THIS evening at the GDF ground, Camp Ayanganna, Camptown will be afforded the chance to avenge a recent defeat suffered at the hands of Fruta Conquerors.The top teams will collide in the feature event of a double-header card that will signal the commencement of the Georgetown Football Association 2014 season.
In the opening game scheduled to start at 18:00hrs GFC will face Northern Rangers. Camptown were on the losing end after being edged 1-0 by Conquerors when they last met in the GFF Premier League late last year.
Since then Conquerors have kept their composure and remain a formidable force in football in the Garden City.
For today’s game, to be played under floodlights, Conquerors will look to attacking midfielder and captain Delon Williams, midfielder Daniel Thomas, goalkeeper Dennis `Lion’ Thomas and defender Lennox Arthur among others to put the hush on Camptown supporters.
The competition will continue tomorrow at the same venue when play in the Division Two department commences.
Meanwhile, GFA general secretary Odinga Lumumba promised more aggressive play during this year’s competition.
“We have been given a mandate to develop the game of football in Georgetown and that’s what we plan to do. This year our aim is to fulfil all our obligations and to take the sport to another level, “said Lumumba.
“We will have an aggressive league and spectators and players can expect football of a high quality.”
This evening’s games would be preceded by an opening ceremony which includes the march past of teams and remarks by GFA president Vernon Burnett.