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Deon Barnwell’s achievement against French Guiana is a world record

Oct 27, 2010 Sports

– If the 1985 friendlies were internationally recognised

Dear Editor,
Saturday October 23, 2010 the ‘King’ of Football turned 70.  Pele won his first cap with the Brazilian national team on July 7, 1957 in a 2-1 defeat to old Rivals Argentina, he wasted no time opening his Brazilian account in the game to become the youngest player at 16 years nine months to score in International competition.
Twenty- eight years later November 1985 in Georgetown, Guyana, French Guiana senior national team visited the land of the Majestic Kaieteur Falls to engage the host in two friendly internationals under lights at Camp Ayanganna, but instead of playing the senior national team, coach Lennox Arthur introduced the nation’s reserves mixed with veterans like Julian Moe, Trevor Maxwell, Adrian Forde, Neil Ochoa, Gerald Williams and Elson Hinckson.
Amongst the rookies, a kid born on the 28th of March 1969 named Deon Barnwell, who was on international debut.  Barnwell sent Guyana ahead with a scorcher that started wild celebrations he was just 16 years 8 months old, one month less than the ‘King’.
And if the doubting Thomas’ taught his game one performance was beginners luck, he rocked the nets again in the second match the next evening.  So at 16 years 8 months this Guyanese kid had two International goals, only FIFA or CONCACF can tell if Barnwell’s achievement is recognized internationally.
The Guyana Team of 1985 November 10: Trevor Maxwell – captain, Dion Roberts, Deon Barnwell, Neil Ochoa, Godfrey gibbons (deceased), Wayne Peters, Richard Alphonso, Julian Moe, Gerald Williams, Shawn Williams (deceased), Adrian Forde, Aubrey  Taylor, Elson Hinckson (deceased), Terrence George, Aubrey Ritchie (deceased), Lawrence Arjoon, Phillip Carrington, Ewart  Grenville and Anthony Bowen.
The French Guiana team 1985: Robert Zumelaro, Raymond Cetoute, Henri Amet, Michel Amet, Edie Cincinnat, Marie Rose Careme, Jacques Charles, Antonie Coumba, Roland LeAndre, Sylvain Dechesne, Mark Careme, Sylvio Zulermaro, Frederic Thomas, Bernard Ponet, Romul Amarante, Tony Sebelove, Jean Gilles Assard – Coach.
Charwayne Walker

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