Jamaicans to clash with Alpha United, Slingerz FC and Buxton United

NOT since the days of the Georgetown Cobras, has a Jamaican club team visited Guyana – that’s 21 years ago to be exact and now, thanks to Vizions Sounds Entertainment, one of the Island’s most storied football clubs arrived in Guyana to play a series of matches.Boys’ Town FC will face off against Guyana’s leading club Alpha United, the emerging Slingerz FC and the pride of the East Coast Buxton United, beginning tomorrow evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground.
The men from the Land of Wood and Water will play Slingerz FC as their first game in Guyana in the second game of a planned double-header while Buxton United and Alpha United go head-to-head in the night’s opening clash.
On Friday March 7, action heads to the Buxton Community Centre ground where the hosts come up against the Jamaicans while Alpha United and Slingerz FC square off in what is expected to be one of the biggest games to be played locally to date.
On Sunday, at the world famous Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Alpha United will show what they are worth against the Jamaicans and Slingerz play Buxton United for the first time.
“Boys’ Town Football Club is one of Jamaica’s brightest club with a great story behind them, representing a community; Trench Town, that was once the light of Jamaica,” said Reggae Super Star Duane Stephenson who is here as part of the nightly after-football entertainment planned by the organisers.
“Most of the reggae artistes in Jamaica present and past support the club and we are happy that Vizions Sounds is giving them an opportunity to showcase their talent outside of Jamaica.
“I know, the club is playing plenty football right now and I know that Guyana has a strong history in the sport and has some strong players as well, but what I’m happy about also is the fact that the tournament brings together the players to share their different culture as well,” Stephenson said.
Stephenson will perform on Friday at Buxton while tomorrow another reggae sensation ‘Ginja’ performs, and on Sunday evening, Dancehall group Voicemail and Christopher Martin will take the stage.
Boys’ Town was founded as a Christian project in 1940 by Reverend Father Hugh Sherlock for the young people in Kingston’s Trench Town community. The team have won the national league title on three occasions, the most recent in 1988.
After finishing runners-up to Tivoli Gardens F.C. in the 2010/2011 season, they started the 2011/2012 season on a low after fielding an ineligible player (Marvin Morgan, Jr.) in their first two matches and were deducted one point.
The team currently sits in ninth position in the Red Strip Jamaican Premier League; picking up nine losses, drawing seven while winning six games in the process.