๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐น๐๐ฏ-๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ
Paynesville, Liberia: October 22, 2024 – The City Government of Paynesville has officially endorsed Paynesville Football Club-Pfc. Pfc is based in our City and is named in honor of the municipality of Paynesville.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐น๐๐ฏ-๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ; ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ
Speaking at the ceremony Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Mayor Robert S. Bestman, II on behalf of the City Government of Paynesville promised to work collaboratively in seeking support for the team.
Working with Pfc is part of Mayor Bestmanโs quest of supporting institutions that are named in honor of the City of Paynesville.
โWe will work together in finding sponsors for the team, while mobilizing residents of Paynesville and businesses to support our team (Pfc), said Mayor Bestmanโ.
For his part, the President of the Pfc Hilary Sackie lauded Mayor Bestman for the audience and thought of supporting Pfc.
โWhen I took over the team, I decided not to name the team with my own name but rather a name that everyone can be associated with. I wanted a name that will last forever and Paynesville was the name I settled for as a prominent resident of the City, Mr. Sackie notedโ.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ
Paynesville Football Club formerly Reeves Football Club, was established in 2008. After 5 years in the community league, the owners of Reeves engaged with and sought collaboration with a prominent citizens of Paynesville to take over the team and help propelled it to prominence in Liberian Football.
Following a successful takeover, the new owners of the club decided to rebrand the club by principally renaming it in 2013 from Reeves Football Club to Paynesville Football Club.
In the wisdom of the club, the change of name would enable citizens of Paynesville to engage with and be a part of the club. The intent was and is now to make the Club a true representative of the City in our national Football League and to rally citizensโ support to and for the team.
In 2016, the club was promoted to the Liberian Football Association 3rd division league playing in the ELWA Sub Committee League. The Club negotiated with the Paynesville Community High School in Voker Mission for the use of the football pitch as its home ground, a place the team is proud to call its temporary home.
On May 30, 2022, the Club was promoted to the Second Division League after emerging as the Champions from the LFA Third Division National Playoffs held in Buchanan City, Grand Bassa County. After one season in the Second Division League, the club was promoted to the First and Premier League Division.
Paynesville Football Club is now a First Division Club and the current champions of the Liberia Football Associationโs 2023-2024 Orange Knock Out League Cup. A feat the club achieved only in its maiden season in the top flight of Liberian Football.
This championship propelled Paynesville Football Club to represent Liberia in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Inter Club League. The team had a great run in this tournament winning 3 games and losing one, failing to qualify for the group stage of the tournament.
