Waterhouse without a coach....
The Daily Gleaner - Tuesday July 11, 2006

National Premier League Champion Waterhouse Football Club is still without a coach and pre-season training has already started, revealed club president Peter Hibbert.
'No we haven't a coach but training has already started' Hibbert told The Gleaner.
However, Hibbert quickly pointed out that this situation is not a problem right now.
'We dont have a problem. We started worse than this last year and won the title.'
Waterhouse, the 2005 - 06 champions lost coach Wayne Fairclough who guided the team to a remarkable title-chasing victory over Harbour View. But the real problem for the champion is finding a qualified coach which Hibbert said is limited in the island.
Said Hibbert: 'I am working on it, and we are looking at different options. Of course youu know it is limited.' He continued:'In the highest League in the country, coacheskeep rotating. If you fail at one place you can always go some where else to get a work, it doesn't matter.
' 'But Waterhouse have a way of building people. We have a way of making people famous, especially coaches,' said Hibbert.
Top notch coach coach Geoffrey Maxwell led Waterhouse to their first NPL title in 1998 and since the a number of coaches have come and gone.


Howard Walker
Gleaner Staff Reporter

This is an abbreviated version of the original story. "

Lively Lamey stars at NPL awards ceremony.
The Daily Observer - Wednesday July 26, 2006

Twelve year veteran striker Kevin Lamey was rewarded with five individual awards, including the prestigious Tony Burrowes and Player of the season awards for his indefatigable efforts in last season's Wray & Nephew National Premier League (NPL).
Lamey was recognized at Monday night's Wray & Nephew NPL Knockout Cup and the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Under 21 League Awards Ceremony at the Terra Nova Hotel.
The wily striker who tallied 21 goals helped Waterhouse post a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the last round over long-time runaway leaders Harbour View under the new league format.
Having already established himself as the top goal-scorer in the second and third rounds, as well as for the season, Lamey was voted as the best candidate for the Tony Burrowes Awards, which carries a prize of J$100,000.00 and a trophy.
He returned later to cop his fifth award - player of the season, which comprises J$50,000.00 and a trophy. He won an additional J$10,000.00 and trophies for each of the two rounds when he was the top goal-scorer and J$25,000.00 for being the top-goal scorer for the season.
'I feel pretty good. I played tremendously for the team,' a modest Lamey told reporters after the ceremony. 'I thought it was a positive contribution for my team... It is a very good award. I tried to be positive on and off the field and it worked for me.'
The Tony Burrowes Player/Personality of the Year award honours the memory of the late Wray & Nephew Limited employee, sportsman and sports fan. to be eligible for the award the winner had to fit certain criteria as stipulated by the sponsors.
The Player:

1) Must play for his club at least 2/3 of the 2005-2006 season.
2) Should be registered for the entire season of the Wray & Nephew NPL season.
3) Must be a role model in his community.
4) Must be a role mode for his team.
5) Should receive a maximum of five yellow cards and one red card, and
6) Must have played 50 percent of the total games in the 2005-06 Wray & Nephew NPL season.

Meanwhile Waterhouse were the team with the most wins in the preliminary rounds (J$50,000 and plaque): the top scoring team in the preliminary rounds (J$70,000): the winning captain (Craig White J$10,000 and trophy) the winning coach (Wayne Fairclough trophy) and the league champions (J$2,000,000 and gold medals)

This is an abbreviated version of the original story. "

The name Wayne Fairclough may not readily come to the minds of many. Not even to some in football circles, where he is quietly making his mark.
    Fairclough is the man who has guided Waterhouse FC to an amazing rally to overtake long-time leaders of the the Wray & Nephew National Premier League (NPL) Harbour View.
  The lead of a point may be a slim one, but the mere fact that the Drewsland based side could find themselves a nose ahead after trailing the Stars of the East by a massive 15 points at one stage isn a tremendous achievement.
   Waterhouse are now on 59 points - one ahead of the breaking Harbour View.
    Fairclough who took the reins in November last year after Calvert Fitzgerald was given his marching orders, is a coach of vast experience in the local game.
    He grew upin Allman Town/Woodford Park and got his first coaching job as a youngster shortly after leaving St. Andrew Technical (STATHS), with Kingston Technical, assisting his then Santos team-mate Keith Bryce.
    He represented Santos both at the youth and senior levels and was coached by Carlton "Spanner" Dennis and Jackie Bell respectively.
    However, his first major coaching role came at Union Gardens, where he guided that team to honours in 1986 and was beaten finalists in 1988 against Meadheaven. The team was twice winners of the knockout competition.
     The high-point of Fairclough's coaching career at the time came in 1990, when Geoffrey Maxwell, the then national senior coach, brought him around the team and allowed him to absorb and observe what it is like to be in the big league among big players.
    He says Maxwell has been his biggest influence, from their playing days together at Santos until he eventually became coach. Another of his major influence has been Frank Brown, who coached him while playing for KASAFA in a SDC parish league back in the 1970s.
    In 1990, he was lured to Arnett Gardens where he helped them regainpromotion to the National League after a long absence, and to their first Jackie Bell KO title.
    However, he only stayed at Arnett Gardens for one season, but went on to secure the team's first ever place in the island's premier football competition.
    After two seasons at Marverley his next stop was Naggo's Head, whom he led to three consecutive Happy Sutherland KO titles from 1993-95.
    A brief stint with Galaxy in the National League followed, but he left in less than a year for his alma mata, St.Andrew Technical, where he spent seven trophy-less seasons as their Manning Cup coach.
    He returned to Arnett Gardens for another spell, but that did not work out again and he quit before the season ended.
     On leaving Arnett, he heard that the Waterhouse's Under 21 coaching post was vacant and he applied and got the job. He also worked as an assistant then to Calvert Fitzgerald in the senior team, the man he succeeded after the latter was fired.
    Initially the job was for six months but based on the success rate, he was offered it on a long term basis.
    "I dont know if they had someone else in mind. They just told me I would take charge of the team until the management had straighten certain matters out," he said.
     Fairclough, who at one point guided the team to 16 matches unbeaten, said he has not very differently since taking over the top job.
    "But I have always been an integral part of the coaching staff, so when Fitzgerald left it was basically the same thing," he said.
    "The only thing was that I started to share my thoughts with the players more, and try to build their belief and self confidence....but there is not much difference ," he told Sporting World.
     He continued: "When I took over it looked impossible for any team to catch Harbour View, but being a firm believer in God , we knew that we had the players nwith the capability to catch them.... so the executive and the coaching staff did all they could to motivate the players to believe they could do it," he said.
    He says he is not sure how much his coaching style is appreciated but concludes that "everyone likes a winner, so I dont know if everything would be much different if I wasn't winning."
    "But we plan for each game and the coaching staff and players try their best to stick to the plan and try our best to be responsible and act as the consumate professionals," he said.
    He said he is enjoying the challenge and the experience is great.
    "It has been a challenge, I have learnt a lot. Being in two finals in your first season as coachis good, but what goes on afterthis season is left to be seen...but coaching is always a challenge, there are always things to learn, there is always room for improvement," said Fairclough.
     Waterhouse are the KASAFA Jackie Bell champions and NPL round two winners.
    
