So, it will be a Christmas without Kashif and Shanghai football, and thanks to uninspired leadership by the new Guyana Football Federation (GFF) administration, bruised feelings are being nursed within the fraternity at a time when Guyanese are accustomed to sharing goodwill.
Having announced it will not stage the competition this year for the first time in 23 years, the Kashif and Shanghai organization has broken a tradition that has become a part of Christmas as much as pepper pot and bread is a requirement for all Guyanese.
And in declining to state whether they will fight to convince the GFF that theirs must be the sole Christmas competition instead of the Georgetown Football Association’s Banks Beer series, only Kashif and Shanghai knows what the competition’s future holds.
So, fans are left in limbo regarding the tournament that has brought the legendary football “King” Pele to Guyana,