Pitcher on target as the warriors enter Prospect
Prospect United vs St. Davids Warriors
Pitcher lead his men to victory on a wind swept day at Prospect field coming into the game dire need of maintaining form in order to remind amongst he elite of the Masters league.
St George’s arrive at Prospect
Prospect United 1 St. George’s All Stars 3
This weekend police were stunned at the results of the well-organized St. George’s All Star team as former Prospect United captain Quinton Francis lead his men to victory handing Police their first loss of the season.
Many of the new recruits from the Police team were made to look amateur as the tables were turned on them at Prospect field.
Francis was quoted “ I was surprised at the running ability of the new players they have acquired which is the reason I had to take a break at the half, Dennie was able to defend and advance forward along side Warren Reid and was able to get forward often.
St. George’s irritated the home team after turning up to the ground wearing their new strip which features nearly the same colours as Prospect United.
Not only playing a sophisticated game of football but also leaving the home team shell shocked.
Keeper Simmons was substituted at the half allowing Prospects new signing Lawrence Scott a show between the sticks.
Lions Den
Devonshire 2 Prospect 3
Saturday afternoon around 3p.m. police vehicles proceeded to move in on the hostile crowds on the grounds at Devonshire Recreation field.
Devonshire football players took aim at Llewellyn Simons to which he was not able to get up unscaved after making numerous diving saves during the early violence.
Police had to call in Barbados recruits in order solidify their defensive units allowing Colin Stuart the opportunity to fire a rifle from the spot which silenced the onlookers.
Devonshire continued to resist in which police brought on the Jamaican attack force to the front line forcing the Devonshire pretenders into arrest.
5 mins before the end of the game was a one on one in which the Devonshire striker took a shot forcing Keeper Simmons to dive to his left to save the game.
Referee Arthur asked his men to accept defeat and finally blew his while ending the game at 2-3.
Keeper Simmons was quoted after the game saying” My save in the last 5 minutes of the game gave us the win…”
Yellow cards: None.
Man of the match: Dennie (Prospect)
BFA Field Derby Clash
By Desai Jones
On the weekend Devonshire Colts supporters were at a standstill as Police drew a line in which Colts were not able to pass by.
At BFA field hosts Prospect United took on local rivals Devonshire Colts in a derby clash which the two competitors had to share the spoils.
Prospect United took an early lead when Jamaican international Colin Stewart selected his driver and right footed a penalty shot across the line to start the events off in the 18th minute of the proceedings and silenced the Devonshire Colts supporters.
Colts quickly responded to try and stay in the game and not get blown away like so many teams in the league.
Prospect once again took the lead making the score 2-1.
Colts later equalized to share the spoils on the first game in the league at BFA field.
Prospect: L Simmons, B Harris, R Henry, S Dennie, J Talbot, D Hunt, A Callagham, C Stewart, N Barker, W Reid.
Substitutes: A Evens, C Thompson, D Harvey.
Goals: Stewart
Yellow cards: None
Referee: Paynter
Man of the match: Henry (Prospect)
By Josh Ball
Prospect United 3
Boulevard 1
Shaki Swan scored twice, Deforest Evans got another and ten-man Prospect produced the shock of the round as they dumped Boulevard out of the FA Cup yesterday.
Like any good cup shock the game had all the essential ingredients, heroic defending, red cards, some terrible luck in front of goal and the usual mistakes that are normally at the heart of any defeat such as this.
Struggling in the First Division, Prospect were given little chance of winning even against a Boulevard team who are having troubles of their own.
Such was the Premier Division team’s confidence that they felt able to leave Michael Parsons, Niko Smith and Takeyhi Walker on the bench. However, by the time any of them eventually entered the fray, the game was as good as over.
The First Division club, though, fully deserved a victory that was built on the back of a heroic second half defensive effort, which was all the more impressive for being produced without central defender Najee Woods.
