GFF National League …
… register huge 6-0 win over Liquid Gold
GEORGETOWN Football Association’s Cellink Plus Premier League champions Alpha `The Hammer’ United registered a huge 6-0 win over Bartica’s Liquid Gold, when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/FIFA `Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF’ National League continued on Sunday at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

Also in winners’ row on Sunday were Georgetown’s Sunburst Camptown who recorded a 3-1 win against East Demerara’s Victoria Kings in the feature game of a double-header card at the Enmore Community Centre ground that saw Guyana Defence Force (GDF) edge East Coast’s Buxton United 1-0 at the same venue in the opening match and Upper Demerara’s Milerock beat Berbice’s Rosignol United 1-0 at the Blairmont Community Centre ground.

The other match of the day ended in a 1-1 draw between Upper Demerara’s Bakewell Topp XX and West Demerara’s Seawall United. This match was played at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.

In the Alpha United versus Liquid Gold match, Dwayne Jacobs and Anthony Harding were mainly responsible for the wide margin of victory as they registered a treble and a double respectively, while Andrew Murray supported with a lone goal.

Jacobs found his target in the 58th, 81st and 89th minutes respectively, while Harding found the back of Liquid Gold’s net in the 38th and 71st minutes.

However, this was after Murray had opened the team’s account in the 30th minute.

Playing at the Enmore ground, Telson McKinnon, Kester Alleyne and Delon Johnson scored for Sunburst Camptown in the 3rd, 30th and 91st minutes respectively while Kwesi DeSouza responded for Victoria Kings in the 49th minute.

In the opening fixture at the same venue, Marlon Benjamin booted home the winning goal in the 37th minute.

At the Blairmont ground, Jermaine McBean netted a double for Milerock in the 13th and 32nd minutes while Gladwin Johnson responded for Rosignol United in the 63rd minute.

At the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground, Adami Hoyte sent Seawall United into the lead with a 27th minute goal, but Michael Wills secured a draw for his team in the 56th minute.

The win for Alpha United earned them three points which ensured they continue to head the points standing with 14 points from six matches, four of which they won while drawing the other two.

To date the Georgetown Premier League champions have scored 18 goals and conceded five.

Despite their 1-2 loss to Milerock, Rosignol United continue to occupy the second spot in the points table with nine points from three victories and three losses. They have so far scored nine goals and conceded a similar amount.

Sunburst Camptown with their 3-1 win over Victoria Kings occupy the third spot in the points table with eight points from six matches.

To date, Camptown have scored nine goals and conceded eight.

Four of the ten teams (Liquid Gold, Topp XX, GDF and Milerock) in the competition have seven points from five matches, but two of them (Topp XX and GDF) have a plus-one goal difference, while the other two are in the negative.

Topp XX have won two of their matches while drawing one and losing the other two with eight goals for and seven against.

GDF, on the other hand, have won two matches, drawn one and lost two with five goals for and four against.

Liquid Gold, like Milerock, have won two matches, drawn one and lost two, but Milerock scored five goals and conceded eight as against the Bartica team who scored three times and conceded eight times.

Seawall United won one of the five matches they have played to date, but they also drew three and lost the other and are on six points with six goals for and five against.

Buxton United are next in the points standing with five points from five matches. They won one, drew two and lost two with five goals for and seven against.

Victoria Kings sit at the bottom of the points table with four points from six matches.

They won one, drew one and lost the other four. They scored four goals and conceded 11. (Michael DaSilva)