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KSAFA president firmly behind Burrell
Howard Walker, Observer writer
walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ambassador Stewart Stephenson, president of the Kingston & St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), has thrown his full support behind incoming JFF president Captain Horace Burrell, although his association was the only one of 13 not to have nominated him.
KSAFA did not put up a challenger against Burrell, as expected in certain quarters, but instead nominated current Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) treasurer Rudolf Speid for the position of treasurer for the Voting Congress slated for Hanover on November 4.
Stephenson, who is in his fourth term as president of KSAFA, was widely considered as a viable candidate for the top JFF post due to the current success of the parish association.
He tinkered with the idea but decided not to run, saying Burrell has a solid team in place and based on that, there was no need to put forward a candidate for the position.
Stephenson, who was making the main address at the launch of the Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) KSAFA leagues on Tuesday, declared his support for Burrell.
Said Stephenson: "I want to mention that come November 4 we are going to a have a new JFF administration. KSAFA is regarded as the leading Confederation and... we'll see the return of Capt Horace Burrell and he will seek to advance the development of the game and carry us through to South Africa.
"I've recently had a discussion with Burrell and members of his team and it's clear to us that the president is very confident and he's of course a dynamic person and will attract and bring resources to the game.
"His team includes experienced administrators and more importantly, he has extremely strong connections in CFU, CONCACAF and FIFA. When I look at it as an administrator, these attributes mean positives for the game, so we can expect development and advancement in the game.
"Whatever the expectations from KSAFA's point of view, we will play our role in supporting the new administration as we've always done with all the administrations. We'll give them our full support and work with them so that we have full development of the game in Jamaica.
"There are some advantages that are clearly evident with this new team... The Burrell administration has been supported and nominated by 12 of the 13 parishes. It is significant because in the previous administration, we don't need to hide the fact that there were divisions, from the standpoint of president of KSAFA, it is important for us to have a unified presence on the board and management of the JFF," said Stephenson.
Howard Walker, Observer writer
walkerh@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ambassador Stewart Stephenson, president of the Kingston & St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), has thrown his full support behind incoming JFF president Captain Horace Burrell, although his association was the only one of 13 not to have nominated him.
KSAFA did not put up a challenger against Burrell, as expected in certain quarters, but instead nominated current Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) treasurer Rudolf Speid for the position of treasurer for the Voting Congress slated for Hanover on November 4.
Stephenson, who is in his fourth term as president of KSAFA, was widely considered as a viable candidate for the top JFF post due to the current success of the parish association.
He tinkered with the idea but decided not to run, saying Burrell has a solid team in place and based on that, there was no need to put forward a candidate for the position.
Stephenson, who was making the main address at the launch of the Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) KSAFA leagues on Tuesday, declared his support for Burrell.
Said Stephenson: "I want to mention that come November 4 we are going to a have a new JFF administration. KSAFA is regarded as the leading Confederation and... we'll see the return of Capt Horace Burrell and he will seek to advance the development of the game and carry us through to South Africa.
"I've recently had a discussion with Burrell and members of his team and it's clear to us that the president is very confident and he's of course a dynamic person and will attract and bring resources to the game.
"His team includes experienced administrators and more importantly, he has extremely strong connections in CFU, CONCACAF and FIFA. When I look at it as an administrator, these attributes mean positives for the game, so we can expect development and advancement in the game.
"Whatever the expectations from KSAFA's point of view, we will play our role in supporting the new administration as we've always done with all the administrations. We'll give them our full support and work with them so that we have full development of the game in Jamaica.
"There are some advantages that are clearly evident with this new team... The Burrell administration has been supported and nominated by 12 of the 13 parishes. It is significant because in the previous administration, we don't need to hide the fact that there were divisions, from the standpoint of president of KSAFA, it is important for us to have a unified presence on the board and management of the JFF," said Stephenson.
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