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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>TG, Portmore, H'View, Waterhouse advance</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>Paul Reid
Friday, March 02, 2007
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Tivoli Gardens' Denroy Gordon (left) and Leon Strickland of Arnett Gardens challenge for possession of the ball during yesterday's Red Stripe Champions Cup Knockout game at Edward Seaga Sports Complex. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Defending champions Tivoli Gardens, along with Portmore United, Harbour View and Waterhouse advanced to the quarter-finals of the Red Stripe Champions Cup following favourable results yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>At the Edward Seaga Sports Complex, Tivoli Gardens advanced 4-0 on aggregate after defeating Arnett Gardens 2-0 in their return game. Tivoli Gardens won the first leg by a similar margin.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Following an unenterprising first half with the home team looking the more purposeful, Horace Howell put Tivoli Gardens on the path of victory with a goal 10 minutes after the resumption. Thirteen minutes later Fabian Davis sealed the issue with a curling free kick from 30 yards, which goalkeeper Julian McLeish failed to come to grips with.<P class=StoryText align=justify>It was a victory which was well appreciated by coach Calvert Fitzgerald: "We played perhaps our worst game of the season going down to Boys' Town 0-1 in the Jackie Bell and were determined to make amends today (yesterday) and the team responded well. They played with spirit and determination and that was good to see that the team knows how to pick itself up when all seems lost."<P class=StoryText align=justify>His opposite number, Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey, thought his team played well in the first half, but fell away in the second and gave away two soft goals.<P class=StoryText align=justify>And added to this, they also failed to make use of some useful chances which came their way. Tivoli showed more determination for victory and they came away winners, Bailey observed.<P class=StoryText align=justify>While the game was not played with much physical intensity, Arnett Gardens lost two players in different circumstances.
Horace Jones, who had replaced Loxley Thompson in the 59th minute, was taken from the field less than a minute after he entered, suffering from a head injury following an accidental kick by his teammate Marlon Benbow, who himself went on eight minutes earlier as a second half substitute.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Arnett also lost defender Wayne Ellis in the last five minutes of play when he was ejected by referee Howard Stennett after he received back-to-back cautions for committing a bookable offence and then dissent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>At Duhaney Park: Portmore United booked their place in the last eight after playing to a 1-1 draw with the home team.
The St Catherine-based club advanced 6-1 on aggregate after beating their KSAFA opponents 5-0 in the first leg at Ferdie Neita Park.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Oneil McDonald put the visitors ahead in the 50th minute, but Horace Wilson cancelled his effort nine minutes later.
Wilson was then ejected in the 66th minute by referee Kevin Morrison for dissent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>McDonald fired into the roof of the net from close range after Wolry Wolfe headed the ball back across the face of goal.<P class=StoryText align=justify>However, Wilson surprised the Portmore team with a quickly-taken freekick to put the team back on even terms.
The Premier Leaguers controlled most of the play, but barely showed any real zest in the
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>Paul Reid
Friday, March 02, 2007
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=196 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Tivoli Gardens' Denroy Gordon (left) and Leon Strickland of Arnett Gardens challenge for possession of the ball during yesterday's Red Stripe Champions Cup Knockout game at Edward Seaga Sports Complex. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Defending champions Tivoli Gardens, along with Portmore United, Harbour View and Waterhouse advanced to the quarter-finals of the Red Stripe Champions Cup following favourable results yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>At the Edward Seaga Sports Complex, Tivoli Gardens advanced 4-0 on aggregate after defeating Arnett Gardens 2-0 in their return game. Tivoli Gardens won the first leg by a similar margin.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Following an unenterprising first half with the home team looking the more purposeful, Horace Howell put Tivoli Gardens on the path of victory with a goal 10 minutes after the resumption. Thirteen minutes later Fabian Davis sealed the issue with a curling free kick from 30 yards, which goalkeeper Julian McLeish failed to come to grips with.<P class=StoryText align=justify>It was a victory which was well appreciated by coach Calvert Fitzgerald: "We played perhaps our worst game of the season going down to Boys' Town 0-1 in the Jackie Bell and were determined to make amends today (yesterday) and the team responded well. They played with spirit and determination and that was good to see that the team knows how to pick itself up when all seems lost."<P class=StoryText align=justify>His opposite number, Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey, thought his team played well in the first half, but fell away in the second and gave away two soft goals.<P class=StoryText align=justify>And added to this, they also failed to make use of some useful chances which came their way. Tivoli showed more determination for victory and they came away winners, Bailey observed.<P class=StoryText align=justify>While the game was not played with much physical intensity, Arnett Gardens lost two players in different circumstances. Horace Jones, who had replaced Loxley Thompson in the 59th minute, was taken from the field less than a minute after he entered, suffering from a head injury following an accidental kick by his teammate Marlon Benbow, who himself went on eight minutes earlier as a second half substitute.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Arnett also lost defender Wayne Ellis in the last five minutes of play when he was ejected by referee Howard Stennett after he received back-to-back cautions for committing a bookable offence and then dissent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>At Duhaney Park: Portmore United booked their place in the last eight after playing to a 1-1 draw with the home team.
The St Catherine-based club advanced 6-1 on aggregate after beating their KSAFA opponents 5-0 in the first leg at Ferdie Neita Park.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Oneil McDonald put the visitors ahead in the 50th minute, but Horace Wilson cancelled his effort nine minutes later.
Wilson was then ejected in the 66th minute by referee Kevin Morrison for dissent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>McDonald fired into the roof of the net from close range after Wolry Wolfe headed the ball back across the face of goal.<P class=StoryText align=justify>However, Wilson surprised the Portmore team with a quickly-taken freekick to put the team back on even terms.
The Premier Leaguers controlled most of the play, but barely showed any real zest in the