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Oct 26, 2014 Sports

In his continued series of local football facts this week, Statistician Charwayne Walker asks; Did you know that the English Amateurs Football Association Team toured Guyana in July 1969 and thrashed the National Team a combined 16 – Nil in two Internationals?
Did you know that Guyana National Team lost 8 – Nil in the opening match at GCC Bourda against the English Amateur Football Team? The tourist arrived in Guyana after a Nil – all draw with Regional Champs Trinidad & Tobago in Port – of – Spain.
The Guyana goalkeeper that took the 8 goals was Christopher Harrison. In the series decider at the same venue Guyana replaced Harrison with Michael Hampden but the results was the same. The English Boys led by a hat-trick from Bobby Page demolished the National Team 8 – Nil; and according to football fans, the local bus fare at that time was 8 cents.
The 1969 National Team that lost 16 – Nil in the two Internationals against the English Amateurs:
Christopher Harrison
Michael Hampden
Frank Oscar Joseph
Alvin Braithwaite
Ovid Henry
Donald Neblett
Robert Fernandes
Lloyd King
Simeon Andrews (deceased)
Gerald Francisco
Michael Mitchell
Maxwell Charles
Edmund Baker
David Woolford
Duncan Joseph
Joseph Lucas
Kenneth Gibbs
The English Association Amateurs Touring Squad 1969:
Terry Crosbie – Skelmersdale
Michael Mellows – Sutton United
Larry Pritchard – Sutton United
Phillip Fry – Enfield
Roger Day – Enfield
Bobby Page – Barking
Dennis Moore – Dagenham
John Swannel – Hendon
Les Tilley – Leytonstone United
Terry Deadman – Barking
Howard Moxon – Tooting
John Robertson – Litcham United
Ian Reid – Litcham Town
Ron Haider – Hendon
Ken Gray – Leyton Stone
Trevor Bladen – Enfield
Derek Gamblin – Sutton United
Michael Laing – Coach
Charles Hughes – Manager
The only time Guyana suffered a more humiliating defeat was December 1987 when the depleted Terrence Archer led unit lost 9 – Nil against CONCACAF Giants Mexico at the Municipal Stadium in Los Angeles.

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