FRED PAPPOE ON COLTS SOCCER

Former GFA vice president-Mr. Fred Pappoe. Courtesy:Xfm

The former vice president of the Ghana Football Association, Mr. Fred Pappoe has expressed worry over the deteriorating state of Colts soccer in Ghana.

In an interview on Asempa Fm, he said the challenges that face the development of Colts soccer is that there are too many Colts teams scattered across the country. Therefore it is difficult to provide support that will meet their needs he added.

“Sometimes I go round just to watch these children play and it’s amazing the kind of talents and skills they have, all they need to improve upon such skills is for them to be nurtured” he noted.

He also stressed that due to the fact that money is now hugely part of football, everybody wants to form a Colts team hence the rapid increase of Colts clubs in the country.

He also expressed that if Colts clubs in the various regions will come together as a club then the development of street soccer will move forward. This will make it easy to organize tournaments and other competitions for them. He cited Real Tamale United (RTU) as an example and said RTU was formed out of all the colts clubs in the Northern region.