Jamaica 1997/98


Craven "A" National Premier League

Table [only points totals of top-4 confirmed]:

 1.Arnett Gardens (Kingston)          54
 2.Waterhouse (Kingston)              51
 3.Tivoli Gardens (Kingston)          49
 4.Seba United (Montego Bay)          44 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Constant Spring (Constant Spring)  42  [43?]
 6.Harbour View (Kingston)            39
 7.Wadadah (Montego Bay)              36
 8.Hazard United (May Pen)            35  [37?]
 9.Legend FC (Lucea)                  34  [29?]
10.Olympic Gardens (Kingston)         30
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11.Black Stars (St. Ann's Bay?)       30  
12.Galaxy United (May Pen)            23
13.Mile Gully (Mile Gully)            17
14.Brazil (St. Ann's Bay?)             4

Championship Playoff

Semifinals [Apr 15 at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay; Apr 22 at National Stadium]
Seba United   1-0 0-1 Arnett Gardens   [Seba 4-3 on pen]
Waterhouse    1-0 2-1 Tivoli Gardens

Final [Apr 25 at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay; May 3 at National Stadium, Kingston]
Seba United   0-0 1-2 Waterhouse   
  [Hector Wright 26; Kevin Lamey 15, 68]

Waterhouse champions of Jamaica 1997/98.

Available results:

Round 1 [Oct 4,5]
Seba         1-1 Harbour
Legend       1-1 Constant
Black S      1-0 Waterhouse
Mile Gully   1-0 Brazil
Galaxy       0-2 Wadadah
Hazard       1-1 Olympic
Arnett       0-0 Tivoli       [Oct 8]

Round 2 [Oct 11,12]
Tivoli       2-0 Seba
Olympic      2-1 Black S
Legend       2-0 Hazard
Constant     2-1 Wadadah
Arnett       2-0 Mile Gully

Round 3 [Oct 15]
Arnett       3-0 Seba
Waterhouse   2-0 Harbour
Black S      1-1 Legend
Constant     3-0 Mile Gully
Olympic      3-2 Tivoli 
Wadadah      1-0 Hazard
Galaxy       3-1 Brazil

Round 4 [Oct 18,19]
Black S      2-1 Arnett

Round 5 [Oct 25,26]
Arnett       4-0 Brazil
Hazard       2-0 Galaxy
Constant     1-0 Black S
Harbour      0-0 Tivoli 
Seba         1-1 Mile Gully
Wadadah      1-1 Olympic
Waterhouse   1-0 Legend

Round 6 [Nov 1,2]
Waterhouse   1-0 Arnett
Wadadah      1-0 Harbour
Tivoli       4-1 Mile Gully
Legend       2-0 Olympic
Seba         1-0 Galaxy

Round 7 [Nov 12]
Constant     0-1 Harbour
Mile Gully   1-1 Waterhouse
Black S       -  Seba         [away win]
Wadadah      0-0 Legend
Galaxy        -  Tivoli 
Olympic       -  Brazil
Arnett       4-2 Hazard

Round 8 [Nov 19]
Seba         2-1 Olympic
Harbour       -  Brazil
Constant     0-0 Arnett
Legend       1-2 Tivoli 
Waterhouse   3-0 Wadadah
Black S      1-0 Galaxy
Hazard       1-2 Mile Gully

Round 9 [Nov 22,23]
Waterhouse   5-1 Olympic
Seba         2-1 Constant  
Galaxy       1-4 Arnett
Wadadah      4-0 Brazil
Tivoli       1-0 Hazard
Legend       1-0 Mile Gully
Black S       -  Harbour

Postponed Match [Nov 26]
Waterhouse   0-0 Legend

Round 10 [Nov 29,30]
Constant     3-0 Brazil
Hazard       1-2 Seba
Tivoli       1-1 Black S
Arnett       3-0 Legend
Wadadah      4-2 Mile Gully
Olympic      2-0 Harbour      [Dec 3]
Galaxy       2-2 Waterhouse   [Dec 3]

Round 11 [Dec 6,7]
Seba         0-1 Waterhouse
Arnett       2-0 Olympic
Galaxy       3-1 Constant
Tivoli       2-1 Wadadah
Mile Gully   0-3 Black S
Harbour      3-1 Legend
Brazil       0-2 Hazard

Round 12 [Dec 14]
Arnett       0-0 Harbour 
Hazard       2-1 Waterhouse
Wadadah      2-2 Black S
Tivoli       0-0 Constant 
Seba         6-1 Brazil
Olympic      6-0 Mile Gully
Legend       2-0 Galaxy

