New FA Exec. Plans To Salvage Football

In the Secretary’s Report, Lawrence Griffith said that a communication break down between GFA executive and the appointed coach caused the delay.

It was revealed that a letter was sent to national coach Mervyn “Pug” Wilson seeking an explanation why the squad was not in training.

The letter stated that Wilson showed total disrespect and disregard to the GFA executive and it asked him to reply in 48 hours.

Wilson however, replied with a lawyer’s letter stating his reason for not obtaining leave from his employers the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to conduct the sessions.

It is still not clear whether Wilson will be in charge of the squad, but Klass disclosed that training sessions will get underway today in preparation for the inaugural Shell Cup Caribbean tournament slated to get underway in April.

The GFA has filed for bankruptcy to FIFA, claiming that the Association would be unable to pay its debt to the world body, if the money is raised in local currency, foreign exchange will be hard to obtain, the letter stated.

The incumbent Treasurer Maurice John took almost 20 minutes addressing the meeting, but he never delivered the Treasurer’s statement, however Klass said the report was not available because the auditors needed to clarify a few matters.

Instead, John spoke about his ordeal as manager of the National team which visited Guatemala and Los Angeles which was an extension of the Secretary’s Report.

The officers to serve for the next two years are:— Colin Klass (President), Henry Green, Philip Shury and Everoy Babb (1st, 2nd, 3rd Vice President respectively, Lawrence Griffith (Secretary), Patrick Robinson (Treasurer), Colin Erskine, Philip Dublin (Asst. Secretaries) and the lone female Lynette Lashley (Asst. Treasurer).