Folks


Documentary on Biri! I can't asked for more. Biri is a
true legend. I hope people have not forgotten that
this man played football for 28 years. People like
Saul Njie, Silas Jones, Bora Mboge and Remi Joiner
could be useful here. I still remember how they
conducted the football commentaries at BOX BAR
STADIUM.


Just a thought

Sanusi





-- Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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
>
>
> >From: Y C Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >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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