Round 13 [Dec 21]
Waterhouse   1-0 Constant
Tivoli       awd Brazil       [Brazil dns, awarded 2-0]
Black S      1-1 Hazard
Galaxy       2-2 Olympic
Harbour      6-2 Mile Gully
Seba         2-0 Legend
Arnett       2-2 Wadadah

Mid-season Final [not league match]
Arnett       abd Waterhouse [abandoned at 0-2 in 55']

Round 14 [Jan 4]
Waterhouse   5-1 Black S
Arnett       2-2 Tivoli  
Constant     4-0 Legend
Seba         1-0 Harbour
Brazil        -  Mile Gully
Wadadah       -  Galaxy
Olympic       -  Hazard

Round 15 [Jan 11]
Seba         0-0 Tivoli
Wadadah      3-0 Constant

Round 16 [Jan 18]
Arnett       3-1 Seba
Tivoli       2-1 Olympic
Wadadah      1-2 Hazard
Legend       2-1 Black S
Brazil       1-2 Galaxy
Waterhouse   0-0 Harbour
Mile Gully    -  Constant

Round 17 [Jan 25]
Seba         2-1 Wadadah
Waterhouse   3-1 Tivoli
Black S      0-2 Arnett
Constant     2-1 Olympic
Hazard       3-2 Harbour
Galaxy       0-0 Mile Gully
Legend       1-2 Brazil

Round 18 [Feb 1]
Tivoli       2-1 Harbour 
Arnett       7-0 Brazil
Waterhouse   0-0 Legend
Seba         2-1 Mile Gully

Round 19 [Feb 8]
Waterhouse   2-1 Arnett 
Black S      2-0 Brazil
Constant     1-0 Hazard
Mile Gully   3-2 Tivoli

Round 20 [Feb 14-15]
Constant     1-1 Harbour 
Waterhouse   1-0 Mile Gully 
Arnett       1-2 Hazard
Tivoli       2-2 Black S
Wahdadah     2-3 Legend
Olympic      5-1 Brazil
Galaxy        -  Seba      

Round 21 [Feb 18?]
Arnett       3-0 Constant 
Tivoli       1-0 Legend
Olympic      1-0 Seba
Harbour      3-1 Brazil
Wadadah      1-0 Waterhouse
Hazard       2-0 Mile Gully
Galaxy       2-1 Black S

Round 22  [Mar 4]
Black S      awd Harbour    [abandoned at 1-2, awarded 0-2]
Legend       2-1 Mile Gully
Constant     awd Seba       [abandoned at 1-1, awarded 0-2]
Waterhouse   3-1 Olympic 
Hazard       0-0 Tivoli 
Wadadah     11-0 Brazil
Arnett       2-0 Galaxy

Postponed Matches [Mar 17]
Hazard       5-1 Brazil
Black S      bt. Mile Gully

Round 23 [Mar 18]
Seba         0-1 Hazard
Harbour      1-0 Olympic
Brazil       awd Constant   [awarded 0-2, Brazil hadn't put enough stewards]
Arnett       1-0 Legend
Galaxy       0-1 Waterhouse
Tivoli       4-1 Black S
Mile Gully   1-1 Wadadah

Postponed Matches [Mar 24?]
Tivoli       2-1 Wadadah
Arnett       1-1 Olympic

Round 24 [Mar 29?]
Tivoli       2-0 Constant 
Harbour      1-3 Arnett
Seba         5-1 Brazil
Waterhouse   1-1 Hazard
Mile Gully   4-2 Olympic
Black S      bt  Wadadah

Moved Matches [Apr 4,5]
Legend       0-0 Seba
Constant     3-0 Waterside
Arnett       7-2 Wadadah

Round 25
missing

Round 26
Seba         5-1  Brazil
other scores missing

Table [only points totals of top-4 confirmed]:

 1.Arnett Gardens (Kingston)          54
 2.Waterhouse (Kingston)              51
 3.Tivoli Gardens (Kingston)          49
 4.Seba United (Montego Bay)          44 
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Constant Spring (Constant Spring)  42  [43?]
 6.Harbour View (Kingston)            39
 7.Wadadah (Montego Bay)              36
 8.Hazard United (May Pen)            35  [37?]
 9.Legend FC (Lucea)                  34  [29?]
10.Olympic Gardens (Kingston)         30
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11.Black Stars (St. Ann's Bay?)       30  
12.Galaxy United (May Pen)            23
13.Mile Gully (Mile Gully)            17
14.Brazil (St. Ann's Bay?)             4

Championship Playoff

Semifinals [Apr 15 at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay; Apr 22 at National Stadium]
Seba United   1-0 0-1 Arnett Gardens   [Seba 4-3 on pen]
Waterhouse    1-0 2-1 Tivoli Gardens

Final [Apr 25 at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay; May 3 at National Stadium, Kingston]
Seba United   0-0 1-2 Waterhouse   
  [Hector Wright 26; Kevin Lamey 15, 68]

Waterhouse champions of Jamaica 1997/98.

