WATERHOUSE FC BLANKS MOUNT PLEASANT FA 2-0

JAMAICA PREMIER LEAGUE

KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Waterhouse FC blanked Mount Pleasant FA 2-0 in the clash of two Jamaica Premier League heavyweights at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence.

Kenroy Howell latched onto a Denardo Thomas’ chipped pass and lobbed the onrushing goalkeeper Akel Clarke in the 77th minute giving Waterhouse the lead.
Then substitute Andre Fletcher sealed the victory, firing home a powerful left-footer in stoppage time in the 90+5.

It was a cagey affair between two teams looking to bolster their playoff hopes, and it was Waterhouse that secured a most crucial win and jumped from eighth to fifth on 10 points from seven games.

St Ann-based Mount slipped to fourth on 11 points after suffering their second loss of the season from seven games.

It was just Waterhouse’s second win of the season and their first over Mount Pleasant in four matches.

Waterhouse’s assistant coach Damion Gordon had high praises for his team and they reignited their playoff hopes.

“Statistics only increases your win probability and as I said before, on any given day, the team that applies themselves the best will get the better result,” said Gordon, a former Tivoli Garden defender.

Gordon now believes his team has what it takes to go all the way following an outstanding tactical display.

“We have it as displayed by how cohesive we were without the ball. Generally, we are excellent with the ball and we tend to manipulate possession of the ball,” Gordon explained.

“But today was not one of those days. It was tactical from our standpoint and it worked out for us,” he added.

“The objective at the beginning of the season is to be in the top six. Whether we are fifth or we are first we will take that and then we move forward,” said Gordon.

Meanwhile, Englishman Downes, who replaced Paul Davis as coach recently, tasted defeat for the first time as head coach of Mount Pleasant.

He blamed the late sending off of Cardel Benbow as the turning point in the game in the 88thminute although he was trailing at the time.

“We were in the game until when we had the sending off then that proved too much for us as we had to climb up the hill,” said Downes.

“I said before the game that they would be a hard side to beat and that proved to be the case,” he added.

Man-of-the-Match: Kenroy Howell (Waterhouse)

Teams
Mount Pleasant: 56-Akel Clarke, 04-Alwayne Harvey, 06-Liston James, 23-Prince Christie, 27-Kevin Layne, 05-Leonard Rankine (12-Latroy Laing 75th), 14-Sue-Lae McCalla (33-Ricardo Gaynor 85th), 09-Daniel Green (07-Devonte Campbell 66th), 10-Kemar Beckford (08-Jourdaine Fletcher 66th), 19-Cardel Benbow, 15-Kevaughn Isaacs.
Subs not used: 01-Shaven Paul, 32-Gary Mills, 11-Kesslon Hall.
Coach: Walter Downes
Booked: Leonard Rankine 48th, Sue-Lae McCalla 73rd, Cardel Benbow (Red: 88th)
 

Waterhouse: 40-Zemioy Nash, 24-Elivis Wilson, 59-Rohan Beadle (25-Duvaughn Dunkley 90+5), 16-Kymani Campbell, 08-Nicholy Finlayson, 21-Damion Binns, 10-Kenroy Howell (27-Andre Leslie 90th), 26-Ramone Howell, 22-Colorado Murray, 18-Shaquille Bradford (20-Denardo Thomas 67th), 37-Rafeik Thomas (15-Andre Fletcher 67th).
Subs not used: 01-Akeem Chambers, 06-David Edwards, 28-Shawn Dewar, 19-Jahvan James, 65-Altimon Gordon.
Coach: Marcel Gayle
Booked: Ramone Howell 18th, Rohan Beadle 90+1.

Referee: Odette Hamilton
Assistant Referee 1: Princess Brown
Assistant Referee 2: Melvin Reid
Fourth Official: Neressa Goldson
Match Commissioner: Martin Lyn

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