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KSAFA –  Claro Super, Major & Syd Bartlett Leagues Review
Cavaliers one-step closer to Super League title

February 22nd, 2010
 

Cavaliers took a giant step towards capturing the Claro KSAFA Super League with a whopping 7-0 win over Real Mona.

Cavaliers moved to 46 points from 20 games and with a game in hand against Mountain View and one to play against Barbican are odds on favourites to be crowned Super League champion.

Last year they lost out on goal difference and made no mistake at Collie Smith Complex this time around. Both Donovan Alvaranga (31st & 58th) and Kirk Fletcher (78 &87th) grabbed braces while Fabian Swaby opened the floodgates after only 32 seconds.

Phillip Riley netted in the ninth and their leading marksman Loxley Thompson got his 11th goal of the season in the 45th minute.

Cavaliers need just a draw from their two remaining games to be crowned champion and the right to represent KSAFA in the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) National Premier League Playoff.

Meanwhile Santos whipped Constant Spring 3-1 and stayed second on 44 points, two adrift and is the only team with a chance of catching Cavaliers. However, the Carlton “Spanner” Dennis-coached outfit does not have things in their own hands as they have only one game remaining against Rae Town.

Fabian Nethersole opened the scoring in the 41st minute for his 15th goal of the season to be joint second in the goal scoring chart alongside Troyland Williams of Mountain View and three behind Rae Town’s Damion Jackson.

Ricardo Martin and Kirk Edwards completed the scoring for Santos in the 45th and 87th minutes respectively. Veteran Denzil Mitchell had briefly leveled the scores for Constant Spring in the 44th minute.

At Breezy Castle, the embattled Rae Town could only muster a 0-0 draw with the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) as their title hopes were dashed in the boardroom on Thursday.

They were second only a point behind Cavaliers but lost three points for using an ineligible player and fell to 39 points in third spot.

With this single point they inched to 40 points, six behind the leader with only one game remaining and will have to regroup for next season. The JDF stayed fifth on 35 points.

Mountain View consolidated fourth spot with a 1-1 draw with Bull Bay at the Excelsior High School.

Troyland Williams gave Mountain View the ascendancy in the 24th minute before Sheldon Madden equalized for Bull Bay in the 49th.

Mountain View stayed fourth on 38 points but has a game in hand against Cavaliers while Bull Bay crept to 20 points in 10th spot.

Meanwhile goalkeeper Omar Williams stole the show for Duhaney Park netting both goals in a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Barbican. Troy Clue had given Barbican a 76th minute lead but Williams stepped up and converted a 78th minute penalty before scoring a freekick two minutes later.

It was Williams’ fourth and fifth goals of the season and miraculously he is Duhaney Park’s top scorer.

Duhaney Park with their seventh win climbed two spots to seventh on 25 points while Barbican slipped a spot to ninth with 23 points.

The game between the relegated duo of Meadhaven United and Maverley was not played because Maverley arrived late.

Claro Major League

Audley Hanson grabbed five goals as Rockfort seized the opportunity to assume sole leadership of the Claro Major league with a whopping 7-0 thrashing of Liguanea United at the Bull Pen.

With previous leader Central Kingston inactive, Rockfort moved to 38 points from 18 games and with three round remaining, are very much in the hunt for the title.

Hanson netted in the 2nd, 10th, 32nd, 50th and 67th minutes taking his tally to nine and joint fourth in the scoring chart with teammate Rayon Brown who scored in the 46th minute. Russell Hosang completed the rout in the 66th minute.

With the Central Kingston/Police National game postponed, Central Kingston slipped a spot to second on 37 points from 17 games while Police stayed fourth on 31 points.

Greenwich Town consolidated fifth spot with a 2-0 win over Molynes United and moved to 30 points, just on the shoulders of Police Nationals. Joseph Gardner opened the scoring in the 25th before the league top scorer Ricardo Monroe made it 2-0 in the 47th minute for his 13th goal of the season.

Brown’s Town clobbered relegation favourites Swallowfield 4-1 at Vauxhall High School. Colin West gave Swallowfield a 10th minute lead but an own goal in the 21st minute leveled the score. Graeme Green then gave Brown’s Town the lead in the 34th minute and further goals in the 66th and 73rd minutes by Dwayne Wilson and Kemar Gordon respectively sealed the win. Meanwhile the games involving Cooreville Gardens/Whitfield Town and Olympic Gardens/UWI was not played because of waterlogged fields.

Claro Syd Bartlett League

In the Syd Bartlett League Seaview Gardens extended their lead atop of the Claro Syd Bartlett League with a crushing 5-0 win over Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF). Goals by Andrew Morrison in the first minute, Roland Young (17th, 67th) and Marvin Brown (22nd, 59th), pushed Seaview to their ninth win from 14 games and onto 30 points. With two rounds remaining, Seaview have opened up a four-point gap on second placed Stony Hill which could only muster a 0-0 draw with third-placed Allman/Woodford. However, Stony Hill has a game in hand.

Meanwhile Red Hills clipped Pembroke Hall 1-0 courtesy of a Lawrence Richards goal in the 35th minute.

Red Hills with only their third win from 14 games are on nine points and are just one behind eight-placed ISCF and six behind both Pembroke Hall and New Kingston which lost 1-2 to Shortwood United. Jermaine Malcolm and Dexter Allen scored in the 11th and 13th minutes respectively for Shortwood to consolidate fourth spot on 22 points.

Anthony Williams pulled one back for New Kingston which was suffering their seventh loss and remained just five points above the last placed team on 15 points.