The Special Olympics Gibraltar Football Team have been invited to participate in the Gareth Cowin Memorial Trophy to be held in Liverpool. This tournament has been organised by the SO Isle of Man and Isle of Man FA club. The teams participating are: Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City 1, Manchester City 2, Pontefract, Bradford, Isle of Man and Gibraltar.
The Gibraltar FA’s Head of Women’s Football, Tracey Baglietto, recently completed the UEFA Women in Football Leadership Programme which was held at UEFA HQ in Nyon, Switzerland.
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment held a memorial football match in Devils Tower Camp this week to honour their colleague Christian Wink. Christian joined the Regiment in 1997 and was 22 years old when he lost his life in a road traffic accident whilst on deployment to Jebel Sahara in 2001.
Christian’s biggest passion was football, he represented the Royal Gibraltar Regiment’s Football team on many occasions in the Gibraltar Services League but the match he enjoyed the most was the annual Seniors vs Junior Ranks match. Therefore it is fitting that the memorial match be between the Seniors and Juniors.
This morning’s GFA press conference proved a disappointment for Team manager Allen Bula, with only two journalists covering the announcement on a number of issues with current facilities and new team players including Jake Gosling of Exeter City, the 20 year old winger, who’s father was born in Gibraltar. Mr. Bula said he, ‘was not happy with players taking their foot off the gas in matches they were winning in the local league'. He wanted them to show more desire to push for bigger wins throughout the match rather than “walking through the last few minutes of the game”.
The Gibraltar FA says it is pleased to announce the launch of the “XXXF” Youth Girls Fun Football Project on Friday 9th May, at 6pm, on Pitch No.3 at the Victoria Stadium.
