Alpha retain NAMILCO `One Love’ title with 1-0 win over GDF
Minister Juan Edghill hands over the winning trophy and cheque to Alpha United captain Dwight Peters in the presence of his fellow teammates and technical staff.
Minister Juan Edghill hands over the winning trophy and cheque to Alpha United captain Dwight Peters in the presence of his fellow teammates and technical staff.

… Host club finish in third place

NATIONAL champions Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United successfully defended their title, edging the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 1-0 in the grand finale of the NAMILCO-sponsored Fruta Conquerors One Love tourney at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground last Sunday. The army side created the first chance of the contest in the 29th minute, when Delroy Fraser, who was later declared the tournament’s highest goalscorer with his five goals, struck his powerful header straight at the Alpha goalkeeper from inside the penalty box.
National forward Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson answered back for the Hammers, lashing his effort off the crossbar eight minutes later, after collecting a pass inside the penalty box, as both sides took the lemon-time break with a clean sheet.
In the second half, Alpha’s Sheldon Holder and Andrew Murray Jr. were denied sending their team into the lead, courtesy of the crossbar, with Murray Jr being presented with a one-on-one situation with the Army’s custodian in the 77th minute, when he was denied by the woodwork.
Alpha should have opened the scoring in the 97th minute of extra time, only for Manasseh Primo to strike his effort over the bar, but the defending champions eventually grabbed the winner in the 121st minute through a Mark Miller right-footed missile into the roof of the net from outside the box.
For retaining their title, Alpha collected $1.2M and the championship trophy. GDF for their showing collected $600 000 and the runners-up trophy.
In the third place playoff, Fruta Conquerors, led by a Dwayne Lawrence double in the 18th and 60th minutes came from behind to defeat Riddim Squad, with Delon Williams and Jahaal Greaves completing the win with goals of their own in the 51th and 63rd minutes respectively.
Scoring for the losers in the 13th and 48th minutes were Sceyon Hope and Amos Ramsay, as Fruta Conquerors walked away with the third place trophy and $400 000 while Riddim Squad carted off $200 000 and the fourth place trophy.
During the presentation ceremony that followed, GDF player Delwyn Fraser was awarded the tourney’s most valuable player award while Lawrence of Conquerors was awarded the highest goalscorer award (five goals) and Ronson Williams the best goalkeeper award.

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