… sponsored by GPF ‘A’ Division Commander

THE POLICE Football Club (PFC) last Wednesday afternoon thrashed Agricola Football Club (AFC) 2-1 to go one up in the three-match series being sponsored by Senior Superintendent and Commander of ‘A’ Division, Clifton Hicken, with the help of the Police football coordinator Senior Superintendent Lyndon Alves, and played at the Police Sports Club ground.The match started off with hype and saw Agricola’s Linden Picket score the first goal in the 8th minute. He attempted to double that lead but was denied by the lawmen’s custodian who affected the save.
In the 36th minute, Police striker Janson Jack scored an easy goal by running some 80 metres past all the Agricola defenders and firing home his shot without hesitation, to level the score.
After the halftime things were looking tight and, as the match progressed, many felt that extra time and later penalty kicks would be needed to arrive at a winner.
Unfortunately, Police’s James Bowman had other ideas and brought them to fore in the 63rd minute, scoring with a well-directed free kick to give his side a 2-1 lead – one that they held on to, until the full-time whistle was sounded.
After the match, Police coach Earl O’Neil said he was happy that his team came out victorious, adding that they will not be taking the Agricola side lightly, since they were last defeated in a similar triple-header by Tiger Bay, adding that his guys had a slight advantage because they were the host team.
Former national junior player and coach of the Agricola team, Gregory Loo, said he was happy with the way his team played, adding that they will find their shape and win by a landslide in the next encounter.
Loo said that even though Agricola hardly trained because of lack of facility, they will be able to perform much better in the next two matches, since he has earmarked the newly renovated community centre ground in Agricola as the venue to be used for their preparation for the upcoming matches.
The said ground was renovated by Commander Hicken with the help of the Ministry of Public Works and is 90% complete, but the team can still use same to prepare for the second match which is set for Monday afternoon at Eve Leary.