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By Nodley Wright, <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Freelance </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Writer</SPAN>
Wadadah's National Premier League forward Markeino Gillings wearing No. 2. - contributed
In a time when some people are refusing to even say the number two, choosing instead to say few or second, it takes a brave person to don that number on the football field and to do so with pride.
One such person is Wadadah forward Markeino Gillings who has sported it at least twice so far this season coming on as a second-half substitute for his team.
On the second occasion it was against Reno in early December in a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">match</SPAN> played at Jarrett Park.
"I am not looking at a number as any big deal. A number is just a number and I think I could have stuck out for my right number (nine) but I did not want to spoil anything for the team. I was just trying to blend in," Gillings explained at the end of the drawn game.
Taboo
In <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica's</SPAN> the number two is taboo in this homophobic society where people have convinced themselves that the number represents homosexuality with even a <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20070102/sports/sports1.html#" target=_top><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; PO
By Nodley Wright, <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Freelance </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Writer</SPAN>
Wadadah's National Premier League forward Markeino Gillings wearing No. 2. - contributed
In a time when some people are refusing to even say the number two, choosing instead to say few or second, it takes a brave person to don that number on the football field and to do so with pride.
One such person is Wadadah forward Markeino Gillings who has sported it at least twice so far this season coming on as a second-half substitute for his team.
On the second occasion it was against Reno in early December in a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">match</SPAN> played at Jarrett Park.
"I am not looking at a number as any big deal. A number is just a number and I think I could have stuck out for my right number (nine) but I did not want to spoil anything for the team. I was just trying to blend in," Gillings explained at the end of the drawn game.
Taboo
In <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica's</SPAN> the number two is taboo in this homophobic society where people have convinced themselves that the number represents homosexuality with even a <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20070102/sports/sports1.html#" target=_top><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; PO
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