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Letter to the Sports Editor…Erskine throws support behind Major for GFF top post

Apr 10, 2013 Sports

 

Dear Editor,
I, Royston Erskine, most people in the football fraternity may know me as All­-In-One, knows that I live and breathe football! I am a flag bearer for Guyana Golden Jaguars and Pele Football Club, a proud one too. There is only one other person I know, that takes football as seriously and regards it with as much passion as I do and that person is no other than Mr. Aubrey “Shanghai” Major.
He goes further, as he is actively involved in its management to ensure that the sport is developed through players development and exposure and still seeks players foreign exposure through the unmatched connections he has establish over his 28 years in the sports from the grass root level.
I personally asked him to lookout for Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson during my time serving as President of Pele Football Club and he delivered on his promise, paving the way for Jackie Chan first professional contract with Joe Public after convincing Technical Director of Joe Public at that time Mr. Keith Lookloy to invest in Richardson.
Because of his vision for Guyana to compete at the Caribbean, Concacaf and World level, drove him to seek overseas exposure for players in the professional ranks to bring about a new mindset in the players development and Jamal Shabazz’s visit to Guyana that lead to the Golden Jaguars boosting a full squad of overseas players along with a few locally based players.
His vision led to the Historical performance of the team on two occasion between the period of 2004 -2006 in the Digicel Caribbean Cup, achieving the longest winning streak and best mover in the FIFA Rankings that led to the historical World Cup showing, reaching the semi-final round of the Concacaf zone for the first time.
I am a strong believer that because of his holistic views of football in Guyana and his dedication to the sport, for more than a quarter of a century, makes him more qualified that any of the other candidates I have seen.
It will take a lot of hard work to move football in Guyana to where we want it to be, and I could not think of a harder worker or someone with more knowledge of how to move it forward than Aubrey “Shanghai” Major, with the team of businessmen he surround himself with.
I can now feel and see the future of the game taking off in the right direction that I always think I would never live to see and here I am, having a new mindset for the future of the game here in Guyana, after reading and seeing that a team of reputable businessmen has come forward to pledge their support for a new direction of the game as a business.
Electing him as President of the Guyana Football Federation can only be seen as a wise and easy decision. Hardcore Fan.
Royston Erskine (All-In-One)

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