Mountain View Troyland Williams-laid siege and over-ran Constant Spring

Cavaliers gained sole leadership of the Claro Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Super League with a 2-0 blanking of Maverley/Hughenden after Rae Town were held to a goalless draw. A double strike from David Laylor in the 25th and 65th minutes pushed Cavaliers to their 10th win of the season and onto 34 points. They are now two ahead of Rae Town. 

Maverley’s miserable run continued as they suffered their 12th defeat in 14 games to remain firmly rooted to the bottom of the Super League with four points.

At Buttercup Park, the visiting Rae Town found the going tough and could only muster a 0-0 draw with Real Mona.  Rae Town, which started the day in front on 31 points, but just ahead of Cavaliers on goal difference, slipped a spot to second after failing to break down Real Mona.

Rae Town with the leading goalscorer Damion Jackson, could not add to his 14-goal tally as they drew their fifth game of the season and it left them two points behind Cavalier in what is shaping up to be another close title race.

Meanwhile Troyland Williams stole the show grabbing a hattrick as Mountain View came from behind to whip Constant Spring 4-1 at the Spring Complex. Williams netted in the 39th, 43rd and 62nd minutes, taking his tally to 10 and joint second on the goal scoring chart with Santos’ Fabian Nethersole and four behind Jackson’s 14.

An own goal in the 86th minute completed Constant Spring’s nightmare after veteran striker Denzil Mitchell had given them a seventh minute lead. Mountain View with their seventh win stayed third with 28 points, only six off the leader. Meanwhile Constant Spring, which was suffering only their third defeat of the season, slipped a spot to sixth on 24 points.

The prolific Fabian Nethersole scored in the 75th minute as Santos edged Barbican FC 1-0 at the Bell/Chung Oval to stay in touch with the leaders.

Nethersole, who was notching his 10th goal of the campaign, pushed Santos to their ninth win and onto 28 points, the same as third placed Mountain View but with an inferior goal difference.

Barbican stayed in eighth placed with 16 points and are now five points off the seventh-placed team Real Mona on 21 points.

At Up Park Camp, home team Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Bull Bay battled to a 2-2 draw in an entertaining encounter.

The marching men of the JDF raced to an early two-goal advantage
courtesy of goals from Robert Wright and Garvey Simms in the 16th and 37th minutes respectively.  But in what looked like three points in the bag for JDF was whittled away in two minutes.

Andrew Morris pulled one back for Bull Bay in the 88th minute in what seemed like a consolation goal before Bevill Grossett grabbed a share of the spoils with a 90th minute equaliser.

However, as disappointed as they were, the JDF inched to 25 points, which was enough for them to leapfrogged Constant Spring into fifth placed with 25 points.
Bull Bay with their sixth drawn game stayed ninth on 12 points in the 12-team league.
The game between the struggling Meadhaven United and Duhaney Park was not played because the field was not properly prepared.

Major League

Meanwhile Everton Thomas highlighted the KSAFA Major League netting all four goals as Cooreville Gardens thrashed Swallowfield 4-0.

Thomas scored in the third, 66th, 81st and 90th minutes to take his tally to six and second on the goal-scoring chart as Cooreville Gardens moved away from the relegation zone with 12 points and gained a spot into ninth.
Swallowfield continued to find the goings tough, suffering their ninth defeat of the season from 12 games to be on five points.

At Molynes Field, the visiting Central Kingston scored a close 1-0 win over Molynes United to remain atop the league with 26 points.

Kurt Thomas grabbed his fifth goal of the season with a 35th minute strike as Central Kingston consolidated top spot with 26 points. Molynes which was suffering their seventh loss dropped a spot to 10th with 11 points and are just five above the relegation zone.

Damion Virgo scored the all-important goal as Police National stayed second with a crucial 1-0 win over University of the West Indies (UWI).
Virgo netted in the 36th minute enabling the lawmen to secure their seventh win from 12 games and more importantly, stayed just one point behind the leader.
Police are on 25 points in second while UWI dropped a spot to fourth with 19 points.

Over at Cling Cling Oval, the visiting Rockfort defeated Olympic Gardens 3-1 to move into third spot on 21 points.

Goals by Audley Hanson in the 51st, an own goal by Adrian Kitson in the 82nd minute and Twaine Winter 90th minute strike secured maximum points for Rockfort.
Fabian Francis had levelled the score for Olympic gardens in the 76th minute but they slumped to their league highest ninth defeat from 12 games.
Olympic remained second from bottom on seven points, four behind 10th placed Molynes United on 11.

Graeme Green grabbed a brace as Brown’s Town clipped Greenwich Town 2-1 at Tinson Pen.

Green netted in the seventh and 24th minutes for Brown’s Town while Ricardo Munroe replied in the 15th minute for Greenwich Town.
Brown’s Town which was notching only their third win of the season jumped to fifth spot with 17 points, the same as Greenwich Town which dropped to sixth spot.

Meanwhile Liguanea United edged Whitfield Town 2-1 courtesy of goals from Okeefe Green and Everton Mattis in the 52nd and 88th minutes respectively.
Liguanea with their fourth win stayed in eighth spot on 17 points while the same as sixth-placed Whitfield Town in a closely knitted midtable.

Syd Bartlett League

In the KSAFA Syd Bartlett League, Meadforest stunned leaders Stony Hill 1-0 at the Queensborough Field on Sunday.

Richard Brown 61st minute winner gave Meadforest only their second win from eight games and enabled them to climb one spot to seventh with eight points.

Stony Hill remained on top of the league with 18 points but only because of their superior goal difference over Allman/Woodford drew 1-1 with New Kingston.

Nicholas Brown scored a minute before full time as Allman/Woodford came from behind to hold New Kingston to a draw at Heroes Circle.
Nevada Dennis had given New Kingston an early lead scoring in the very first minute of play.

Allman/Woodford moved to 18 points the same as leader Stony Hill while New Kingston stayed sixth with nine points.

At Seaview Field, a 36th minute goal by Roland Young gave home team Seaview Gardens a 1-0 win over Red Hills and into third spot on 17 points.
Red Hills which was suffering their seventh defeat in eight games, remained firmly rotted to the bottom on three points.

Meanwhile Pembroke Hall scored the biggest win of the round with a resounding 5-0 thrashing of Island Special Constabulary at the Bell/Chung Oval.

Maurice Wright lead all scorers with a brace in the third and 39th minutes, as Alvin Warren in the 36th, Delroy McKenzie in the 48th and Martin Redwood in the 68th completed the rout.

Pembroke Hall stayed fifth with 12 points while the lawmen remained in seventh spot on six points.