Pele hold on for draw with GFC

Curtis Kellman (left) of GFC trying to fight off the challenge of Pele’s Jamal Cozier (2nd from left) at the Leonora Sports Facility in the GFF Stag Beer Elite League

Georgetown Football Club (GFC) were denied their first win in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League as a Travis Grant 86th minute goal secured Pele a 1-1 result yesterday at the Leonora Sports Facility.

With the score 1-0 in favour of GFC, Grant snatched the dramatic equaliser as a punched clearance from the GFC goalkeeper fell into the path of Gregory Richardson who fired his effort goal bound only to witness it take a fortuitous deflection and fall into the path of the midfielder who slotted the ball home.

Prior to the dramatic end, GFC had taken the lead in the 40th minute when  Keiron Solomon scored. Stealing the ball off the boot of defender Jumane Somerset, Solomon flicked  the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper and  into the