Captain Hackett rises to the occasion in Police’s triumph

A staple on the local football scene for some years, Ryan “Bum Bum” Hackett recently led the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Football Club to a long-awaited title – a testament to his leadership and the team’s growth over the years.
After years of waiting and coming up short, the GPF FC, two Saturdays ago, finally lifted their first Elite- level trophy in the inaugural Elite League Cup.

The bittersweet victory came in a 2-1 defeat of tournament favourites Slingerz FC, viewed by hundreds of animated supporters at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre (NTC) at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Police Captain Hackett, in the midst of the celebrations, reflected on his team’s performance, noting how special it was.Hackett told Guyana Times Sport, “We thank God for coming here and just asking to bring it home. We just stick with what we Coach want we to do and just execute we game plan, in terms of coming out with the win.
“It was a great feeling because it was a long time. Every time we jug them, we always stumbling to the end, but we just want to thank God one more time for giving we this victory. We’ll just go back to the drawing board and prepare for the other tournament.”

Quizzed about his absence from the semi-final against Guyana Defence Force (GDF), which they won 2-0, Hackett said, “It wasn’t no big miss, because it just works for everybody. So, we just know that if one out, another could come in and fill in and we got a team with unity that could come and do the work. So, it wasn’t a big miss from the team.”
“Police, over the years, developing and reach to a stage where we could just come and fill up for one another,” the Captain asserted.
Focusing on his role as a leader, Hackett admitted that the win “says a lot” about his capabilities.
“It says a lot about me personally, as a leader.”
“It’s a great group leading, you know, we had some ups and o down and some bad performance behind. Since I take up this role, I feel that the guys listen and come out and execute the plan that we were looking forward to in this tournament, which was winning it,” Hackett went on to express.
The GPF FC carted off a $1 million grand prize for their exploits in the recently-concluded Elite League Cup.