Jamaican football owes huge debt to schoolboy competitions

[Sir X]

Following close on the heels of Jamaica's highly successful campaign at the CONCACAF Gold Cup using mainly local-bred players who are active in the North American professional leagues comes the morale-boosting 2-1 away friendly win against Trinidad and Tobago.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edito...titions_109008

[Rockman]

The team winning the Manning Cup invariably shows signs of structured players development. Typically, club leagues have two bona fide contenders, Manning Cup is far mor competitive.

[Time]

The team winning the Manning Cup invariably shows signs of structured players development. Typically, club leagues have two bona fide contenders, Manning Cup is far mor competitive.

Corporate Area football only has 3 good teams, JC, St Georges and Wolmer's. Irrespective of who makes finals, one of these 3 teams will win.

[Rockman]

Point taken.

[Sir X]

1987 St Andrew Technical
1988 Charlie Smith
1989 Excelsior
1990 Charlie Smith
1991 Ardenne
1992 St George's College
1993 Excelsior
1994 Wolmer's Boys
1995 Charlie Smith
1996 Norman Manley
1997 no competition
1998 Dunoon Technical

In 10 years post 87 the traditional power houses won it once ,that being STGC in 1992


1999 Tivoli Gardens
2000 Norman Manley
2001 Bridgeport
2002 Norman Manley
2003 Excelsior
2004 Excelsior
2005 Calabar
2006 Bridgeport
2007 Jamaica College
2008 St George's College

That trend of anemic wins continued with JC and STGC winning it once each.


2009 St George's College
2010 Jamaica College
2011 St George's College
2012 - St George's College
2013 - Jamaica College
2014 -Jamaica College
2015-Jamaica College
2016-Jamaica Colege

Given the past 10 years,this is a new phenom with JC being the dominant team.Interesting as it was in its inception in the early 1900s,history repeats itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaic...ball_Champions

[Rockman]

Thabks Sir X but I am quite aware of the history. Time would say my statement is contemporary ,and of course my response would be we have seen that pattern before.
What I am trying to avoid is the discussion morphing into the controversial practice of acquiring players, therefore I chose not to prolong the conversation in anticipation of the inevitable..

You did well.

[Jangle]

1987 St Andrew Technical
1988 Charlie Smith
1989 Excelsior
1990 Charlie Smith
1991 Ardenne
1992 St George's College
1993 Excelsior
1994 Wolmer's Boys
1995 Charlie Smith
1996 Norman Manley
1997 no competition
1998 Dunoon Technical

In 10 years post 87 the traditional power houses won it once ,that being STGC in 1992


1999 Tivoli Gardens
2000 Norman Manley
2001 Bridgeport
2002 Norman Manley
2003 Excelsior
2004 Excelsior
2005 Calabar
2006 Bridgeport
2007 Jamaica College
2008 St George's College

That trend of anemic wins continued with JC and STGC winning it once each.


2009 St George's College
2010 Jamaica College
2011 St George's College
2012 - St George's College
2013 - Jamaica College
2014 -Jamaica College
2015-Jamaica College
2016-Jamaica Colege

Given the past 10 years,this is a new phenom with JC being the dominant team.Interesting as it was in its inception in the early 1900s,history repeats itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaic...ball_Champions

Oh sheeeetttt.....then how comes Mr. Time a talk bout Wolmer's being part of the chree good teams when dem no win it from 19-how-long. Perception is a helluva thing eeeh.

[Time]

I said Corporate Area football only has 3 good teams. The Corporate Area teams play in 4 competitions.

From 2009 to 2016.
a) Which teams won the Manning Cup?
b) Which teams won the Walker Cup?
c) Which Corporate area teams won the Oliver Shield?
d) Which Corporate area teams won the Super Cup?

There are only 3 good teams from the Corporate Area, Wolmer's, St Georges and Jamaica College.

[OJ]

To take this further if you play for Jose Marti high and only play the minimum first round before being knocked out how does school boy football develop you?

[Peter R]

What the state of football demonstrates is the potential of the football in JA; if it were not up to "schoolboy football" (alone) to develop the youth, just imagine what could be possible?!?!

[OJ]

ExactLy we are not saying get rid of it as our culture is built on it but make it part of the program not the main event.