Police F.C. (Guyana)

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Police FC
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Full namePolice Football Club
League GFF Elite League
2024 GFF Elite League, 3rd of 10

Police Football Club, also referred to as Guyana Police Force F.C., is a Guyanese football club in Georgetown. The club competes in the GFF Elite League, the top league of football in Guyana. [1] They are the representative team of the Guyana Police Force. [2]

History

Police FC was founded alongside a number of other sports clubs for members of the public services in the British Guiana colony. [3] The Police club became a strong force in a number of sports but mostly in football. Though their cricket team did produce players for the West Indies cricket team. [4] They also play 8-player football where they have won Guyana national titles. [5] In 2016, Police FC won the Guyana Mayors Cup after beating Western Tigers. [6] Police FC were promoted into the Elite League in 2019 after winning a playoff against Soesdyke Falcons. [7]

In 2023, Police FC was involved in a controversy with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF). The GFF announced that Police was not considered a club in "good standing" on the grounds of the Police force interfering with the football side and thus they were barred from taking part or voting in the GFF Congress. Police FC wrote a letter citing that it had always been traditional for the Commissioner of Police to select the club president, who then appoints the staff, which the GFF had not previously objected to. [8] They also cited that they had not been given formal notification of the withdrawal of voting rights and only found out via media reports. [8] Three days later, the GFF Electoral Committee rescinded the restrictions on voting at the congress. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Guyana Police Force FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Police arrest Western Tigers". Guyana Chronicle. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Chin, Godfrey (13 February 2011). "Where have all our sports clubs gone?". Stabroek News. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Milton Pydanna gone at 75". Guyana Chronicle. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Police arrest GT Beer title in Berbice". Guyana Times. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Guyana 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Police FC, Santos FC bag Elite League places". Guyana Times. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Police FC questions ineligibility to participate in GFF Congress". Newsroom. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Electoral committee backpedals, quartet now allowed to vote today". Stabroek News. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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