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St Catherine club back in NPL after short break
By Livingston Scott Observer staff reporter
Monday, June 09, 2008
St Catherine's Rivoli United secured their return to the nation's top football competition after an embarrassing 11-0 mauling of former Premier League giants, Wadadah, at the Spanish Town Prison Oval yesterday.
Devon Hodges continued his goalscoring exploits for the Spanish Town-based club, netting four times (12th, 38th, 64th and 74th minutes) to finish as the topscorer in the play-offs with eight goals.
Rivoli's David Lewis (centre) dribbles around Wadadah's goalkeeper Wayne Sawyers to score Rivoli's fourth goal in their NPL play-off match at the Spanish Town Prison Oval yesterday. Rivoli won 11-0. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
David Lewis (55th and 85th) scored twice, while Fidel Anderson (51st), Mark Wint (78th), Ricardo Dixon (81st), Ricardo Knight (83rd) and Barrington Planter (90th) added the others.
Rivoli advanced to next season's National Premier League (NPL) as the runners-up in the play-offs with 11 points, behind winners Meadhaven, who finished with 16 points after goals from Keammar Daley and Shawn Hunter gave them a 2-0 win over York at York.
York finished with seven points and Wadadah none.
However, Rivoli made sure the result at York proved irrelevant as going into the final game with a one-point advantage, the Anthony Thompson-coached team cemented their passage to next season's top-flight football with flying colours.
"We came here serious, because we haven't won at home (in the play-offs)...but we came this far and it is not easy to reach this far so we had to pull through," Thompson said afterwards.
After a quiet start Rivoli broke through in the 12th minute as Hodges controlled a cross from Ryan Morgan and slotted past Wayne Sawyers in goal.
The striker made it 2-0 after 38 minutes, when he turned in a rebound from six yards after Sawyers deflected a shot from Barrington Planter.
Anderson scored a cheeky goal to add the third, while Lewis rounded Sawyers to score four minutes later.
Thirty-eight-year-old veteran Mark Wint set up Hodges for his hat-trick with his second touch, the striker slamming a shot past Sawyers for his third and Rivoli fifth in the 64th.
Wadadah's woes then worsened as Raphael Palmer was shown the red card for abusive language a minute later.
Hodges then grabbed his fourth and Rivoli's sixth from close-range 10 minutes later, before Wint netted from the penalty spot four minutes later.
Ricardo Dixon slotted home in the 81st to make it 8-0 and spectators started to leave the venue.
And when sweeper, Knight, dribbled through from the back and beat Sawyers to score in an empty goal, it all appeared comical.
Wadadah threw everyone forward, with the exception of Leroy Housen and for the last five to 10 minutes, Housen and goalkeeper Sawyers tried to hold off a sea of Rivoli players on the counter.
But not even a change of goalkeeper, Omar Murray, an outfield player for Sawyer, could halt the onslaught.
Lewis scored another close-range strike for his second and the 10th, before Planter slammed home from 12 yards to seal the issue.
Bemused Wadadah coach Delroy Delisser said his players lacked motivation and just went through the motion.
St Catherine club back in NPL after short break
By Livingston Scott Observer staff reporter
Monday, June 09, 2008
St Catherine's Rivoli United secured their return to the nation's top football competition after an embarrassing 11-0 mauling of former Premier League giants, Wadadah, at the Spanish Town Prison Oval yesterday.
Devon Hodges continued his goalscoring exploits for the Spanish Town-based club, netting four times (12th, 38th, 64th and 74th minutes) to finish as the topscorer in the play-offs with eight goals.
Rivoli's David Lewis (centre) dribbles around Wadadah's goalkeeper Wayne Sawyers to score Rivoli's fourth goal in their NPL play-off match at the Spanish Town Prison Oval yesterday. Rivoli won 11-0. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
David Lewis (55th and 85th) scored twice, while Fidel Anderson (51st), Mark Wint (78th), Ricardo Dixon (81st), Ricardo Knight (83rd) and Barrington Planter (90th) added the others.
Rivoli advanced to next season's National Premier League (NPL) as the runners-up in the play-offs with 11 points, behind winners Meadhaven, who finished with 16 points after goals from Keammar Daley and Shawn Hunter gave them a 2-0 win over York at York.
York finished with seven points and Wadadah none.
However, Rivoli made sure the result at York proved irrelevant as going into the final game with a one-point advantage, the Anthony Thompson-coached team cemented their passage to next season's top-flight football with flying colours.
"We came here serious, because we haven't won at home (in the play-offs)...but we came this far and it is not easy to reach this far so we had to pull through," Thompson said afterwards.
After a quiet start Rivoli broke through in the 12th minute as Hodges controlled a cross from Ryan Morgan and slotted past Wayne Sawyers in goal.
The striker made it 2-0 after 38 minutes, when he turned in a rebound from six yards after Sawyers deflected a shot from Barrington Planter.
Anderson scored a cheeky goal to add the third, while Lewis rounded Sawyers to score four minutes later.
Thirty-eight-year-old veteran Mark Wint set up Hodges for his hat-trick with his second touch, the striker slamming a shot past Sawyers for his third and Rivoli fifth in the 64th.
Wadadah's woes then worsened as Raphael Palmer was shown the red card for abusive language a minute later.
Hodges then grabbed his fourth and Rivoli's sixth from close-range 10 minutes later, before Wint netted from the penalty spot four minutes later.
Ricardo Dixon slotted home in the 81st to make it 8-0 and spectators started to leave the venue.
And when sweeper, Knight, dribbled through from the back and beat Sawyers to score in an empty goal, it all appeared comical.
Wadadah threw everyone forward, with the exception of Leroy Housen and for the last five to 10 minutes, Housen and goalkeeper Sawyers tried to hold off a sea of Rivoli players on the counter.
But not even a change of goalkeeper, Omar Murray, an outfield player for Sawyer, could halt the onslaught.
Lewis scored another close-range strike for his second and the 10th, before Planter slammed home from 12 yards to seal the issue.
Bemused Wadadah coach Delroy Delisser said his players lacked motivation and just went through the motion.