2010–11 National Premier League

The 2010–11 National Premier League (also known as the 2010–11 Digicel Premier League) is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. The regular season began August 29, 2010 and will be completed May 1, 2011. The teams will play each other 3 times each then the final 5 games will be played amongst the top 6 and bottom 6; making it a total of 38 games each. Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their third Jamaican championship last season.

National Premier League
Season2010–11
ChampionsTivoli Gardens
5th title
RelegatedSt. George's
Benfica
Matches played228
Goals scored460 (2.02 per match)
Biggest home winArnett Gardens 12-0 Benfica
Biggest away winBenfica 0-7 Humble Lions
Highest scoringArnett Gardens 12-0 Benfica

Tropical storm Nicole caused a number of games to be postponed.[1]

Teams

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Rivoli United and August Town finished 11th and 12th at the end of last season and were relegated to lower leagues.

Taking their places in the league this season are Benfica and Reno, which were the best two clubs in last season's second level promotion playoffs.

Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 1,500   Paul "Tegat" Davis
Benfica Lime Hall, St. Ann Drax Hall Football Field 2,000   Harold Thomas
Boys' Town Kingston Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex 2,000   Andrew Price
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000   Donovan Hayles
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000   Lenworth Hyde sr.
Portmore United Portmore Ferdi Neita Sports Complex 2,000   Linval Dixon
Reno Savanna-la-Mar Frome Sports Club 2,000   Wendell Downswell
Sporting Central Academy Clarendon Brancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Oval 2,000   Donovan Duckie
St. George's Buff Bay Lynch Park 2,000   Geoffrey Maxwell
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000   Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Village United Falmouth Elleston Wakeland Stadium 3,000   Norman Foster
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000   Baris Johnson

Regular stage

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tivoli Gardens 33 17 10 6 47 26 +21 61 Championship Playoff
2 Boys' Town 33 15 11 7 31 24 +7 56
3 Harbour View 33 14 9 10 36 26 +10 51
4 Waterhouse 33 13 8 12 37 31 +6 47
5 Portmore United 33 12 11 10 29 25 +4 47
6 Village United 33 11 10 12 36 39 −3 43
7 Reno 33 10 11 12 34 33 +1 41 Relegation Playoff
8 Arnett Gardens 33 9 14 10 25 29 −4 41
9 Sporting Central Academy 33 9 13 11 32 31 +1 40
10 Benfica 33 10 7 16 33 54 −21 37
11 St. George's 33 10 6 17 23 38 −15 36
12 Humble Lions 33 8 10 15 23 30 −7 34
Source: Jamaican FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Matches 1–22

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Home \ Away ARN BEN BOY HAR HUM POR REN SCA STG TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1
Benfica 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0
Boys' Town 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Harbour View 0–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1
Humble Lions 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2
Portmore United 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1
Reno 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Sporting Central Academy 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 4–3 0–2
St. George's 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Tivoli Gardens 1–1 5–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–1
Village United 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–0
Waterhouse 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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Home \ Away ARN BEN BOY HAR HUM POR REN SCA STG TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2
Benfica 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–0
Boys' Town 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1
Harbour View 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Humble Lions 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3[a] 2–0
Portmore United 0–1 0–0 0–3[b] 0–2 0–1
Reno 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–3
Sporting Central Academy 0–3[c] 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
St. George's 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Tivoli Gardens 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Village United 0–0 0–1 3–0[d] 2–1 1–1 3–2
Waterhouse 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ This match originally ended 1-0, but was awarded 0-3 afterward.
  2. ^ This match originally ended 0-0, but was awarded 0-3 afterward.
  3. ^ This match originally ended 1-1, but was awarded 0-3 afterward.
  4. ^ This match originally ended 0-2, but was awarded 3-0 afterward.

Championship playoff

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TIV BOY HAR WAT POR VIL
1 Tivoli Gardens (C) 38 20 12 6 52 27 +25 72 1–0 1–0
2 Boys' Town 38 19 11 8 39 28 +11 68 2–1 2–1
3 Harbour View 38 17 10 11 43 28 +15 61 0–0 1–0 4–0
4 Waterhouse 38 14 9 15 38 35 +3 51 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
5 Portmore United 38 12 12 14 31 34 −3 48 0–0 1–2
6 Village United 38 12 11 15 43 49 −6 47 1–3 5–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Relegation playoff

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation REN SCA ARN HUM STG BEN
7 Reno 38 13 11 14 39 37 +2 50 3–1 1–0 1–0
8 Sporting Central Academy 38 11 14 13 39 36 +3 47 4–0 1–2
9 Arnett Gardens 38 11 14 13 38 36 +2 47 12–0
10 Humble Lions 38 12 10 16 35 32 +3 46 1–0 0–1 2–0
11 St. George's (R) 38 13 7 18 29 41 −12 46 Relegation to 2011-12 Eastern Confederation Super League 2–0 0–0 2–0
12 Benfica (R) 38 10 7 21 34 77 −43 37 0–1 0–7 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Team Goals
1   Kirk Ramsey Arnett Gardens 17
2   Craig Foster Reno 15
3   Navion Boyd Tivoli Gardens 11
  Steven Morrissey Portmore United 11
5   Vincent Earle Waterhouse 10
6   Francois Swaby Sporting Central 9
7   Devon Hodges Tivoli Gardens 8
  Jermaine Anderson Waterhouse 8
9   Renae Lloyd Boys Town F.C. 6
  O'Brian Woodbine Reno 6

Updated to games played on 24 February 2011
Source: Soccerway

Promotion from Super Leagues

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The winners of the 4 regional Super Leagues play-off in a home and home round robin series.

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIG SEB CAV RIV
1 Highgate United 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 2011–12 National Premier League 0–0 2–0 1–1
2 Seba United 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 10 1–1 2–1 1–0
3 Cavalier 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 0–2 1–1 1–0
4 Rivoli United 6 0 2 4 4 8 −4 2 1–2 2–2 0–1
Source: [2] [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ Walker, Howard (3 October 2010). "DPL matches postponed yet again". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ Walker, Howard (2 June 2011). "Draw puts Seba back into DPL". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Seba, Highgate could seal DPL berths". Jamaica Observer. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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