with Steve Biko, a community club based in... |
