OLD ROAD SUFFER SECOND STRAIGHT DEFEAT AS MATCHWEEK 2 PRODUCES MORE PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — MFCR United Old Road Jets suffered their second consecutive defeat of the SKNFA National Bank Group Premier League season, falling 1-0 to S L Horsford St. Pauls United on Sunday, September 13, at the National Bank Group Technical Center.
The match remained goalless at halftime before Jahlyan Burt broke the deadlock in the 51st minute, giving St. Pauls United all three points.
The result leaves Old Road still searching for its first points of the campaign after opening the season with a 0-2 defeat to Honda Newtown United.
DEVELOPMENT BANK ST. PETERS 5-1 607 CONSTRUCTION LODGE PATRIOTS
Development Bank St. Peters produced the biggest victory of the weekend, defeating 607 Construction Lodge Patriots 5-1. St. Peters established a 2-0 lead by halftime through Shaheem Prentice in the ninth minute and Rocco Browne in the 35th.
Nicario Browne pulled one back for Lodge in the 55th minute, but St. Peters responded strongly. Browne completed his brace in the 58th minute before Kemenl French scored twice in quick succession, in the 66th and 67th minutes, to complete the 5-1 victory.
NEWTOWN UNITED 2-0 SKELEC GARDEN HOTSPURS
Honda Newtown United continued its strong start to the season with a 2-0 victory over SKELEC Garden Hotspurs on Saturday. Newtown took the lead in the ninth minute through an own goal by Garden’s Marvin Mcsheene. Hazon Marshall doubled the advantage in the 76th minute to secure another three points for Newtown. The victory keeps Newtown among the early contenders at the top end of the Premier League standings. Coach Al Richards of Newtown spoke highly about the team’s strong start to the season. “Well, the season has been going good so far. I think my team had a good performance tonight. We started a bit shaky, first half, but I think we settled on second half and we’ll get it together,” he said. Meanwhile, Coach Stephen Clarke of Spurs, believes his team is creating chances but fail to score. “Even though we went down 1-0, we played much better (than the previous week). We were in the game, we created chances, we just didn’t put away the chances we created,” he said.
RAMS VILLAGE SUPERSTARS 2-2 AZUL CAYON ROCKETS
Rams Village Superstars and Azul Cayon Rockets shared the points after a 2-2 draw. Cayon took the lead shortly before halftime when Evansroy Barnes scored in the 44th minute. Village responded quickly after the restart, with G’Vaune Amory equalising in the 47th minute.
Cayon regained the lead through Yohannes Mitchum in the 60th minute, but Village again fought back, with Ber-Nell Hobson converting from the penalty spot in the 70th minute to earn a point. Both teams went down to 10 players early in the 15th minute, after Leroy Hanley of Village and Carlos Bertie of Cayon were each sent off with red cards.
Coach Jeffrey Hazel Hazel of Village said the victory was a keenly contested match and in the end was a fair result. “It was a keenly contested match this evening. I think we were really trying to suppress Cayon a lot in terms of the overloads and the flanks. We did pretty well. Both teams went down a man with the red cards early. These things do happen in the game, so we were able to continue playing what we practiced.
SOL ISLAND AUTO CONAREE 2-2 TGE DIEPPE BAY EAGLES
Friday’s opening fixture saw SOL Island Auto Conaree and TGE Dieppe Bay Eagles play to a 2-2 draw. Conaree took the lead through Errol O’Loughlin in the 19th minute, but Dieppe Bay responded with two goals from Lyandre Williams in the 23rd and 41st minutes.
O’Loughlin struck again just two minutes after halftime, scoring in the 47th minute to secure a point for Conaree. The Matchweek 2 results continue to underline the competitive nature of the SKNFA National Bank Group Premier League, with teams now turning their attention to the next round of fixtures.
