It is quite salient to come here today, talk to the massive and growing number of fans of Fortune Football Club, and to say a few things about the club as we begin another year.
The last year (2023), would go down as one of the most successful years of the team off the pitch, considering the number of players we’ve moulded, shaped and helped in signing professional contracts in Europe and a couple in Africa. This has been our focus, and it only strengthened our club’s vision of transforming the lives of our youngsters.
On the pitch, although the male team couldn’t win the league, it was not a bad thing finishing as the third-best team in the country’s top league last year.
On the other side of the pitch, our female team gained promotion to the Gambia Football Federation’s Women’s Second Division following their triumph as the champions of the West Coast Region Football Association’s Third Division. Surely, you will soon start seeing the Fortune Football Club female team producing players for the various national teams, just like the male team.
Moving forward, we are committed to enhancing our aspirations as a team in standardizing the team in every facet, both on and off the pitch. We have made significant progress with that in 2023, and we will surely continue working on raising the standards.
We probably have the youngest executive club board in the league, which paints our insatiable appetite for massive success in the future with a vibrant array of executive members.
As the President of the club, my primary responsibility, with the support of my executive members, is to ensure that we have a clear and consistent roadmap that will ensure we continue and do better than we have done before in bettering this team. And this, I am 110% committed to, as well as my executive members and everyone in the team.
Again, on the pitch, our technical team, with the addition of a Sporting Director, are committed to producing talents for the country and for international markets. They have been doing that before, and they will definitely continue to do that.
They have mastered the vision of the club in developing youngsters for the international market.
Additionally, in the past year, we have equipped our media department with a website, VEO Camera, a professional graphic designer and a professional photographer for producing standard works in the media. The club understands the importance of media visibility!
To our growing number of supporters, without your unflinching support, we would not have been this far in our progress. We value your support, and I can tell you for free that your contribution to the team as supporters is massively valued and appreciated. From my heart, I want to tell you are all loved massively from the pinnacle of my heart!
Importantly, as a team, we will continue to do our best to make sure we have a more successful year ahead as a football team. We are not relenting in our quest to do massive things in our football sphere. Not only that, but we have so much in the pipeline that will turn things for the better!
Fortune is a talent hub, where potentials are transformed into credentials in shaping a better future for youngsters!
You all have a blessed 2024 and continue supporting this club.
Regards,
Assan S. NDURE,
Chairman/President