Miscellaneous Laventille United got its Northern Football Association Premier Division title push back on track with a back-to-back wins over four-day span.
On Thursday last, Miscellaneous Laventille blanked Queen’s Park Cricket Club 2-0 with goals from Kevin Mc Neil and Duane Samuel, and followed it up with a 3-2 win over visiting Cultural Roots in Laventille on Sunday.
Then trio of Kareem Charles, Clint Raymond and Richard Elliot got a goal each for Miscellaneous Laventille, which was coming off of two defeats in its last four matches after a perfect 5-0 start to the season.
With the victories, Miscellaneous Laventille United improved to 24 points from ten matches, four ahead of the surging St Francois Nationals while RSSR is third with 19, two more than Cultural Roots which got its items from Stephan Jack and Shawn Andrews.
St Francois followed up its 5-3 defeat of the league leaders with two more wins against last year’s champions, cellar-placed Maple FC (4-2) and RSSR, 2-0.
In the Championship Division, St Ann’s All Stars handed leaders Cantaro United only its second loss in 12 matches, 1-0 on Wednesday, before the latter rebounded with a 3-0 blanking of Morvant Elements on Saturday to improve to 27 points from 13 matches.
NFA RESULTS
Premier Division
OCTOBER 5:
RSSR 5 bt Maple FC 2
Malta Carib Alcons 1 vs QPCC 0
Miscellaneous Laventille 3 (Joel Raymond, Kareem Charles, Duane Samuel) vs Belmont FC 0
Carenage United 2 vs St Francois Nationals 2
OCTOBER 8:
Cultural Roots 3 vs Malta Carib Alcons 2
Belmont FC 3 vs Maple FC 0
QPCC 3 vs Carenage United 0 - by default
St Francois Nationals 5 vs Miscellaneous Laventille 3
OCTOBER 12:
RSSR 2 (Jovan Vincent, Hakim Gulston) vs Belmont FC 0
Cultural Roots 2 vs Carenage United 2
St Francois Nationals 4 vs Maple FC 2
Miscellaneous Laventille 2 (Kevin Mc Neil, Duane Samuel) vs QPCC 0
OCTOBER 15:
Miscellaneous Laventille 3 (Kareem Charles, Clint Raymond, Richard Elliot) vs Cultural Roots 2 (Shawn Andrews, Stephan Jack)
Carenage United vs Malta Carib Alcons - postponed
St Francois Nationals 2 vs RSSR 0
QPCC 3 vs Maple FC 0 - by default
Championship Division
OCTOBER 4:
Patna/River Estate 2 vs St Ann’s All Stars 1
Barataria Warriors 1 vs Harvard FC 0
Cantaro United 1 vs B8BH Police Youth Club 0
Trendsetter Hawks 5 vs Paramin Scholars 0
Malvern 3 vs Morvant Elements 0
OCTOBER 7:
St Ann’s All Stars 6 vs Harvard FC 1
Cantaro United 4 vs Patna/River Estate 3
Paramin Scholars 1 vs Barataria Warriors 0
Police Youth Club 6 vs Morvant Elements 3
Trendsette Hawks 3 vs Malvern FC 0
OCTOBER 11:
St Ann’s All Stars 1 vs Cantaro United 0
Paramin Scholars 3 vs Harvard SC 1
Patna/River Estate 5 vs Morvant Elements 1
Malvern Fc 4 vs Barataria Warriors 3
Police Youth Club 1 vs Trendsetter Hawks 0
OCTOBER 14:
St Ann’s All Stars 5 vs Paramin Scholars 1
Cantaro United 3 vs Morvant Elements 0
Malvern FC 3 vs Harvard FC 0
Patna/River Estate 2 vs Trendsetter Hawks 0
Police Youth Club 3 vs Barataria Warriors 1
CURRENT NFA STANDINGS
Premier Division
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Misc. Laventille 10 8 0 2 31 9 24
2. St Francois 10 6 2 2 28 16 20
3. RSSR 10 6 1 3 19 13 19
4. Cultural Roots 10 5 2 3 24 19 17
5. QPCC 10 4 1 5 17 20 13
6. Alcons 8 4 0 4 11 14 12
7. Carenage Utd 8 2 2 4 12 16 8
8. Belmont FC 8 2 1 5 9 17 7
9. Maple FC 10 0 1 9 7 29 1
Second Division
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Cantaro United 13 8 3 2 34 19 27
2. St Ann’s 14 7 2 5 35 23 23
3. Trendsetter Hawks 13 7 2 4 28 17 23
4. Paramin Scholars 12 7 1 4 35 26 22
5. Patna/River Estate 14 6 4 4 36 34 22
6. Malvern FC 11 7 1 3 25 23 22
7. Police Youth Club 12 6 2 4 28 20 20
8. Patna/River Estate 13 5 4 4 34 34 19
9. Barataria Warriors 12 3 1 8 14 28 10
11. Harvard 12 2 1 9 14 35 7
12. Morvant Elements 14 1 3 10 22 46 6