IT’S ALWAYS a David versus Goliath scenario whenever a team opposes the mighty Slingerz FC. And tonight, in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Super 8 Knockout tournament, Pouderoyen will be tasked with what has been so far impossible, that is, to defeat the ‘West Side’ champions. 

To date, teams in the WDFA have not been able to stop Slingerz and tonight, all roads lead to the Den Amstel Community Centre ground as football fans will be eager to witness the duel.
Slingerz and Pouderoyen will play in the second game of the double-header while the home side (Den Amstel) will come up against their neighbouring nemesis Uitvlugt in the first game.
Two years ago, businessman Javed Ali gathered some of the best players from across Guyana to form what he hoped to be Guyana’s best football-playing club.
They (Slingerz) have won every tournament played on the West Side and are yet to taste defeat against a team within the WDFA.
The team with the likes of Devon Millington and Vurlon Mills capped their performance by winning the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2013/2014 Banks Beer Cup at the National Stadium against Santos.
Behind coach Bill Wilson, Slingerz won their opening game of the Banks Vita Malt and Aqua Mist Water-sponsored tournament with a well-played and tactical 5-0 score over Beavers FC while Pouderoyen had a comfortable 2-0 victory against Stewartville.
None of the previous meetings between the two sides has ended in a lopsided affair but Slingerz FC always get the better of their rivals.
Meanwhile, the opening game will be one of profound interest when Uitvlugt and Den Amstel meet.
Historically, the two villages are bitter enemies in sports, especially in football, where over the years, the heated exchange on the pitch oftentimes spill into the crowd as their respective supporters stop at nothing in showing their support.
Den Amstel demolished Wales 15-0 in a show of aggression and their no-nonsense approach to the tournament and Uitvlugt were made to fight hard against a young Eagles Football Club whom they overcame 4-2.
With $1M up for grabs, tonight’s semi-finals should be fireworks and will certainly give fans their money’s worth of football.