Woods was sent off in the dying moments of a dramatic first-half for picking up his second booking, although in truth he was probably lucky not to have been shown a straight red after he threw an elbow at Boulevard striker Temeiko Wilson 20 minutes earlier which earnt him his first yellow card.
By that time Prospect were already two goals to the good, both courtesy of Shaki Swan and both of which came from some horrendous defending.
Without the calming influence of Ajani Gibbons, Boulevard’s back four struggled to do even the basics well and while Swan and strike partner Kenneth DeSilva aren’t the most lethal combination on the Island, they were too good for the likes of Jahleel Crockwell, Arron Foggo, and Arron Nelson.
Swan’s first came when a through ball caught the defence cold and the second was the result of a mix-up between Foggo and goalkeeper Devario Whitter, which saw Whitter fire the ball into Nelson’s shins and straight to the unmarked Swan.
Blazers had plenty of chances to get back into the game and Wilson spurned two of them when he scuffed a shot when clean through, before heading over the bar from a corner.
The Premier Division side paid the price for those misses and another piece of awful defending saw them fall further behind. Crockwell’s attempted clearance fell at the feet of Evans and the big defender ran unopposed into the area before firing the ball past Whitter.
Moments later Woods was sent off and Prospect were lucky to not then concede a penalty from the resulting free-kick when Max Hall appeared to upend Nelson Smith in the penalty area.
It was one-way traffic in the second half, but Blazers, who spent the break arguing amongst themselves, could find no way past Evans, Quennel Robinson, or the rest of the Prospect team.
After bringing on Niko Smith at half-time, Parsons and Walker followed with 30 minutes still to play but it did little to change the flow of the game. By that time Boulevard were too disjointed, too far behind, and didn’t believe they could get back into the match.
While a penalty, which Reiko Trott converted, gave Boulevard some hope, the momentum was firmly with their opponents, and despite being dead on their feet, the blocks still kept coming. Kentoine Jennings wouldn’t be beaten in goal and what little luck Boulevard had left finally deserted them when Parsons’ header came back off the underside of the bar and was cleared.
Still the four minutes of injury time might have been more nerve-wracking had Wilson made the most of a chance in the final minute of normal time, but he was denied by a fine double-save from Jennings.
Prospect United: K Jennings, Q Robinson, N Woods, J Darrell, B Harris, D Evans, M Hall (A Jackson, 81), J Laws, S Wan, K Desilva (G Greaves, 61), J Belboda. Sub not used: R Bean. Booked Jennings, Robinson, Woods. Sent off Woods
Goals: Swan 6, 15, Evans 39.
Boulevard: D Whitter, A Foggo, A Nelson, J Crockwell (T Walker, 61), R Trott, K Lathan (M Parsons, 62), J Davis, A Simmons, Nelson Smith, T Stovell (Niko Smith, 46), T Wilson. Subs not used: K Easton, D Simons, D Butler. Booked Niko Smith. Sent off Niko Smith.
Goal: Trott 67.
Referee: C Richardson
Man of the match: Evans
Prospect 0 PHC 1
By Stephen Wright
PHC striker Lloyd Holder jumped off the bench to save his team’s blushes against First Division Prospect with a late winner in yesterday’s FA Cup quarterfinal at Police Field.
The tie appeared to be heading for a replay before Holder launched himself at Idrees Sharieff’s cross to head the ball past Prospect goalkeeper Kentione Jennings just minutes before full time.
Prospect’s players vehemently protested to no avail that Holder’s goal should have been dissallowed after the assistant referee had briefly raised her flag for offside.
Rather than dwell on the controversial manner of PHC’s winner Prospect player-coach Kentoine Jennings bemoaned his defenders lack of concentration.
“The assistant ref put her flag and that caused our defenders to hesitate,” said the former North Village defender. “We thought she had ruled the goal offside but at the end of the day it’s our own fault for not playing to the whistle.”
