Howard Walker, Staff Reporter
The elusive Andrew Wheeler (left) of Boys' Town, gets away from Wadadah's Barrion Arthurs during their Wray and Nephew National Premier League encounter at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Boys' Town won 2-0 to condemn Wadadah to their second straight loss of the season. - IAN ALLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
DESPITE BEING banned temporarily from playing at home, Boys' Town registered their first win back in the top flight with a comfortable 2-0 triumph in their Wray and Nephew National Premier League encounter at the Tony Spaulding Sport Complex yesterday.
Captain Fitzroy Anglin notched his second goal of the season, converting a 64th minute penalty, and substitute Marvin Morgan's glancing header in the 85th minute secured three valuable points for the Red Brigade.
For Wadadah, it was their second straight defeat after losing 5-1 to Harbour View on Sunday.
Boys' Town, who failed to meet the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) criteria that each club should have adequate seating facilities (stands), had to use neighbours Arnett Gardens' home ground, the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex.
However, that didn't stop the Red Brigade from turning in a workman-like performance in front of a relatively small crowd, which included Omar Davies, Member of Parliament for the area.
A SERIOUS WRESTLE
Boys' Town, through the skillful Michael Campbell, Andrew Wheeler, Fitzroy Anglin, Garfield Gillespie, Jermaine Bailey and Troy Dawes, wrested the game from their physically bigger opponents and it was just a matter of time before they got on the scoresheet.
Wadadah, although boasting former national players Daniel Ricketts and Jermaine Anderson, looked lethargic and only sporadically threatened the Boys' Town backline.
In the 64th minute, assistant referee Tristan Tulloch, signalled hand ball resulting in referee Howard Stennett making a belated call for a penalty.
Fitzroy Anglin stepped up to calmly give Boys' Town the lead. Then, five minutes from time, substitute Marvin Morgan ghosted in behind the defence to score a glancing header to put the result beyond doubt.
Winning coach Andrew Price, though happy for the three points, lamented the fact that only a small band of Boys' Town supporters witnessed the victory.
"It's unfortunate that we didn't play the game down at Boys' Town, but we are happy for the three points. I told the team to remain focused despite all that was happening around them," Price said.
"We had a very good game against Tivoli and even though we lost, we saw a lot of positives and we said that we were going to use that to get these three points," he said.
Meanwhile, Anthony 'Follies' Williams, coach of the St James team, chastised his senior players for doing a lot of talking on the field but not stepping up in their play.
"I think we have more coaches on this team than players," said Williams after seeing his team suffer its second loss of the season from two games.
"Look at Jermaine Anderson. In the first 15 or 20 minutes, he got three empty goals and all he did was coaching, coaching and coaching. We have some senior players and they are not doing anything to enhance the team," he lashed out.
SCOREBOARD
BOYS' TOWN 2
Fitzroy Anglin 64th
Marvin Morgan 85th
WADADAH 0
