By Paul-Andre Walker, Staff ReporterGEOFFREY MAXWELL received a harsh welcoming in his first Wray and Nephew National Premier League game as head coach of Constant Spring yesterday at Drewsland, when his team became the victims of a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Water-house.
A double strike from Kevin Lamey in the 69th and 79th minutes led the way for Waterhouse, while Damion Powell in the fourth, Weston Forrest in the 15th and Uchechukwu Chinyere in the 41st contributed to 'Spring's' demise.
The game started very quickly with Constant Spring having to do all of the chasing and in no time they were looking at a defecit. A low cross found Powell all alone with just the goalkeeper to beat and probably the easiest goal of his life.
With the score at 1-0 the sky wasn't the only thing that looked gloomy. Eleven minutes later 'Spring's inability to guard against the square left them 2-0 down from a Forrest header.
The score turned 3-0 in the 41st minute when Chinyere skilfully dribbled inside of his marker and tapped the ball past Leighton Murray in the visitors' goal.
The second half went in much the same fashion as the first, with Waterhouse attacking and Constant Spring chasing. A beautiful build-up started by Waterhouse's captain, Irvino English, and linked by a beautifully waited lob by Forrest unto the foot of Lamey who finished perfectly, saw the score move to 4-0.
Ten minutes later Lamey found himself in a similar position, stemming from a remarkable dribble by substitute, Roberto Flet-cher, and showed his class by finishing in similar fashion.
Maxwell was tight-lipped about his new home but had praise for the Waterhouse team.
"I think defensively we had a bad game, but I thought Water-house deserved to win the game. They are a team that is in good knick right now and they deserved to win," he said.
Waterhouse's coach Harold Thomas was happy for the win but surprised at the large margin of victory his team was able to achieve.
"It was a tough game because of the conditions. I'm glad we could have gotten this kind of effort from the team because we've been a little tired from the back to back midweek games," he said.
