TWO more teams advanced to the next round of the 2015/2016 Banks Beer Cup/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) knockout football tournament following wins at the Georgetown Football Club ground on Sunday night. Riddim Squad and Argos Santos FC are the latest teams to make it to the quarter-finals of the knockout tournament which commenced on December 13 at the Police Sports Club ground
In game 1, Santos mopped the floor with their competition after putting on a 5-1 performance for the persons in attendance at the GFC.
Captain Dwayne McLennon produced the first goal in just 15 minutes before returning to add his second in the 38th.
Josh Parvatan in the 60 minutes put the game out of the Black Pearl’s reach before Orin Yarde (74th minute) and Ryan Hacket in the 77th minute rounded out the teams scoring.
Captain McLennon, speaking to the media after the win, contended that “it’s all about possession, we had more possession of the ball and we moved it around so the team with less mistakes won the game and we made the least mistakes.”
The skipper said he doesn’t have his eyes on any team right now because, his team right now are working hard and they come through victorious in the end,
Game two started off physically with the referee having to issue several warnings and eventually a red card during the first 20 minutes of action.
However, it was within that first 20 minutes that Riddim squad opened their scoring account and took the lead to the competition, Seyon Hope making his strike count in the 17th.
Teon Jones would sank the needle further into the arms of the Huston stars side when he successfully converted a strike on the borderline of halftime (44th minute)
Returning from the break with much zeal, the Huston side did not intend to go down without a fight and after several valiant efforts, converted thanks to Kevin Richards in the 76th.
Well on the path to recovery were the Huston Stars side but they were jolted to reality when Amos Ramsey in the 83rd minute completed the Riddim Squad’s third and final goal of the evening to pave the way for an interestingly poised tournament.
Matches continue on December 23 where Sunburst Camptown take on Northern Rangers in game one at the GFC ground while Beacon go toe-to-toe with Flamingo FC.

By Stephan Sookram