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| EXPECTATIONS OF THE NEW SEASON PREMIER LEAGUE NEW LEAGUE SPONSOR: | ||||||||
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The start of every new season brings
with it high hopes and expectations. This year it also brought a new
sponsor in the form of J. Wray and Nephew through its brand Appleton
overproof White Rum-needless to saw the spirits were high.
The Premier League Champions will receive $1million to win,$500,000 for the league leader at the end of three rounds with the most points accumulated in addition to the most outstanding attacking, defensive and disciplined teams, leading goal scorer and goal keeper,best coach, manager as well. For the first time all clubs received finances from Live Televised games, travelling and increased allocations for logo endorsement totalling $570,000. |
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| PRESEASON PROMOTIONAL GAMES: | ||||||||
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The slew of pre-season warm up games
ensued in earnest with the new sponsors leading the way with an
international framework designed to move the promotions to a
different level. The Liverpool Legends led by John Barnes, John
Aldridge Ian Rush and other greats matching skills with the likes of
Carl Brown ,Ali McNab and Howard Bell at Sabina Park acting as the
curtain-raiser before an All-Stat teams from Central and Eastern
Jamaican Clubs versus Western Jamaican clubs. Both teams were selected by
Media personnel only based on performances from last year – Harbour
View had the most selectees in seven (7) comprising of Damion
Stewart, Robert Scarlett, William Richards,Clifton Waugh, Jermaine
Hue, Daniel Shaw and Fabian Taylor
The following weekend on September 1 Harbour View created its own fiesta the”Charity Trophy” contested by Arnett Gardens, Waterhouse, Constant Spring and hosts and inaugural Champions Harbour View who won all three games, with new signee Anthony Leslie scoring three goals to be leading goalscorer of the tournament. Arnett was second, Waterhouse third and Constant Spring fourth. Admission was free but a donation was collected towards assisting two Basic schools in Harbour View . |
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| EQUIPMENT SPONSORSHIP FOR CLUBS: | ||||||||
| Four clubs Harbour View ,Hazard United, Seba and Tivoli reached an equipment deal with German sportswear company Uhlsport thanks to the initiative of the Jamaica Football Federation, underwritng free gears completely for the Premier League teams only. They also donated 40 match balls to all clubs as the Official Matchball of the competition. Soon after the decision was reversed and Puma balls replaced them following an agreement reached with the JFF and Puma dealers locally because of a conflict with Arnett Gardens signing an exclusive kit sponsorship deal with Puma. | ||||||||
| THREE NEW STRIKERS ADD PUNCH TO ATTACK !! | ||||||||
Nicholas McCreath, Jomo Gordon and Anthony Leslie all put their talent on show this season to add to the might of national striker Fabian Taylor. Dino Williams also impresssed in his first season along with stalwart Ali Rose with young gun national striker Luton Shelton champing at the bit to make his entry. Nicholas returns to the fold after successfully completing his studies overseas at Rhode Island University. Jomo is a tried and proven marksman at this level - still young but experienced in leading Duhaney Park for the last three years as a hitman and former Rae Town goalgetter. Leslie has showed his stuff early with three well-taken goals to lead Harbour View to a preseason championship at home. Best of luck to all and happy hunting. Other players adding to the squad include Peter Marshall brother of Reggae Boy and HVFC player Tyrone now representing L.A. GALAXY in North America, also Paul Campbell formerly of Shortwood and Excelsior High. The squad was made complete with the reacquisition of talented midfielder Sean Fraser- always a HVFC youngster who has returned with a bang in the current World Cup Under 20 qualifiers where he has scored once in each game recently against Puerto Rico (6-1) and Cayman Islands (3-1) . In this game young Akeem Priestley also scored. |
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| FABIAN TAYLOR’S TWO GOALS LEAD REGGAE BOYZ TO VICTORY | ||||||||
| Fabian Taylor recently as captain of the senior team scored the only goal to help Jamaica defeat Grenada by 1-0, then followed up to score against St. Kitts in a 3-1 victory two days later. Flying off to a trial in Moscow ,Russia with two clubs he did very well and two offers were made for him as well as another to go to Israel. In the end HVFC decided to forgo these offers to look at more options over the next year. He has started the new season with winning goal in our first game against Seba where HVFC won 1-0. The Caribbean Club Championships follow later this month. | ||||||||
| HARBOUR VIEW RETURNS TO CARIBBEAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ON SEPTEMBER 15 – DECEMBER 31ST,20002. | ||||||||
| Third place Harbour View Football Club replaces second place Hazard United alongside Arnett Gardens in the Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship following their second place finishing two years ago behind Trinidad's Joe Public.The draw of fixtures and playing rules are being finalized with the details to be publicised later. | ||||||||
| ROBERT SCARLETT SET TO MAKE HISTORIC DEBUT IN UEFA CLUB CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOR RUSSIAN CHAMPIONS SPARTAK MOSCOW | ||||||||
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He played in his first game on Saturday, September 28th,2002 with the Spartak second overall in the league five points adrift of leaders Locomotiv F.C. who they play next on September 12th, four other games follow before the season ends in mid-november, ahead of the cold winter season in December and January. |
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| HARBOUR VIEW STARTS ON THE ROAD WITH A VICTORY AGAINST SEBA IN MONTEGO BAY | ||||||||
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A ninth minute strike from Fabian Taylor
was enough to give the ‘Stars of the East’ a 1-0 advantage on the
road in the season opening round. It was a five man build –up
culminating with a series of passes initiated by Craig Stewart in
midfield who slipped it inside the box to Nicholas McCreath who
shunted one-time to the unmarked right foot of Taylor some ten yards
to the right of a hapless Warren Barrett who could do precious
little but to deflect the ball into the net. Seba responded but was
denied by strong defensive organization by Captain Damion Stewart,
William Richards, Clifton Waugh and goalkeeper Leroy Grey. In addition two goal attempts were ruled offside.
Good ball possession in mifdfield through Baris Johnson,Stewart and Daniel Shaw was complimented by alert interceptions from national representative Chris Jackson and later by substitutes Jermaine Hue. Sean Fraser and Anthony Leslie frustrated the eager Seba aggregation which is a very capable squad lead by Dean Weatherly and former Violet Kickers coach Errol Gillette. |
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| BULL BAY PLAYS AT HOME IN THE COMPOUND | ||||||||
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Neighbours Bull Bay will in this their
first ever season in the Premier League play all their home games at
the compound in an agreement reached preseason between both club
officials. As they have done over the past three years Bull Bay
upset a highly rated second place ranked team Hazard United away at
the Ferdie Neita Centre by 2-1 to kick start the Barrington Gaynor
lead aggregation to signal their intent to allcomers-beware the
horns of the bull.
Best of luck neighbours. |
Robert
‘Little Bebe’ Scarlett has been successful in signing an initial
three month contract with nine time Russian Champions Spartak Moscow
until December when negotiation will renew with an option to sign a
three year deal between both parties and the clubs. No other " fully
developed" Jamaican born player has ever played in this
prestigious competition with their first game slated away to Basel
of Switzerland who defeated former champions Glasgow Rangers then at
home to Spain’s Valencia, then on to England’s giants Liverpool.