Jennings, 39, produced another man of the match display for Prospect pulling off several superb saves to frustrate PHC’s shot-shy strikers. The ex-Bermuda international had been his team’s saviour in the previous round when they caused an upset by beating Boulevard, and yesterday he admitted to relishing his FA Cup run between the sticks for Prospect.
“I’ve had my time and I’m just playing because the players asked me to go in goal,” said the former Hereford United professional. “I’m just giving a bit back but I admit I’ve had some fun in goal and I enjoyed today’s game despite the defeat.”
In the first period Jennings made a number of saves, twice denying Quinton Burgess in one-on-ones while saving his best stop of the half until just before the interval when he flung himself low his right to tip Chris Furbert’s long range effort around the post.
After the break the visitors continued to create the better chances with Sharieff going close with a volley which was once again beaten away by Jennings. At the other end Prospect crafted a few openings of their own with sub Micah Young forcing a fumble from PHC keeper Raymond Glasford while Talif Caisey fired a shot over the bar from the edge of the box a chance he should probably done better with.
Jennings said he was proud of his team’s efforts and believed they had given a good account of themselves against the Premier Division powerhouse Zebras.
“I can’t fault my players today, I though we played very well and I’m proud of their performance,” he said. “In the FA Cup anything can happen and on another day we could have got the result.”
Prospect: K Jennings, Q Robinson, N Woods, W Reid, B Harris, D Evans, J Hunt, J Laws, S Swan (M Young 75), T Caisey, Q Francis
Subs not used: J Belboda, D Joell, R Bean
Yellow card: Reid
PHC: R Glasford, J Ball, C Dowling, O Shakir, M Lambe, B Bean, C Furbert, Cofield Robinson (J Franklin, 85) A Grant (Cecoy Robinson, 72), L. Holder, 77), I Sharieff, Q Burgess
Subs not used: D. Baxter, K Lightbourne, J Sealey
Goal: Holder, 88
Yellow cards: Cofield Robinson, Cecoy Robinson
Referee: S Allen
Man of the match: Jennings (Prospect)
By Derek Dechabert
Prospect United 2 (5)
BAA 2 (4)
Prospect United striker Shaki Smith twice to help put his side into the first round of the FA Cup at the expense of BAA, winning 5-4 on penalties after the two sides were level after 120 minutes of play.
Smith struck in the 43rd and 45th minutes to give his team a comfortable lead but second-half strikes from Wille Clemens and Dantye Taylor levelled matters and sent the match into extra-time.
With no deciding goals in the additional 30 minutes, the dreaded penalty shoot-out was called upon to settle the game.
Smith scored his third of the match from the spot with ‘keeper Dennis Joell saving two penalties and scored himself to ultimately put the match to bed.
“It was a good match, we had control of the match in the first half and slacked off in the second half, something that has been our problem all season long but we are going through and that’s what matters,” said Smith.
“When you are winning and seemingly in control and comfortable with your position you get complacent and we did that today which allowed them back into the match.
“I’m pleased with my performance but the win for the team was the main priority. I told the guys that we needed to have a must-win attitude and get the win from scratch.
“We were able to get on top early and in the end we are moving on and that’s what is important.”
Prospect: D Joell, Q Robinson, R Bell, D Berkeley, M Smith(D Cifuentes,43,) B Harris(S Naranjo,74), J Hunt, T Caisey, M Young, K Desilva, S Smith
Subs not used: J Raynor, D Harvey, D Ricketts
Goals: Smith,43,45
BAA: K Bean, M Lowe, Edwin Dill, N Gibbons, A Bell, T Durham, W Clemens, R Rodchester, L Roberts(Z Robinson,71), I Simmons, D Taylor
Subs not used: R Simmons, Taj Grant, Micheal Roberts
Goals: Clemens,47, Taylor,74
Referee: M Wyer
Man of the Match: S Smith
In Saturday’s Premier League match, Robin Hood defeated Boulevard 1-0.
