Parish shock Village
Donavan Thompson scored twice as Hamilton Parish ended their Premier Division losing streak at four games with a 2-1 win over North Village at Wellington Oval yesterday.
Thompson’s goals came either side of the break as Parish held a two-goal advantage.
Village striker Keishen Bean struck in the dying stages to set up a frantic finish, but the home side would hold on for a famous win and three valuable points.
Goals on either side of the half-time whistle put Somerset Trojans into the top three of the Premier Division with their 2-0 win over PHC Zebras at Southampton Oval yesterday.
Trojans striker Deunte Darrell put the visiting side ahead five minutes before the break, while the points were made safe when Kirt Brown got his name on the scoresheet ten minutes into the second half.
The win puts the Trojans side just three points behind leaders Dandy Town and one point back of Devonshire Cougars, who are in a top-of-the-table clash this weekend.
In the First Division, Kanhai Fray grabbed a brace as Somerset Eagles beat Devonshire Colts 2-1 at Police Field. Fray’s goals came in the eighteenth and nineteenth minutes to get his side a two-goal advantage.
Lozendro Symonds pulled a goal back for Colts one minute into the second half, but it would be the closest they would come to getting something out of the match.
Two goals from Aaron Williams were enough to get Boulevard three points in in a 3-2 victory over Paget at Southampton Oval.
Paget were ahead through an own goal midway through the first half, only for Williams to grab his first from the penalty spot on the half-hour mark.
Dunn-ya Taylor put the visiting side ahead just before the referee’s half-time whistle.
Williams got his second, and what proved to be the match-winner, with 15 minutes remaining in the match.
Dant’e Wellman got Paget’s second goal in the dying stages, but it would be too little too late for the home side.
BAA and Robin Hood battled to a hard-fought 2-2 draw on Saturday night at Goose Gosling Field.
Josh DeSilva opened the scoring for BAA midway through the first half before Raequan Rodchester doubled the lead ten minutes into the second half.
Olympic sailor Jesse Kirkland scored Hood’s first goal five minutes from time and the equaliser would come just two minutes later after Joshua Crockwell levelled matters.
St George’s beat Young Men’s Social Club 2-1. No further information was available for this match.
X-Roads’ clash with Ireland Rangers,/b> at Malabar Field was postponed because of the death of a Uthmani Talbot, a X-Roads player and son of the club president, Saleem Talbot, in the early hours of yesterday morning.