Jamaica Observer
Former champions Tivoli Gardens and Harbour View battled to a lacklustre 0-0 draw at the Edward Seaga Stadium yesterday a result which kept them winless after two rounds of the Red Stripe Premier League.
Tivoli Gardens, who drew 1-1 with Humble Lion last week inched to two points. Harbour View, who lost 0-1 to Arnett Gardens, earned their first point of the season.
Being two of the traditional title contenders, the game never lived up to expectations and the supporters of both teams must have been extremely disappointed.
Both coaches were unhappy with the result. Tivoli Gardens head coach, Alvin Shaw, believed his team’s lack of a proper pre-season was the cause for their poor performance.
“It’s going to take patience because we had no pre-season. We are still in pre-season mood. We had our difficulties and we didn’t start training as we wanted to,” said Shaw.
“We have a lot of things to do in terms of ball work, so it’s going to take patience,” he reiterated.
Andrew Hines of Harbour View blamed the poor playing surface.
“The playing surface wasn’t conducive for football. We play from the back and it didn’t help us,” Hines lamented.
“It’s still early season, but just four shots on goal is not good enough and we will have to fix that,” he added.
By and large, it wasn’t a good game for spectators and the only excitement came too late when hard-tackling defender Ranike Anderson picked up his second yellow card in time added for a c foul on Jermie Lynch, having been shown the yellow card in the 33rd minute.
Teams:
Tivoli Gardens — Edsel Scott, Robert Williams, Ranike Anderson, Barrington Pryce, Kemar Flemmings, Andre Morgan, Fitzroy Campbell, Shawn McKoy (Lennox Creary 75th), Dawyne Smith (Davion Garrison 80th), Kaemmar Daley, Elton Thompson (Nicholas Scott 69th).
Subs not used: Deron Duncan, Rodico Wellington, Jamie Robinson, Mark Williams.
Booked: Anderson (33rd, 90+3-ejected)
Harbour View — Levor Williams, Damion Oliver, Christopher Harvey, Rennico Clarke, Dejanni Isaacs, Kemar Lawrence, Seviro Murphy (Jorginho James 40th), John-Ross Edwards, Ricardo Davis (Anthony Marks 89th), Michael Hinds (McKaulley Tulloch 66th), Jermie Lynch.
Subs not used: Michaud Barrett, Shaun Dewar, Damion Harwood, Damion McNeish.
Booked: Murphy (19th)
Referee: Kevin Morison
Assistant Referees: Lloyd Reader, Princess Brown
Fourth Official: Jermaine Douglas
Match Commissary: Richard Nathan