Sporting which started the day second from bottom in the 12-team league on 40 points, two behind Rivoli United, climbed to safety into ninth spot with 43 points.

 

Rivoli United finished 11th on 42 points and it was actually the second time in four years that the Spanish Town-based outfit is being relegated.

National striker Devon Hodges converted a 27th minute penalty for Rivoli and they looked to be well on their way to safety but things turned in Sporting Central’s favour after Rivoli’s Owen Barker was red carded in the 33rd minute for a reckless tackle on Hughan Gray.

Young Jamoli Powell pulled Sporting Central level on the hour mark and with time running out, captain JeVaughn Watson scored his team’s most important goal in the 81st minute for a league saving victory.

 

It was a miserable day for Hodges who started the day as the DPL’s leading goalscorer with 17 goals and he increased his tally to 18 but he had to share the spotlight with Waterhouse’s Kevin Lamey who notched five goals in Waterhouse’s 6-1 trouncing of St Georges and finished also with 18 goals as joint top scorers.

 

 HARBOUR VIEW WIN 2-1

At the Edward Seaga Stadium, champions Harbour View turned in a workman-like performance to beat home team and dethroned championTivoli Gardens 2-1.

National Under-20 playmaker Andre Steele gave Harbour View a fifth minute lead before National player Keammar Daley equalized forTivoli with another 25 metre freekick in the 40th minute.

But substitute Andre Fagan got the better of veteran defender Kasai Hinds, flicking the ball over his ball before slotting past Edsel Scott in goal in the 64th minute for the winner.

 

After the game, Harbour View were presented with their winning trophy as they celebrated in style on the grounds of their closest rivals.

Harbour View finished the campaign with 77 points 11 more than Tivoli Gardens which was losing their fourth consecutive game.

Tivoli’s head coach Lenworth Hyde was reportedly fired from Saturday night by club chairman Edward Seaga who was not impressed by Hyde’s training methods which seemed to have made the players tired on match days and his team’s selections.

 

 LAMEY DRILLS FIVE PAST ST GEORGES!

Meanwhile at Drewsland, veteran striker Kevin Lamey stole the show banging in five goals as Waterhouse whipped St Georges 6-1 to finish third on 60 points.

Lamey netted in the 26th, 28th, 39th, 49th and 71st minutes as he took his goal scoring tally to 18. An own goal in the 21st minute opened the flood gate.

Damion Harewood scored a consolation goal for St Georges in the 45th minute as the Portland-based aggregation finished forth on 50 points.

 

 ARNETT CONFIRM POSITION

At the UWI Bowl, former champions Arnett Gardens clobbered the already relegated August Town 4-0 to finish in eighth spot on 45 points.

The towering Newton Sterling grabbed a brace for Arnett in the 13th and 60th minutes while Denis McKinley and Lennox Creary completed the rout in the 58th and 88th minutes respectively.

August Town with their 20th defeat from 38 games, finished at the bottom on 36 points and will be playing Super League football next season.

 

Boys’ Town and Village United battled to a 1-1 draw at Collie Smith Drive as they finished fifth and sixth with 49 and 48 points respectively.

Michael Campbell gave Boys’ Town a 66th minute lead but young hot striker Dino Williams earned a share of the points for Village United in the 90th minute.

 

 

At Ferdie Neita Park, home team Portmore United which flirted with relegation were held to a 0-0 draw by Humble Lions. Portmore, the unofficial winner of the bottom group, ended seventh on 47 points in seventh spot.

Clarendon’s Humble Lions in their first season of top flight football, dropped two spots to 10th with 43 points but really played better than the table suggested. They will certainly be a force to be reckoned with next season.