Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter
THE BOYS' Town Red Brigade claimed bragging rights in the final instalment of the Collie Smith Drive derby when they administered a 2-0 whipping to Arnett Gardens to seize their third straight win of the Wray and Nephew National Premier League third round at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday.
Boys' Town's dominance in the early going saw them rewarded through Garfield Gillespie, who struck in the 11th minute. Gillespie ran on to a Denzil Watson corner and from 15 yards out sidefooted an effort which curled away from Arnett custodian Julian McLeish off the far post and into the back of net to give his team the lead.
"The team is on a run right now and we want to continue doing what we are doing," said Boys' Town's technical director, Andrew Price.
"We need to get points wherever possible. Today was a good opportunity to pick up points away from home and we did that," Price said.
George Vernal finished off the job for the Red Brigade in the 83rd minute when he chased a long ball cleared out of the defence, broke through the Arnett back line and crack a shot hard, low and to the left of a fully-stretched McLeish.
Before Vernal's goal, Arnett had their fair share of opportunities to equalise, Jonathan Williams in the 51st minute, Gregg Taylor in the 60th and Cornel Chin-Sue in the 82nd all had point-blank range headers which they failed to put away - partly due to the diligence of Boys' Town custodian Kirk Porter.
In fact, Vernal's goal was a direct result of a missed header which saw Arnett caught flat on the counter attack in search of the equaliser.
"We failed to put away the chances that we got, we dominated the game in the second half but that is how the game is if you don't put away your chances. You won't win," was the analysis of Arnett coach Jerome Waite.
In the evening's other game, Tivoli stalled Waterhouse's title run with a 1-0 away victory, thanks to a 13th minute strike by Fabian Davis.
See a full report of that encounter in tomorrow's Gleaner.
GOALSHEET
Boys' Town 2
Garfield Gillespie 11th, George Vernal 83rd
Arnett Gardens 0
Tivoli 1
Fabian Davis 13th
Waterhouse 0
