FOOTBALL enthusiast and broadcaster Selwyn Melville is planning a match between a Germany Women’s football team and a Tobago Women’s XI which will not only give the footballers exposure, but it will help put Tobago on the map. The match is expected to be played in November.
Melville, who has decades of experience in sports coverage, is Tobagonian.
Tobago has produced several of T&T’s women’s footballers including Kennya Cordner, Asha James and the Forbes sisters – Karyn and Kimika.
“We are getting support from Germany for a German women’s football team to visit and play a game in Tobago,” Melville said.
“We are yet to get the full approval from the Tobago Football Association, but there is a meeting that is coming up on Thursday. We are getting the word out there early and what is scheduled to come and the interest has been very high from a number of people who see it as a great initiative for Tobago.”
Melville said the Germany XI will be made up of many players who recently retired so they are expected to be a tough unit.
The German team will record their experience which will help promote Tobago.
“They have decided that they are going to bring a television crew…to send the game live back to Germany and other places in Europe that may have interest in what is going to happen. In addition to that they are going to do a documentary on Tobago…it is not just a game, but the tourism aspect.”