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An Introduction
Chairman: tba
Team Secretary: David Gibba
Sutton United (Gambia) FC is based in the beautiful and cultural village of Daranka, one kilometre from Lamin village and about 20 kilometres from the heart of the country’s capital city Banjul.
The club plays in the country’s national third division league locally known as “Nawettan” (This word is derived from the Wolof tongue, one of several local languages, and means seasonal tournament) It is the third highest competition in the country’s national football rankings.
The structure of football in Gambia is as follows:-
- National First Division
- National Second Division
- National Third Division
- Nooran (Wolof Language)
Unlike English clubs, most teams in Gambia do not have regular colours. Instead they play in whatever is the cheapest strip available when they need to buy new kit and they change kits every two years on average. For the 2008/9 season, Sutton United (Gambia) FC has been supplied with a kit in the famous amber and chocolate of Sutton United.
Sutton United (Gambia) only has a training ground and not a stadium, not even the richest club in the country has a stadium. Scheduled matches are played in parks and on public community pitches. None of the clubs in Gambia has its own web-site.
Between 300 and 700 regularly go to watch the club’s matches, but attendances are never counted. The players are not paid but, on the contrary, they help in fundraising cash to cover for some of the expenses of the club. The club chairman is normally the one dipping into his pockets in meeting mostly half if not all of the major club expenses. Players see it as a privilege to play for the club, hence it is a strong community club.
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