Gambia: Wallidan Relegated

After over four decades of existence, the country's most successful and decorated football club, Banjul Wallidan FC will for the first time paly their trade in the second tier of Gambian football next season after they were beaten 1-0 by Young Africans on Sunday.

In the penultimate week of action in the 12-team first division, Foday Bah's charges lost to their Banjul neighbours at the KG5 Mini-Stadium to join Serekunda United in the second tier with one game remaining. Since inception in 1969 by the current president of The Gambia Football Association Normalisation Committee, Alhaji Ousman Basi Conateh, Wallidan have won 15 first division championships and 16 domestic cup titles with their last league success coming in 2008, a year in they also won a double.

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