Bob Marley Football Festival set to take place on Wednesday - Jamaica Observer

Source: Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex will be buzzing with excitement on Wednesday as the annual Bob Marley One Love Football Festival takes place with a host of entertainers and celebrities set to take the field.

This will be the 42nd staging of the event starting back in 1982 in honour of the late Robert Nesta Marley who died on May 11, 1981.

Organiser Clive "Busy" Campbell pointed out that this year's proceeds will go towards the Port Royal Basic School which was damaged by fire in January 2024. Admission to the football event is $500 for adults and children under-12 are free.

Five musicians, Mark "Buju Banton" Myrie, his manager Donovan Germain, Richard "Charlie Chaplin" Bennett, Augustus 'Gussie' Clarke and Lewis 'Louis Culture' Brown will be this year's honourees.

On the field of play, four teams will be in round-robin action -- the Masters and Celebrities, Entertainers, Referees and Christian Ambassadors.

Rising star Lalee, Jashii, Jubba, Shukkle Bus and Witty will headline the Entertainers team while the Masters and Celebrities team will consist of former National players Jermaine "Teddy" Johnson, and Oneil "Bigga" Thompson; Dicoy Williams, journalists Dwayne "YardieSports" Richards, brother of American top runner Sanya Richards along with Livingston Scott and former Press Association president George Davis.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Premier League Clubs Association and former University of the West Indies (UWI) player Owen Hill will be in action too, along with Waterhouse's coach Marcel Gayle.

Over the years the likes of West Indies stars Vivian Richards and Brian Lara graced the turf along with the world's fastest man Usain Bolt, Jermaine Gonzalez, Elephant Man, Chris Martin and Ian "Pepe" Goodison are among some of the notable names who participated.