THE Pele Football Club will stage a memorial football match today at the Georgetown Football Club ground in memory of one of its former players Gregory (PT Stewart) Thorne who passed away on February 2.
Thorne is a former founder member and ex-national player, and was one of five Pele players who made the starting eleven of Guyana’s 1st World Cup team in July 4, 1976.The game will involve current Pele players and a past-players combination. Kick-off time is 19:00hrs.
Expected to be in the line-up of past players are some of PT”s former team mates: – Vibert (Durdy) Butts, Dennis (Chow) Hunte, Clive Perry, Mark Britton, Gordon Brathwaite, Terry Nichols, Exeter Raul (ovaseas) Jones, Terry Plumber, Herbert Pillew and Royston Erskine.
The current players include Shemroy Arthur, Okennie Fraser, Devon Charles, Konata Mannings, Keoma Grevsande, Jamal Cozier.