By Charwayne Walker
The million-dollar question currently asked especially with the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place in Qatar is, who is the first Guyanese referee to officiate at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) senior level?
The answer to that question is Mickey Maxwell and Joseph Lester, both of whom were referees at the 1979 CFU Championship where they made their debuts. In the previous year, when the CFU sponsored its inaugural Caribbean Nations Cup, no Guyanese officials were selected.
The first Guyanese linesman [assistant referee] to officiate at a FIFA World Cup qualifier was the late Dereck Whitehead.
