Coach, Madiba and all football enthusiast,
The draws for the European Cup 2000 to be co-hosted by Belguim and The Netherlands has taken place today.
GROUP A GROUP B
GERMANY BELGUIM
ROMANIA SWEDEN
PORTUGAL TURKEY
ENGLAND ITALY
GROUP C GROUP D
SPAIN HOLLAND
NORWAY THE CZECH REP.
JUGOSLAVIA FRANCE
SLOVENIA DENMARK
The Gambia plays against Senegal today. Good luck. Looking forward to hear from the YMCA guys regarding the scores.
Regards,
Omar.
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Fra: ebrima ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
Til: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Dato: 8. desember 1999 19:07
Emne: Re: Football
>Omar Drammeh,
>
>I would describe myself a soccer fanatic. Believe me, I am so addicted to it
>(laugh!). In fact, I do go and watch live matches here. I used to support
>Chelsea F.C in the English Premiership, but I didn't like the way they
>treated Ruud Gullit when they were sacking him as Chelsea's team manager.
>
>Once Ken Bates, the Chairman of Chelsea, decided to sack Gullit in that
>nasty way, I also decided to change loyalty. Consequently, I now support
>Arsenal F.C, and we are, so far, in third position in the Premiership.
>
>By the way, the Arsenal French Manager, Arsene Wenger, has one of the best
>brains in the Game presently, but, more importantly, he is non-racist. He
>encourages black players. In fact, he was the one who spotted George Weah of
>Liberia somewhere in Cameroon, and took him to Monaco F.C of France, where
>he, Wenger, was then the team manager. George Weah later became FIFA's world
>player of year.
>
>Look at Kanu, the Nigerian striker, when he lost his place with Inter Milan
>of Italy, Wenger brought him to Arsenal and gave him chance. Kanu has since
>proven himself as a world class player, and, recently, he signed an upgraded
>contract with Arsenal F.C. Kanu now earns £25,000 pounds per week, just like
>Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars.
>
>I watched the Chelsea match last night, and I thought they had a good game
>in Italy. Dosmestically, Chelsea are not doing very well in the English
>league, but they are certainly doing very well in Europe. In fact, according
>to the bookies, Chelsea are now third favourites to win the European cup.
>Lazio of Italy still remains the Favourite.
>
>Yes, I read in the papers here that John Carew of Norway, is half Gambian.
>At point one, Manchester United wanted to buy him, but he was highly priced,
>according to United. Carew's club, at the time, was asking for £4 million
>pounds, but United deemed the money "high". I saw him when his team played
>Chelsea last year, and I was impressed.
>
>I think he should make a move to England, because he is strong and good in
>the air. Carew's style of football would suit England. Look at Titi Camara
>of Guinea Conakry, he never had problems adapting to English football when
>he came to join Liverpool, from Marseille of France.
>
>Camara is also strongly built, and he is as tall as John Carew. Camara now
>scores some good goals for Liverpool; and, in fact, there were times when he
>was selected ahead of Micheal Owen.
>
>Generally, the Africans are doing very well in the English league. My good
>friend from Zimbabwe, striker Peter Ndlovu, formerly of Coventry City and
>now with Birmingham F.C, shouldn't be forgotten as well. He has made a mark
>in English soccer.
>
>I also follow the Italian and Spanish leagues which are shown live in the
>UK. I am impressed with the Spanish league. The Spanish league has fine
>players such as Rivaldo, Raul, Clarence Seedorf, Roberto Carlos, Patrick
>Kluivert, just to name a few. Nicolas Arnelka, formerly of Arsenal, and now
>with Real de Madrid, is also a world class striker, but he has been having
>injuries since he went to Madrid.
>
>By the way, I thought last year, Rivaldo of Barcelona and Brazil should have
>been the world player of the year. What do you think? Perhaps FIFA decided
>to give Zenidine Zidane of France because France won the world cup. But I
>must confess here that Zidane is also a true professional and a world class
>midfielder.
>
>Do you follow the Italian league? Nigeria's Taribo West is having some
>difficult times in Italy. I think he should move some where, perhaps to
>England. Ruud Gullit wanted Taribo when he was the Manager Of Newscastle of
>England. I am a fan of Taribo. I think he is a great defender, very good in
>the air.
>
>If at all you are a Manchester United fan, it has just been announced, as I
>write this piece, that their captain Roy Keane, whose contract should come
>to an end next year, is very likely to renew his contract with United, which
>is going to worth £50,000 pounds per week.
>
>If United were to allow to Keane to move to other European clubs like
>Barcelona or Juventus on a free transfer basis, he could even get more money
>under the Bosman ruling. But I suppose Keane doesn't want to leave
>Manchester United, because his pals are there, and, besides, it is the
>richest club in the world, worth £700 million pounds in the stock market.
>
>Enough about European football. What is the state of Gambian soccer now? I
>hope it is improving. I saw Jaato Ceesay in Birmingham last year, and he
>seems to be doing okay in Holland. Ebou sillah is also doing well in
>Belgium, but we need more professionals if we want to take the likes of
>Morocco or Nigeria, whose entire first teams are playing professional soccer
>in Europe.
>
>I travelled with the Gambian National Team in the past, and I know, for a
>fact, that the Gambia does have the talents. We just need to tap them. Over
>the years, the Gambia has produced good footballers, who if given the chance
>in Europe, would have even performed better than the Kanus and others.
>
>To name a few: Moses Sarr, Saul Samba, Tony Jatta, Joe Tennis, Pa Coker,
>Saul Jagne etc. And even before these younger ones, you had the Tony
>Joiners, the Star Jallows, the Louses, the Bill Badgies, the Ebou Kahs (E.K)
>now with you in Norway and many more.
>
>By the way, is Aziz Corr still playing soccer in Denmark? In 1991, he joined
>us with the squad in the Senegal, and he had a good tournament with Tamsir
>Manneh partnering him upfront.
>
>Omar, I'll stop here till next time. By the way, I used to manage a team in
>the Gambia, that's why they call me Coach!
>
>Ebrima Ceesay,
>Birmingham, UK.
>
>>From: Omar Drammeh <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Football
>>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 01:23:01 +0100
>>
>>Ebrima Ceesay,
>>
>>It seems to me you have a great liking for football. Well, I happen to be
>>one of those guys who found solace in the game and would love to have
>>someone here to discuss with once in a while about the game. Maybe we could
>>recall names like "Butut Joof", Saul Samba, BS, kebba Njie, Ebou Ceesay,
>>The great Biri, Saihou Sarr, Essa Fye, Rico etc. These are great names in
>>Gambian football history, some of whom have long passed away.
>>
>>I thought it would not have been that bad just to talk some little
>>football, after our hectic debates here. We need to cool off with something
>>else, right? Thanks for those lines about the game. I enjoyed reading the
>>bit honestly.
>>
>>Did you watch Chelsea against Lazio? Our Norwegian side Rosenborg lost to
>>Real Madrid by 3 goals to 1. By the way do you know that the Rosenborg
>>striker Jon Carew is half Gambian?
>>
>>Hey, sorry folks if you`re getting bored. Mr Ceesay and other football
>>loving guys "talk to me".
>>
>>Regards,
>>Omar.
>
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