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On Saturday and Sunday April
20th and 21st, Gilkock football academy went to the streets of
Brufut seeking for donations in preparations for their forth coming official
launching of the website. A day
observed by both players and coaches as a fun day where both the players and
coaches were dancing in the streets.
The outing which starts from the football field saw the academy dance
round half of the village on Saturday and the other part on Sunday was
described by many as a successful day in the calendar of the academy. On Saturday April 28th was and
will continue to be the unforgettable day for both Ebrima Jatta and
the Brufut Branch, Gilkock Academy when Ebrima had his debut international
game for the national under-20’s which have qualified for the FIFA World
Youth Championship in Canada later this year. Before the game Ebrima who was
sounding confident in a telephone interview told me that he is very happy to
be selected in the team and will do all he can to impress the Gambian crowd. Ebrima started in central
defense in place of the teams injured captain Ken Malamin Jammeh did
extremely well in his position doing almost all the heading and the tackling
for Mandou Bojang who was his partner in defense. According to most people who watched the
game they summed up Ebrima's performance as wonderful considering the fact
that he was just coming in the team for the first time. However, towards the tail end
of the second half Ebrima was substituted when he picked up a groin
injury. After the game, the icon of
the Brufut academy hailed the academy for all the support they've been
giving to him stating "I am proud and shall continue to be proud
of you for your continuing support as anytime I have a game even in the
national league the entire academy is behind me both in prayer and in
support. so I thank you all." |