The "god mothers" of RP football
LIKE fairy godmothers for a neglected orphan, Philippine football's supporters still haven't stopped helping the sport even if it means doing the work themselves.
Cancer stricken Kai Stevens maintains pinoyfootball.bravehost.com, a site where reports about football in the country are gathered. Aside from that, Stevens also spots Fil-foreigners abroad while giving them info how to contact the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
In a recent e-mail, the US-based Stevens said he wants to visit the country next year to promote the site aggressively.
"One of our goals in the near future is to visit the Philippines and promote, introduce the website to those who don't know about it yet. We feel that for us to gain the full approval, acceptance from the football fans, we need to interact with them, go to as many soccer events as possible, pass out PFC T-shirts and pamphlets," he said.
"Basically, let them know that we're out there, that we care and that we're trying to help the situation."
The situation simply is that the Philippines, from being one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation, to hosting the first Asian International match, to producing the first and still to be surpassed Asian superstar in Paulino Alcantra, is now ranked 187th in the world far behind even from its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Former Cebu-based Australian coach, Graeme Mackinnon, is also helping Stevens.
"Congrats on all the things you are trying to do," Mackinnon told Stevens in an e-mail he also furnished to Sun.Star Cebu. "Combined with the Paulino Alcantara story, promoting the site at the same time in the Seag (Southeast Asian Games) could be beneficial."
Another "godmother" is a Manila-based foundation aiming to put up a national league and a football school next year.
Ironically, these developments come after the appointed "godfather" of the sport failed to come up with the promised P3 million support for the national team's training for the 23rd Seag here in November.
More than 40 godfathers pledged some P150 million for the different Seag bound teams early this year. P3 million each were promised for the Men and Women's teams.
"The Women's Under-19 was cancelled because they didn't get the promised P3 million and it was realigned to the team's training," said PFF board of governors member and Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo
Cancer stricken Kai Stevens maintains pinoyfootball.bravehost.com, a site where reports about football in the country are gathered. Aside from that, Stevens also spots Fil-foreigners abroad while giving them info how to contact the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).
In a recent e-mail, the US-based Stevens said he wants to visit the country next year to promote the site aggressively.
"One of our goals in the near future is to visit the Philippines and promote, introduce the website to those who don't know about it yet. We feel that for us to gain the full approval, acceptance from the football fans, we need to interact with them, go to as many soccer events as possible, pass out PFC T-shirts and pamphlets," he said.
"Basically, let them know that we're out there, that we care and that we're trying to help the situation."
The situation simply is that the Philippines, from being one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation, to hosting the first Asian International match, to producing the first and still to be surpassed Asian superstar in Paulino Alcantra, is now ranked 187th in the world far behind even from its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Former Cebu-based Australian coach, Graeme Mackinnon, is also helping Stevens.
"Congrats on all the things you are trying to do," Mackinnon told Stevens in an e-mail he also furnished to Sun.Star Cebu. "Combined with the Paulino Alcantara story, promoting the site at the same time in the Seag (Southeast Asian Games) could be beneficial."
Another "godmother" is a Manila-based foundation aiming to put up a national league and a football school next year.
Ironically, these developments come after the appointed "godfather" of the sport failed to come up with the promised P3 million support for the national team's training for the 23rd Seag here in November.
More than 40 godfathers pledged some P150 million for the different Seag bound teams early this year. P3 million each were promised for the Men and Women's teams.
"The Women's Under-19 was cancelled because they didn't get the promised P3 million and it was realigned to the team's training," said PFF board of governors member and Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo
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