Brikama Utd gain promotion to GFA First Division League

Brikama United beat Nema United 2-1 on Tuesday, to gain promotion to the GFA First Division League.

Brikama United’s Alagie Bah headed in an opener in the first fifteen minutes of the game through Modou Susso's pass. Nema United almost dashed Brikama's hopes of qualifying when Abdoulie Bah capitalised on the opponents’ defensive blunder with a ballistic shot for an equaliser in the 53rd minute.

Brikama's new entrants Modou Sowe and Ebou Cole brought tears of joy and sorrow on the faces of Brikama and Nema fans respectively when the former fired in a rebound from the latter's shot saved by Nema's goalie Saikou Sonko in the dying minutes of the game.

With 32 points and one more match remaining against another fellow Western Region side Jambanjelly, who are relegation threatened, Brikama are looking forward to the First Division with hope of staying in the league and clinching trophies after their first season.

The day would ever remain in the heart and mind of sports enthusiasts in Brikama and Western Region in particular, as it marks the first qualification of a team from Western Region, to the GFA Division One League since the establishment of The Gambia Football Association in 1952.