Now without an official Sponsor as Cash Plus Group had it’s sponsorship tag terminated as they were hauled through the Courts for non-compliance but as they say “the show must go on”.
Two games over four days, offered the “Stars of the East” the quick opportunity to repay the western Kingston stalwarts with a defeat of the exact score-line that was inflicted on them on Thursday night at Tivoli Gardens.
So they did with a 1-0 victory, in almost the same way as Marcelino Blackburn notched the winner in similar time as he breached the defense in the 66th minute with an unfamiliar right-footed shot into the corner pocket pass Leon Gordon.
Lance Laing’s vicious free-kick from 24 yards was blocked but bubbled towards Blackburn whose controlled before slapping it goalwards to register his second goal this season after rejoining the club in the January Transfer Window from Arnett Gardens FC.
The new-look team boosted four Under 21 players who added to the high activity ratio of the seniors as enthusiasm abounded causing the elder players to join in the high tempo activity dominating possession for the duration of the 90 minutes. Tivoli looked a spent force after Thursday nights game and failed to respond adequately to the constant pressure before conceding defeat to stay at second position in the league on 56 points, ahead of Harbour View and Boy’s Town now tied on 47 points with one game left in this Round followed by new formatted Fourth Round of five more high performance games.