Champs Vale make it five-in-a-row
Garfield London
Saturday, July 28th 2007
LEAGUE champions Stokely Vale beat newly-promoted NLCB Mt Grace 4-1 to maintain their 100 per cent record following another around of matches in the Digicel Tobago Football Association (TFA) competition on Wednesday.
And last season's runners-up Castara Retreats Goal City dropped their first points of the new campaign when they were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Georgia United.
Playing at home in Plymouth, the champs fell behind early in the proceedings as the visitors took the lead in the ninth minute via Esron Clarke, but Curtis Jobe equalised for the hosts in the 20th minute.
Seven minutes later, ex-Scarborough Secondary player Michael Carrington scored to put his club in front 2-1 at the break.
On the restart, Keion Kerr (51st) and Trevon John (83rd) sealed the deal for Stokely Vale, who extended their unbeaten run to five games.
The win pushed Stokely Vale two points clear at the top of the standings over Goal City, who have 13 points, following their drawn encounter with lowly-placed Georgia, who are yet to score a win this season.
In their game, played on the Training Ground outside the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Damian Manning netted to send Georgia ahead in the 27th minute, but Keron Ferguson hit the mark in the 79th minute to give Goal City a share of the spoils.
In another result, Pepsi Hills United edged Roxborough Lakers 2-1 at Roxborough.
Eustace Stewart registered both items for the winners, in the 27th and 51st minutes, while Lakers got a consolation goal in added-on time.
And in the game between FA Cup winners St Clair Coaching School and Earlbrokes, the contest was halted in the second half by referee Noel Boynes after sections of the crowd encroached on the playing field, when certain decisions went the way of Coaching School, who were leading 2-0 against a ten-man Earlbrokes line-up.
Kareem Yearwood and Larry Potts were the goalscorers for Coaching School.
