Last Friday night at the Coca-Cola National U-21 League’s promotional double-header at the Ferdie Neita Park, former Jamaica Prime Minister, and the President of Tivoli Gardens FC, Mr. Edward Seaga (left) was in attendance with Dawn Heron, the Administrative Manager of Tivoli Gardens FC to watch their team play to a hard fought 0-0 draw with host Portmore United.
Mr. David Burton (red), the Business Development Manager of Wisynco, and Muhamadd Abdullah, Coca-Cola’s Regional Sales Manager for the Caribbean, took time out to pay their respects to the elderly statesman, and die-hard football aficionado. Coca-Cola are the sponsors of the JFF National U-21 Football League, and Wisynco are the local manufacturers and distributors of Coca-Cola.
Waterhouse leaped into second place of the Coca-Cola National U-21 League with a convincing come-from-behind 5-1 trouncing of Seba United at Drewsland on Wednesday in a rescheduled game.
Down 1-0 at the half, Waterhouse scored five unanswered goals in the second half on a hat-trick by the league’s leading striker, Jamaly Spence, and a brace by midfielder Mark Miller. This was Waterhouse eight straight win as they host Sporting Central Academy on Friday at 4:00 pm at the Drewsland Stadium in search of consecutive win number nine.
A 47th minute strike by Steven Morrissey allowed Portmore United to edge St. George’s 1-0 at Lynch Park on Wednesday in another rescheduled game. This was Portmore United’s first win in five games, and take them to 27 points and third behind Harbour View and Waterhouse who also has 27 points but lead Portmore on goal differential.
League leaders Harbour View host bottom-of-the-table August Town on Friday at the Harbour View Stadium at 6:00 pm, and should win to push their points total to 36. August Town are yet to score their first win of the season, and were beaten 1-0 at home in their last meeting with the “Stars of the East”.
Leading Goal Scorers
| # | Players | Team | G |
| 1 | Jamaly Spence | Waterhouse FC | 11 |
| 2 | Romeo Parkes | St. Georges FC | 6 |
| 3 | Andre Fagan | HVFC | 6 |
| 4 | Oshane Dobson | St. Georges FC | 6 |
| 5 | Craig Hunter | Arnett Gardens | 6 |
Tivoli Gardens and Arnett Gardens are set to resume their rivalry at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex on Friday. Arnett are 6th with 21 points while Tivoli are in 5th with 20 points so this keen game could go either way. Both teams battled to a hard fought 1-1 tie in January at the Tony Spaulding Complex.
Eight placed Reno takes a long trip to Collie Smith Drive to face 9th placed Boy’s Town in what should be another close game. In their last meeting, Reno trashed Boy’s Town 4-0 at home, but will encounter a more competitive “Red Brigade” this time following their exciting 2-1 win over a tough looking Arnett Garden last Friday in the curtain raiser of an attractive Coca-Cola sponsored promotional double-header under the lights of Ferdie Neita Park. Portmore United and Tivoli Gardens battled to a 0-0 stalemate in the featured game of the well attended promotional double-header. In the other game on this Friday, Village United host Seba United at the Elliston Wakeland Center at 3:30 pm.
In last Friday’s games,
- Boy’s Town 2 Arnett Gardens 1,
- Harbour View 2 Sporting Central 2,
- Waterhouse 2 Reno 1,
- St. George’s 1 Seba United 0,
- Portmore United 0 Tivoli Gardens 0.
In the goal scoring race, Waterhouse top striker, Jamaly Spence opened-up a commanding four goal lead over his rivals after he score four goals in his last two games. Spence leads the pack with 11 goals followed by Romeo Parkes (St. George’s), Andre Fagan (Harbour View), Oshane Dobson (St. George’s), and Craig Hunter of Arnett Gardens with 6 goals each, respectively.