GFF to `seriously’ address indiscipline this year
Guyana Chronicle
January 1, 2005
THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will be “seriously” addressing indiscipline this year, along with clamping down on transfers.
In a New Year’s message, president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass declared: “Football continued to be plagued by indiscipline at all levels of the sport, among administrators, officials, players and spectators. This matter will be seriously addressed in the year 2005 and beyond.”
Klass referred to the impasse between itself and the Georgetown Football League (GFL) and 'inter-club rivalries' in the Berbice Football Association and other associations that brought the game into disrepute.
“The GFF will deal swiftly and condignly with all such behaviours which can, and do bring the game into disrepute.”
The GFF boss said the transfer of players within and outside of the associations was becoming “untenable” and transfer regulations would be rigidly enforced with transfers done only in January and August each year.
On the upside, Klass said the referees did Guyana proud in the past year, recognising the “outstanding” performance of Dianne Ferreira-James in the Olympics in Athens where she officiated in the final.
“She and other referees and assistant referees continue to do Guyana proud and we trust that they will continue to excel and that others would come forward and seek to emulate their achievements.”
Klass blamed encamping and training difficulties for Guyana being eliminated from the Under-17, Under-20 and Senior tournaments of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), CONCACAF and FIFA.
“Our Futsal team which did not need to be encamped or to practise outdoors, did remarkably well at the CFU tournament and were runners-up to Trinidad & Tobago.”
Klass said a lack of exposure at the international level was possibly responsible for both CFU teams being eliminated from the CONCACAF level in Costa Rica.
The football boss disclosed that there was training as well as development in all areas of the sport, with course for referees, referees instructors and coaches.
Also, the GFF signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname that would result in increased collaboration in football initiatives and participation in joint youth and adult football matches and training programmes.