Football and the politics of the perverse

Hothouse: The office of the Guyana Football Federation

Football of yesteryear flourished in the urban working-class communities that border Georgetown to the east and to the south. The best teams, the most attractive players have emerged mostly from those communities……… Albouystown, Charlestown, Ruimveldt, Lodge and Campbelville being the communities that produced many of the best footballers. It was in these communities that some of the really enterprising clubs were built. Linden too has produced its own fair share of talented footballers; again, the talent came from