Jackie Bell KO competition 97/98 Final [Dec 1] Olympic 1-0 Waterhouse (0-1?)
FA Cup 1997: winners Naggo's Head


Jamaica Cup 1998

First Round Draw:

Baca Stars vs Black Stars
Fogo United vs Galaxy
Sandals Negril vs Harbour View
Village United vs Hazard United
Central Links vs Reno FC
Volvo United vs Waterhouse
Shantel vs White Horses
Humble Lions vs Tivoli Gardens
Studs United vs Brazil
Dela Vega vs Violet Kickers
Duhaney Park vs Wadadah
Survival vs Arnett Gardens
Real Mona vs Constant Spring
Star Cosmos vs Mile Gully 

Last year's champions Naggo's Head did not qualify.

Third Round (First two rounds unavailable)
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Harbour View 3-2 Seba United
Tivoli Gardens 4-1 D.B. Basovak
Olympic Gardens 3-0 Flyers
Waterhouse 3-0 Star Cosmos 
Arnett Gardens 2-0 Black River 

Third Round (?)
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Arnett Gardens 3-1 Duhaney Park

[possibly matches unreported and/or teams got byes in round 1]

Quarterfinals
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Waterhouse 2-2 Tivoli Gardens (4-3 PK)
Harbour View 7-1 White Horses
Arnett Gardens 2-0 Olympic Gardens
Constant Spring w/o Reno (Reno failed to provide adequate security)

Jamaica Cup Semifinals (May 17)
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Waterhouse 2-1 Arnett Gardens (asdet)
Harbour View 2-1 Constant Spring

Final (National Stadium, May 27)
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Harbour View 1-0 Waterhouse (asdet)
  110' Robert Hall


National A League (Second Level)

Round 16
Central Link    10-2 De la Vega
Reno             3-1 D.B. Basovak
JDF              3-2 Village United
Violet Kickers   3-0 Mandela
White Horses     2-0 Baca Stars

Round 17
DB Basovak       bt.  White Horses

Table after 16 rounds:

 1.Jamaica Defence Force (Kingston)   38
 2.White Horses (White Horses)        28
 3.D.B. Basovak (Spanish Town)        26
 4.Reno (Savannah del Mar)            25
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 5.Central Link (Spanish Town)        25
 6.Violet Kickers (Montego Bay)       23
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 7.Mandela (Port Antonio)             21  Relegated
 8.Village United                     20  Relegated
 9.Baca Stars (Falmouth)              16  Relegated
10.De la Vega (Spanish Town)          11  Relegated

[The regular season was won by Jamaica DF with 39, ahaead of
 White Horses (29), DB Basovak (29) and Reno (?).]

Semifinals [Feb 26, Mar 1]
JDF              1-1 1-0 Reno             [2nd leg asder]
White Horses     0-1 2-0 D.B. Basovak

[both 1st legs Feb 26 at Jarrett Park, 2nd legs Mar 1 at Harbour View MiniStadium]

Jamaica Defence Force and White Horses are promoted.


KSAFA Major League (Third Level)

[Feb 28/Mar 1?]
Greenwich Town  1-0     Cavalier
Brown's Town    3-0     Maverly/Hughenden
Santos          3-1     Shortwood
Mona            4-1     Barbican

Last Round [Mar 21/22?]
Duhaney Park            1-0  Greenwich Town
Cavalier                1-0  Boys' Town
Barbican                1-1  Brown's Town
Maverly/Hughenden       7-0  Shortwood
Rockfort                4-3  Mona

Table:
 1.Maverly/Hughenden (Kingston) 38
 2.Duhaney Park (Duhaney Park)  35
 3.Boys Town (Kingston)         34
 4.Greenwich Town (Greenwich)   32
 5.Santos (Kingston)            29
 6.Rockfort                     28
 7.Real Mona (Kingston)         27
 8.Cavalier (Kingston)          20
 9.Shortwood                    19
10.Brown's Town (Brown's Town)  19
11.Barbican                     12 

1996/97

1998/99

list of champions

list of cup winners


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