Oko; thanks for the fateleku Here i will try to name a few of the soldier town ndongos. The guys were : Chana doh, Sarani Mbye,Chekeh, Jodi Ampa, the late Kebba Daffeh (Kebba XI ) ,Father Kek,Banjoko, Daniboy, Neneh Ndow (the well known dock worker), Belie Chorr,Pierre Fraser, Wal jojoh Njie, Dod Samba Yembeh just to name a few. Do you guys remember the late Amat Dimba. I remember once at a Zone 2 football match he was very drunk and some guys confronted him wondering how he can be so drunk under the hot sun. the only reply he gave them was that the day he die let them be rest assured that the cause of death is Caana. May his soul rest in peace. There were also some ladies like Ebbie Coker, Mariama Joni joni, Bin rankin and of course the super star Nyima Nding commonly known as mrs. Jawara. oko, you mentioned Joe Cates and his contributions But you seem to forget about two people who contributed a lot namely Anthon Black Star and Tapha John( may they R.I.P.) habib, There were lots of Baal Puserr in soldier town especially along spalding street and Spalding Curve (tally 8) almost all the football teams were from soldier town. The official first division teams from soldier town were Benson and Hedges (real de banjul) Augustinians Fantoms Adonis Arranse Freezings official Second divisions Kebba XI managed by the late Kebba Daffeh (the cripple) R.I.P Benfica managed by Ebou Njie (Pesseh9 Ndaanan managed by Frederick Blell Starlight A.C. Milan managed by Yuti The other unofficial teams were W.W.w. managed by Pesseh A.S Karl managed by Ousainou sowe of Rankin st. There was also : A boxing center managed by Aday Fowlis And the weight lifting center at Spalding street run by Lui( later become a muslim called Abdoulie) soldier town was very rich in terms of culture You have the Nigerian and sierra leonean who came with activities such as Pakin Fairy Huntin Gesseh_- which was introduced by the late Sgt. Kargbo and his Yankolma group. There were two Kumpo group. One from Kassa and other from Foni the malian society under the leadership of the late Alh. Giri gara Njie presented their fatou Jamana the wrestling headquarters was at albion place at the compound of Alh. Cham Joof I remember when Double Less first came to Gambia by then he was called NJOL. he was the for one season and then later he left for Dakar where he got som training become a champion in senegal and after some years he became African Champion. Oko your brother Pindo even after his football career contributed a lot with his team the Invincible Teenagers Club (ITC) He produced very young and talented players. I will continue on this topic and Taati Park Matarr _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail snakker ditt språk! http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?rru=dasp/lang.asp - Få Hotmail på norsk i dag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~