City teams aim to continue dominance in Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza

By Michael Benjamin

Dwight Peters

The exciting matches witnessed so far in the Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza will reach a pulsating level tonight when Uprising take on Buxton and Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United oppose BV/Triumph in a Georgetown vs. East Coast affair at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground this evening.

Pierre Joseph

Already, football buffs have been treated to several matches featuring these two rivals and even though the city teams have proven their dominance, tonight’s matches may very well be the turning point for the East Coast boys.
The Uprising team will be led by former national star striker, Dexter Bentick with support from Lloyd Bascom in the midfield position and Colin Clarke playing in the defence. They will have to contend with former national midfielder, Pierre Joseph and Neville Gulliver playing in the forward position as well as Rashley Morrison and Ranele Federicks in the midfield position.

Delroy Dean

When these two teams met in last year’s quarter-finals of the Mayor’s Cup competition, the Buxtonians ended up on the losing end. Obviously, they will be out to avenge the situation. The word out of that East Coast village is that they will play diligently to prevent the Georgetown team from repeating last year’s feat. A good match is, therefore, envisaged.
Alpha United may still be nurturing some hurt after being booted out of last year’s edition of the Kashif and Shanghai tournament. Naturally, they will be looking to regain some ground against the team from Betterverwagting. They will also want to use this match as a warm up to the CONCACAF Club Championships in Haiti sometime next month.

Charles Pollard

The star studded Alpha team will do well not to become complacent. They will be depending heavily on their captain and assistant coach, Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard as well as other star players the likes of defence players, Kelvin McKenzie and Howard Lowe. National striker, Dwight Peters can also prove to be another thorn in BV’s side. Quincy Madramootoo in the midfield along with Shawn ‘Fatso’ Bishop can heap further misery on the BV players’ shoulders.
The BV players are just as determined as their Georgetown counterparts. With Colin Jones between the uprights and Quincy Price playing midfield, they might just be able to pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. Add captain, Delroy Dean in the forward position and Mark Glasgow performing defensive duties and football buffs can come expecting a thriller of an encounter.
Already the East Coast players are sounding the trumpet that they will send ‘The Hammer’ packing. The authenticity of their boasts will only be confirmed when the whistle sounds tonight.
Fans are asked to be at the GFC ground for a prompt start at 18:00hrs.

Shawn Bishop