Well Tallman have me digging thru and scanning pics from the gramps articles etc. So while i scan i cud type up a couple of the interesting things from this booklet. Maybe Tallman will post some pics after
The President's Address
Fifty years is a long time in the life of any organization, and as President of the Southern Football League, as well as President of the Trinidad Football Association, I will consider it a great privilege to send this message to members and supporters of the League on the occasion of its Golden Anniversary.
The league was founded in 1922 as an off-shoot of the Southern Amateur Football Assoc. and had its headquarters at Usine. The late Mr Mark moody-Stuart was the first President, with Mr Percy Knox as Secretary. In those days, there were only three recognised bodies controlling football in Trinidad and Tobago (TAFA, SAFA and SAFL) whereas today, there are eleven affiliates and a large number of what we call Minor Leagues, all doing the important job of catering to the needs of footballers in the various areas.
The SFL under the guidance of people such as Mark Moody-Stuart, Reg Adamson, George Nixon, 'Sonny' Vincent Brown, "Eddie Hart", Alfred Hodgeson, V.St.C. Berment, Eddie Furlonge, FAD Griffiths, Goorshaire Hassanali, Ahamad CHarles, Carlyle Andrews, Douglas Baurzey, Oscar Harvey, Ivan Carter, Cax Baptiste and others too numerous to mention, has contributed in no small measure to the progress of soccer football in the Country and I have no doubt will continue to do so in the years ahead.
However, there is a trend in some quarters today towards liquidating the various Affiliates and placing the complete control of football in the hands of one central body. It is to my considered opinion that this is the wrong approach, as the strength of the TFA lies in its Affiliates and rather than weakening or liquidating them, we ought to be strengthening them as well as making it possible for the "Minors" to join the TFA as Associate Members. The SFL as always, stands firmly behind the TFA in its efforts to improve the football in Trinidad and Tobago, but will not subscribe to the demise of the Affiliated Leagues and Associations, least of all to its own demise.
Our standard of football has improved tremendously, playing conditions are getting better each year, and Government is giving more support than ever before. It is therefore up to each and everyone of us to rededicate ourselves to the further development of football in the League, and in Trinidad and Tobago during the second half of our first century.
K. Galt
President,
SFL & TFA
