Latest update April 7th, 2025 12:08 AM
Eight teams advance to quarter- finals
Plaisance’s Chris Gomes (at centre & partly hidden) caught scoring the first goal against North Last Entrance on Friday night at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac. (Photo by Franklin Wilson)
By Franklin Wilson
Half of the teams who made it to the group of sixteen round in the inaugural Guinness ‘Greatest of de Street’ Football competition have been knocked out with the others advancing to the quarter-finals set for Tuesday evening.
After the group stages, Friday evening commencement of the knock-out stage promised some exhilarating action and it did live up to that expectation as three of the games had to be decided via penalty kicks, regulation and extra time failing to break the deadlock.
Hope Street Tiger Bay squeezed past Festival City 5-4 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie. Tiger Bay had jumped into the lead with a Shawn Bishop goal in the 7th minute but 2 minutes later, Odel Williams equalized for Festival City.
Leopold Street were also pushed to the brink against West Front Road but the skill of their players saw them through 4-2 on kicks after a 1-1 stalemate.
Stellon David handed West the lead in the 7th minute but Omallo Williams just one minute later evened the score for Leopold Street.
The other match up being decided via this route was the North Last Entrance / Plaisance battle which was a thrilling match from start to finish. The high scoring affair saw the East Coast based unit taking the early lead with a back healed goal from Chris Gomes which sent the crowd wild in applause.
Troy Kellman though, would strike back for North with the first of a double in the 5th minute. One minute later, Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant sent North into the lead but the Plaisance team never backed off.
One minute after the resumption, Plaisance struck back to level the scores, Wayne Gilkes tapping in. As the battle continued, the East Coast team retook the lead with Gomes tucking in his second in the 15th minute but Kellman was not to be outdone and he too netted his second one minute later to lock the game at 3-3.
The ten minutes of extra time did not break the deadlock and from the penalty spot, North triumphed 4-3.
In other matches, Albouystown underlined their status as one of the favorites to win the top prize and $200,000 with a 4-0 spanking of Queen Street- Tiger Bay.
Renault Fraser firing in a hat trick (3, 9 &12), Dellon Small hitting in the other in the 7th.
Back Circle lost to East Front Road 2-0, Seon McKenzie (8) and Shaka Jones (11) the players scoring.
Alexander Village needled Alexander Street, Leon Yaw hitting in the winner in eth 21st minute. Globe Yard outplayed Sophia 3-0, Earl Peters (4), Mark Scott (9) and Leon Delph in the 10th leading the victory charge.
And Norton Street- Werk-en-rust lost to East La Penitence 1-2. Norton Street had taken the lead after three minutes of exchanges through an Edghill Jackson effort, but East La Penitence banged in two unanswered goals from Deon Allen in the 8th and 21st minute to take victory.
The quarter-finals will be contested on Tuesday evening at the same venue, National Culture Centre Tarmac.
Globe Yard opposes Alexander Village in the first game from 19:45hrs. East La Penitence match skills with East Front Road at 20:30hrs, Leopold Street come up against Hope Street Tiger Bay at 21:15hrs with the feature match between Albouystown and North Last entrance at 22:00hrs. The respective winner will advance to the semi-finals.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Anticipation without preparation
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more
The U.S. “Joining” the Commonwealth: an unreasonable expectation
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- Recent media stories have suggested that King Charles III could “invite” the United... more
Weekend Cartoon
