Frome swamp Straths 5-1 to land title

[Sickko]

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<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
Thursday, December 21, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>LLANDILO, Westmoreland - Atrio Atlan and Damion Green both scored twice as Frome FC romped to an easy 5-1 win over Straths in the Westmoreland Football Association's Paul Buchanan Knockout final played at the Llandilo sports grounds on Tuesday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The Clinton Ledgister-coached Frome, who were beaten finalists in the WFA Major League last year, took home the $60,000 first prize and also booked a place in the first round of next month's Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) Red Stripe Champions Cup all-island KO competition.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=330 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Straths' Omar Porter (left) prepares to shoot while Frome's Atrio Atlan moves in for the challenge during the Buchanan KO final at Llandilo playing field on Tuesday. Frome won 5-1. (Photo: Paul Reid) </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Frome always looked the better team and took control early, establishing themselves as the team to beat when the league kicks off on January 4.
Atlan scored in the ninth and 56th minutes, Green got his in the 21st and 25th, while Most Valuable Player (MVP) Adrian Robinson completed the rout in the 90th.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jermaine James earlier pulled one back for Straths in the 31st minute to give his team a glimmer of hope. Straths finished the game with 10 players after referee Ian Myles sent off Andrew Ashley following a second yellow card in the 89th minute.
In a game played under slippery conditions on a field that showed the effects of overuse, Frome - with a solid core of young players, five of whom played schoolboy football in the past three seasons - settled earlier.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Green's thunderous shot in the fifth minute was blocked by a defender, but an unmarked Atlan headed past goalkeeper Peter Blake four minutes later to give his team the lead.
A good save by Frome's Maurice Brown, who just got his fingers' tips to a ball deflected goalwards in the 13th minute by one of his defenders, kept them in the lead.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Frome were awarded a penalty in the 21st minute after Grange Hill schoolboy Janique Thomas was brought down in the penalty box by Ricky Dwyer and Green stepped up to convert easily.
Green added his second and his team's third in the 25th minute when he kept his composure to beat the advancing Blake, who was well off his line.<P class=StoryText align=justify>James managed to get his team on the scoresheet when he dribbled through the Frome defence and despite not connecting properly, hit the far left post and eventually the net.
The goal appeared to breathe some life into the Straths team and they staged a series of attacks, forcing their opponents on the defensive, but failed to make use of their chances.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Atlan got his second in the 56th minute when he controlled a low corner from the left side and given the space to turn, shot left-footed past Blake.
The goal knocked the fight out of Straths as Frome created a number of chances but had only one more goal when Robinson latched onto a weak pass from a Straths defender in the 90th minute and blasted home.

[OJ]

RE: Frome swamp Straths 5-1 to land title

you know they would not let a under 8 team play with an obvious jersey clash like that here. professionalism is a state of mind.

[Sickko]

RE: Frome swamp Straths 5-1 to land title

Greats call OJ, I see you have an eye for details- it wa s amess, game started almost amn hour late, the sponsor did not arrive till about an hour after the game to hand over the goodies and the ref almost did not start the game due to the coulour clash.



They had to ask Straths to pull out their shirts with the yellow on them to help the refs differentiate the teams but there were so many different colour socks it was not even funny.



the WFA have a lot of work to do to get their teams up to scratch but one thing for certain is that they have a ton of talents there as a lot of the DCup players have spread out but a few teams have managed to get a few together.



I hope the WFA can organise coaching seminars etc to ensure the coaches there can take the players from the DCup level to the club level.

[OJ]

RE: Frome swamp Straths 5-1 to land title

so the wfa could start simply by saying you need to list your primaryand secondaryjersey colours when you register. If you clash you must change or default.

[Sickko]

RE: Frome swamp Straths 5-1 to land title

In the real world maybe but not in rural jamaica...I know the Straths team is managed by one of the VPs and they were asking him about the change strip and he mumbled some thing about the players giving away the green tops.



But if you cant afford to buy same colour socks for the starting 11, how can you even start thinking of second and third shirt?



The Straths shirts were actually hold overs from when they played Confed two seasons ago.