As the saying goes it was déjà vu all over again as defending champions Alpha United once again finished in the top position in this year’s Cellink Plus Premier League competition on Friday at the Tucville Playfield.

Alpha United successfully defended their title for the third year making it four consecutive title triumphs after the final whistle of the tournament was blown on Friday at the Tucville Playfield.

The defending champions accumulated 37 points which came from 12 wins with one draw and a loss to claim the $500,000 first prize.

Camptown finished in second place on 28 points while the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was third on  26 points and Fruta Conquerors, fourth, with  24 points.

Pele improved one spot from last year to finish in fifth place with 22 points while BK International Western Tigers was sixth with 15 points.

Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Flamingo were seventh and eighth respectively with six and three points and will be the two teams facing relegation to the First Division League.

In Friday’s encounters, Western Tigers devoured Flamingo 5 – 0 in a one-sided affair while Alpha United got past Camptown 2 – 1 in the feature encounter.

Alpha scored as early as the 12th minute through Kelvin Smith and was able to score again on the brink of half-time compliments of Dwayne Jacobs.

Camptown found themselves immediately under pressure at the commencement of the second half being two goals down as the three-time champions showed no signs of letting up.

However, some hope was spread throughout the Camptown contingent when Devon Mosley scored in the 53rd minute and made it a one possession game but Alpha was able to defend their one goal lead to go home victorious.

MORE IN Sports


Reader Comments »

The Comments section is intended to provide a forum for reasoned and reasonable debate on the newspaper's content and is an extension of the newspaper and what it has become well known for over its history: accuracy, balance and fairness.
  • We reserve the right to edit/delete comments which contain attacks on other users, slander, coarse language and profanity, and gratuitous and incendiary references to race and ethnicity.
  • We moderate ALL comments, so your comment will not be published until it has been reviewed by a moderator.
  • Our Comments are powered by the Disqus service. You may comment as a Guest by entering your comment and selecting "Post as". Optionally, you may sign-in using your Facebook, Yahoo or Twitter Accounts.

    Disqus' Privacy Policy can be read here. Please read our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.