Jow, I second your nomination. As much as I tease him, this time I am
serious. He spent a fortune to come and serve his country and I could not
understand for my life why the powers that be at time treated him with such
disrespect. Being vocal with that bunch was meted with very nasty tactics,
as folks like Biri, Essa Fye, myself, and a few renegades encountered
numerous times. The greatest thing the Mafia did for me was to suspend me
indefinitely from divisional sports. I stand by my words, Coach Oberman did
not know diddle about coaching and he cost us the Zone II trophy. You
select your line up based on talent and not the buddy system. My boycott
of the squad earned me early retirement from the game but I did not regret
my stance one bit. Right is right, even if few people support it, and wrong
is wrong, even if most of the people support it. This tribute to Biri is
delayed, but nonetheless, fitting. The truth, no matter how long it's
buried, shall rise up and be acknowledged. There is hope after all.
Chi Jaama
Joe Sambou
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>Subject: Re: Alhagi 'Biri Biri' Njie : Soccer Genius And Legend
>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:51:15 EST
>
>Malik and Joe:
>Thanks for the memories.
>
>I remember those Box Bar days, especially the ant infested area directly
>across from the main stands. If there was anything that discouraged me for
>hanging in the cheap section, it was those dastardly ants. However, like
>true soccer fans, we braved the ant menace out there just to watch the
>games.
>
>Also, come to think of it, I never really considered that Biri was already
>in
>his 30s during the Zone II tourney. This makes his heroics during the
>tourney and after all the more remarkable. By the time he retired, he was
>almost 40 and still going strong.
>
>I think it would be apt for some buddding Gambian film student or GRTS to
>actually make a documentary on the life of the greatest Gambian player
>ever.
>(No pun intended, Joe). :)
>
>Yus
>
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