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GOATS, GOALS AND GAMBIA

Tim Hartley reflects on an afternoon of football with a difference in Africa…

WHEN I managed the Urdd Under-13s football team, the first thing I had to do was to clear the pitch of dog muck.
In Gambia, they clear the pitch of goats, the animals themselves not their muck, extended families of which seem to have the freedom of the streets and roam at will.
Welcome to Serrekunda East Park. Just a few kilometres outside the capital city Banjul, it’s a stadium - of sorts - with just a small concrete stand running half the length of one side of the pitch. East Park is home to a nu...

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