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April 12, 2014
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Tivoli hunt Waterhouse scalp |
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![]() FILE: Tivoli Gardens' Shawn McKoy (right) holds off a challenge from Waterhouse's Hughan Gray during a Red Stripe Premier League match at the Edward Seaga Stadium earlier this season. MARC STAMP, STAR Writer Tivoli Gardens will hunt Waterhouse's scalp when both teams square-off in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) round 29 at the Waterhouse Stadium, tomorrow, starting at 6 p.m. Waterhouse are in impressive form and coming off a come-from-behind win against Montego Bay United, 2-1, on Thursday night. The result catapulted them to pole position in the 12-team league and they are favoured to win the clash. However, Tivoli Gardens are highly confident that they can enter Waterhouse Stadium and leave with three points. They face a mammoth task in qualifying for a semi-final spot as they are currently in fifth position on 36 points, six behind fourth placed Arnett. Waterhouse leads on 50 points, closely followed by Harbour View and Montego Bay on 48 points apiece. For Tivoli to sneak into the last four that will battle for the RSPL title, the west-Kingston based team know that they would have to win all five remaining games and hope that Arnett slip up and that means Tivoli's fate is not in their own hands. "We are still very focused on getting at least fourth spot," Alvin Shaw, assistant coach of Tivoli Gardens told STAR Sports yesterday. "I am confident that we can make it. The objective going forward is to win the remaining games," he added. Shaw is fully aware that it won't be easy, but insists that the team is not giving up at this point. "We will go to Waterhouse for full points and take it one game at a time," he said. Tivoli will rely on top-scorer Keammar Daley, as well as Rohan Reid, Christopher Jackson, Andre McFarlane, Navion Boyd, among others. On the other hand, coach of Waterhouse, Anthony Patrick says the aim is to finish the round on most points and then take it from there. "We want to continue winning games and get the most points," Patrick said after the game against Montego Bay United, on Thursday night. "We are looking forward to the game against Tivoli on Sunday at home," he added. Waterhouse will look to continue their impressive march towards the RSPL title with a formidable team that includes Richard McCallum, Nicholi Finlayson, Romario Campbell, Vincent Earle, Kenroy Howell, captain Damarley Samuels, Marvin Morgan Jr and Hughan Gray. In another game of interest Arnett Gardens will look to continue paving their way to the last four when they face sixth-placed Cavalier at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex in Trench Town, starting at 6 p.m. TOMORROW'S GAMES Sporting Central vs Harbour View at Juici Patties Park, Clarendon starting at 3:30 p.m. Rivoli United vs Montego Bay United at Bramwell Clarke Sports Complex, Ewarton St Catherine at 4 p.m. Waterhouse vs Tivoli Gardens at Waterhouse Stadium at 6 p.m. Arnett Gardens vs Cavalier SC at Anthony Spaulding Complex at 6 p.m. Humble Lion vs August Town at Effortville Community Centre in May Pen, Clarendon at 6 p.m. MONDAY NIGHT'S GAME Portmore United vs Boys' Town at Ferdie Neita Park, Portmore at 8:30 p.m.
RSPL STANDINGS Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts Waterhouse 28 14 8 6 33 22 11 50 Harbour View 28 13 9 6 35 21 14 48 Montego Bay 28 13 9 6 29 17 12 48 Arnett Gardens 28 12 6 10 38 30 8 42 Tivoli Gardens 28 9 9 10 33 31 2 36 Cavalier SC 28 10 6 12 24 36 -12 36 Sporting Central 28 8 10 10 28 30 -2 34 Boys' Town 28 7 12 9 25 24 1 33 Humble Lion 28 7 12 9 27 33 -6 33 Portmore United 28 8 8 12 23 26 -3 32 Rivoli United 28 7 11 10 22 32 -10 32 August Town 28 4 12 12 17 32 -15 24 |
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