Heavyweights share the spoils as Premier League Resumes

The National Bank Premier League resumed on the weekend after the Christmas/Carnival break with four cracking matches and some shock results in the process. The matches were held at the St. Mary’s Park in Cayon as the Warner Park football stadium was still not fully prepared after Carnival festivities in December.

On Sunday, S. L. Horsfords St. Pauls United and S-Krave Newtown United duked it out over two halves but could only manage a 1-1 draw. It was down to two penalty kicks:

SCORING FOR NEWTOWN

Orlando Mitcham (pk) 14th min

SCORING FOR ST. PAUL’S

Darrell Challenger (pk) 21st min

RED CARDS

Rasheed Hodge (St. Pauls) 13th min

*(denying a goal by handling the ball)

Dagena Roberts of Newtown F.C. was shown a red card at the end of the match for abusive and threatening language towards the referee.

At the end of the match Coach Iroy “Cunga” Jeffers of St. Pauls was satisfied with a point, considering his team played mostly with ten men. “We played with ten men for about maybe 80 plus minutes. So I am proud of the guys for the hard work and fighting spirit,” Coach Jeffers said.

Coach Earl Jones of Newtown, while satisfied with a draw, felt his team should have pressed for a winner, considering St. Pauls was down to 10 men for most of the match. “We have to take it how it comes sometimes but after St. Pauls went down a man so early in the game, I think it was a disappointment for us (not to win),” Jones said.

He felt playing on a new field somehow affected his players, but was not an excuse not to win the match.  “Probably the width of the field and probably how the wind was blowing, I think my players took a bit too long to adjust to (the changes). But as I told them at half time, they are out there, they were supposed to regroup, talk to one another and see how best they can deal with the situation,” he explained.

Results in the weekend’s other matches are:

MANTAB FC   1 – 1   SOL IAS CONAREE FC

SCORING FOR CONAREE

Glenroy Samuel 45th +1 min

SCORING FOR MANTAB

Sylvester Alexander 46th min

YELLOW CARDS

Karl Tuitt (Mantab) 13th min

Arvil Challenger (Mantab) 66th min

 

MATCH # 2

ATIBA HARRIS ST. PETERS 2 – 1 FLOW 4G CAYON

SCORING FOR ST. PETER’S

Tyquan Tyrell 61st min

Kareem Simmonds 69th min

SCORING FOR CAYON

Malik Hendrickson 90th min

YELLOW CARDS

Shaquille Pringle (Cayon) 18th min

Kareem Simmonds (St. Peters) 44th min

SUNDAY 13TH JANUARY 2019

AT CAYON

MATCH # 1

FAST CASH SADDLERS 1 – 0 H. E. GARDEN HOTSPURS

SCORING FOR SADDLERS

Niquan Phipps 23rd min

YELLOW CARDS

Niquan Phipps (Saddlers) 74th min

Hasani Flemming (Spurs) 88th min

 

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