By Jemima Holmes
The Guyana Police Force Football Club overcame their shortcomings manifested in last year’s staging of the Limacol Knockout Football tournament to finally cop the top prize on Friday evening in a thrilling encounter with Pouderoyen FC.
After the official greeting party, wherein both teams interacted with Limacol’s Marketing Manager Elizabeth Ram and Petra’s Co-Director Troy Mendonca, the fast-paced match got underway.

The Police team took to the playing field clad in white like a bunch of avenging angels, while Pouderoyen forsook their usual green and opted for an ‘all black’ attire as if they were attending a funeral; little did they know it was their own.
On the hunt from the first whistle, Pouderoyen were obviously looking to draw first blood. They were, however, arrested in the 12th minute by the on-duty policemen, whose early goal signalled a coherent game plan being purposefully and resolutely executed with a passion to win.
Thereafter, the officers detained Pouderoyen and restricted them from scoring, or even getting close to the box.
Like a dive bomber with the target perfectly in sight, Anthio Wallace swooped down to score his second goal of the game in the 32nd minute.
After half an hour of unsuccessful play, the Pouderoyen response was swift and decisive when Alex Andrews caught the Police goal-keeper slacking in the 34th minute.

The drought that followed this Pouderoyen breakthrough – induced by the Police use of special weapons and tactics – spawned a Pouderoyen frustration that showed in their mode of play.
Any thought the West Side team had of equalising was further diminished when Anthio Wallace again swooped down to deliver his third bomb in the 60th minute. Twenty minutes later, the Police lead was further extended by Dexroy Adams with a self-assured rocket fired from just outside the box.
Pouderoyen were granted another chance at making the game competitive when a few minutes of stoppage time were added to the life of the game. Within those minutes, the West Side team managed to capitalise on a foul, netting a penalty to take their score to two. However, it was not enough to catch-up with the Police, who were already soaring to their championship title with a 4-2 victory being inevitable.
Despite having doubts after the semifinal, Coach Dwayne Bobb was pleased with the performance of his possee of lawmen.
“From semifinals we didn’t have such a good game, and we went back to the drawing board. We went back home and worked, and they played much better tonight,” the coach stated.
After their shaky semifinal on Sunday evening, the coach had stated that one player does not make a team. Acknowledging Anthio Wallace’s game winning hat-trick, the coach took the opportunity to modify his statement.
“One player indeed can make a difference in a team, but it takes the rest of the players to work in tandem so that we could come out victorious,” he acknowledged.