A goal from Aaron Nelson proved the difference between the two teams
By Derek Dechabert
Dandy Town 7
Prospect 0
Ten man Dandy Town made light work of Prospect United at St John’s Field yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Braces from Damon Ming and Angelo Simmons and solo strikes from Dashun Butterfield, Raymond Beach and Lyn Tucker helped the side breeze through the match against their First Division opponents.
Defender Anthony Rocker was sent off in the 72nd for a second bookable offence.
It was the first time in three years that Town hadn’t faced Premier Division opponents in the first round of the Cup, which Ming believed had worked to his side’s advantage.
“We played very well as a team in the first half, got the goals and seemed to become complacent in the second, but in the end the are moving on with this result,” said Ming.
“It was good to have lesser opponent in the FA Cup, we usually get the bigger clubs in this competition but it’s a good result for us nonetheless.
Simmons got the ball rolling with his first in the 13th minute, finishing off a neat play down the flank, before Ming popped up nine minutes later to double the lead.
Town’s prolific striker Beach got his name on the scoresheet with one of his trademark finishes in 30th, and Ming grabbed his second seven minutes later.
Simmons scored his second in the 42nd minute, leaving Hornets coach Jomar Wilkinson the pleasure of bringing off the heavy artillery at the break and handing a few fringe players a chance to shine.
Substitutions at the interval, including Simmons and Beach, didn’t stop the onslaught, however, as Butterfield scored in the 50th, while Tucker ended the scoring with his well slotted effort.
It could have been worse for the visitors, who had plenty of fight until the end, but wasteful finishing and over thinking on the ball by Town players made sure the score didn’t hit double figures.
“We took our foot off the pedal in the second half and should have got more goals but given this is a one off game in a cup competition, we can take the positives and negatives out of the performance,” added Ming.
“We got the clean sheet and took our chances early which is always a good thing for any team.”
Dandy Town: T Gibbons, A Rocker, G Dyer, K Tucker, A Lowe, B Minors (H Wolfe, 75), S Darrell, L Tucker, D Ming, R Beach (D Butterfield, 45), A Simmons (A Zuill, 45)
Substitutes not used: D Chambers, D Zuill, W Place
Yellow cards: A Rocker
Red card: A Rocker
Goals: A Simmons, 13, 42, D Ming, 22,37, R Beach, 30, D Butterfield, 50, L Tucker, 65
Prospect: D Joell, D Berkeley, J Law, S Swan, Q Francis, A Matthews, T Scarlett (B Harris, 62), T Caisey (R Bell, 56), K Bennett, K Saltus (M Young, 45)
Substitutes not used: J Hunt, K Desilva
Yellow cards: A Matthews
Referee: R Cann
Man of the Match: S Darrell (Hornets)
X Roads 2 Prospect 1
X Roads put the handcuffs on yesterday at Garrison Field to maintain top spot in standings.
But first the had to come from behind to erase Brendon Harris’ first-half strike before netting twice in the space of seven minutes to keep their unbeaten overall and home record intact.
The visitors, also beaten by the odd goal in their season-opener against Somerset Eagles, appeared to have lady luck on their side and seemingly destined for better fortunes when Harris’ wind-assisted corner kick curled into goal minutes prior to the half.
However, X Roads finally shifted out of first gear and equalised through an unmarked Devon Rogers who made no mistake from close range.
Alfred Wolfe then settled the issue from the penalty spot seven minutes from time to assure X Roads remained perched atop the tables for another week.
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Prospect 1 Wolves 0
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Prospect increased the pressure on with this with over Wolves.
Prospect had the better of the early chances but failed to take any, Prospect was then forced to make a change when Najee Woods had to be taken off, and his replacement Leonard Davis scored after some good work down the left side by Brendon Harris.
With the rain coming down and the field getting worse, it was going to take every thing it took to keep Wolves a bay, they created two good chances to level things but failed both times to hit the target.
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Brendon Harris 