Santa Rosa FC stays out front

The 'Big Can­nons' jumped to a 2-0 ad­van­tage when Os­ei Sandy fired them in­to a lead af­ter 17 min­utes and Ryan Stew­art got an­oth­er sev­en min­utes lat­er. The home team en­joyed a 2-0 lead at the half-time in­ter­val, be­fore the vis­i­tors stormed by soon af­ter, by scor­ing the equal­iz­ing goals.

Anselm Jack­son first pulled a goal back in the 53rd minute, be­fore Dil­lon Bartholomew put his team on lev­el terms in the 58th to give the Uni­ver­si­ty men hope of a come-from-be­hind win.

In­stead, how­ev­er, the Big Can­nons got a late item in the 90th minute from An­dre Ram­per­sad to se­cure the win and main­tain their sum­mit po­si­tion with 48 points.

A day lat­er Queen's Park Crick­et Club men who went in­to their en­counter with Bethel Unit­ed in the sec­ond po­si­tion, en­sured they stay on the heels of the Ari­ma club by ham­mer­ing Bethel Unit­ed 8-0 at St Mary's Col­lege Ground, St Clair.

The win came cour­tesy a hat-trick by Bene­dict Bar­rett in the 24th, 32nd and 49th min­utes, as well as a dou­ble from De­von Mod­este in the 77th and 80th. The oth­er goals came from Kern Gar­diner 45th, Sean De Sil­va 52nd and Yohance Mar­shall in the 84th.

WEEK­END'S RE­SULTS

Sat­ur­day

Club San­do F.C. 1 (Damien Pom­pey) vs Cunu­pia F.C. 2 (Kevon Wood­ley 17th, Michael Darko 38th)

Guaya Unit­ed F.C. 3 vs Met­al X Erin F.C. 0 (By De­fault)

FC San­ta Rosa 3 (Os­ei Sandy 17th, Ryan Stew­art 24th, Anselm Jack­son 53rd (Pk) vs UTT 2 (Dil­lon Bartholomew 58th, An­dre Ram­per­sad 90th)

Sun­day

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed F.C. 2 (Za­vion Navar­ro Pa­tron 38th, Ke­ston Jones 76th) vs San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 5 (Arvid Ap­ple­white 6th & 56th, Je­re­my Primus 8th, Ke­ston Grant 42nd , Isa­iah Mc In­tosh 53rd)

Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 1 (Ker­win Bon­nette 90th) vs Prison Ser­vice F.C. 3 (Jor­dan De­von­ish 32nd & 65th, An­to­nio Au­guste 38th)

RSSR F.C. 2 (Hakim Gul­ston 30th, Jovon Vin­cent 53rd) vs Po­lice F.C. 0

QPCC 8 (Bene­dict Bar­rett 24th, 32nd & 49th, Kern Gar­diner 45th, Sean De Sil­va 52nd, De­von Mod­este 77th & 80th, Yohance Mar­shall 84th) vs Bethel Unit­ed F.C. 0

LAT­EST STAND­INGS:

TEAMS   P   W   D   L   F   A   GD   PTS
1   FC San­ta Rosa   21   15   3   3   59   20   39   48
2   QPCC   21   14   5   2   65   26   39   47
3   Prison Ser­vice F.C.   21   11   8   2   37   23   14   41
4   Cunu­pia F.C.   20   10   6   4   39   20   19   36
5   Guaya Unit­ed F.C.   20   11   5   4   40   23   17   35
6   Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed F.C.   21   8   6   7   48   52   -4   30
7   Po­lice F.C.   20   8   5   7   32   29   3   29
8   RSSR F.C.   20   6   7   7   27   34   -7   25
9   UTT   21   8   3   10   34   38   -4   24
10   San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants F.C.   21   4   8   9   29   45   -16   20
11   Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Utd.   21   5   4   12   23   49   -26   19
12   Club San­do F.C. 21   4   3   14   19   37   -18   15
13   Bethel Unit­ed F.C.   21   3   5   13   27   54   -27   14
14   Met­al X Erin F.C.   21   2   4   15   22   51   -29   7