     Married to a teacher, with five sons two of whom attend Universities in the United States, Fairclough says his passion for the sport and belief in the Almighty are the foundations for his successes so far.
    "To continue coaching you have to have the passion, If you dont have the passion it makes no sense. But when you have the passion you will always strve for higher heights,"he ended.
    
    Waterhouse is on course for another final when they defeated Reno 4-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the Red Stripe Champions' Cup recently and will face defending champions Portmore United in the semis on Sunday at the National Stadium at 7:00pm.

Livingston Scott - Observer staff reporter. Sporting World /The Daily Observer/Saturday March 18, 2006

Affiliation to the Jamaica Football Federation and The Kingston & St Andrew Football Association in 1979 marked the birth of Waterhouse Football Club, but the club was actually formed in 1968 under the name Great West Football Club.
    Waterhouse is the epitome of a "community club" - which provides a home for the youth of the area to develop and parade their footballing skills plus even gainful employment at times.
    Winners of the National Premier League, the nation's most prestigious football competition in 1997 and 2006, Waterhouse showed steady growth between 1984 and 1992 when they gained promotion to the Major League and Premier League competitions. They took the 1989/90 Major League crown to move up to the Premier League, but were demoted in 1992. Fortunately the fire was out for only three years as the club embarked on an immediate mission to get back to the Premiership and returned to the NPL with a fifth place finish in 1996/97 after winning their second Major League crown.
    There has been no stopping them since and the club has developed into one of the finest in the country.They have remained in the top half of the Premier League standings since becoming champions in 1997/98 under coach Jeffrey Maxwell, finalist in 2000 and 2001 and champions again in 2005/06, an accomplishment which was dedicated to their much loved coach Peter Cargill who died in a motor vehicle accident on April 16, 2005 en route to Montego Bay for amatch against Wadadah.
    However what is probably the club's main achievement is the building of their fabulous mini stadium which housed its first match on October 11, 2003. Another Historic occasion was Saturday November 1, 2003 when the political divide was bridged and Waterhouse hosted their first home game against Tivoli Gardens in 24 years.
    Since the 1980s the inner city based club has always built their teams around a talented pool of youngsters and there is no indication that this tradition will change any time soon.
    The club has developed a sound infra-structure including an expansive development programme which includes fielding teams in the Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, Under 20, Under 21, Womens, Masters and Premier Leagues. All told the club is home to over 350 footballers.
    Waterhouse have given the nation a number of distinguished footballers including Owen Ellis, Danny Engglish, Stanley Perry, Richard Marshall, Kevin Lamey, Hugh 'Bingi' Blair, Desmond Breakenridge, Adrian Reid, Raymond 'Dye Job' Webb, Lloyd Waugh, Ainsley Smikle, Irvino English, Damien Powell, Boris Johnson, Rohen Lungren and Gregory Hall.

Adapted: the Sport Globe, September 8 - 21 2006.

'Firehouse' Blazing a trail in it's community
Keith Brown - The SportGlobe

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
This quotation from Albert Weinstein, one nof the many which adorn the walls of administrative wing of the Waterhouse Football Club, vividly underpins the thinkingwhich has transformed this inner city club into a community colossus, impacting the lives of residents in a manner rarely seen in Jamaica.
  When residents start painting their homes in the club's colours, painting and naming their buses "Waterhouse FC", volunteering to paint the stands and pavilion and turn out in hordes at matches, then something dynamic is happening and it is something that should make us all sit up and take notice.
  When the club officially opened it's spanking new mini stadium on October 30, 2003 Minister of Finance Omar Davies, obviously impressed stated "The Waterhouse mini-stadium has shown that it is possible for various social and income groups to work together in harmony towards a common objective, and if we could take that to the national level, the benefits to all would be considerable."
  The social/financial partnership he was referring to was the involvement of 58 corporate bodies in the erection of the facility and the continuing strong relationship which exists between this inner city organization and companies like Dairy Industries, Tank Weld Limited ICWI and Trujuice.
  And it is not the usual story of "pumping in some cash and leaving them to fend for themselves."
  Former Dairy Industries head honcho Ryan Peralto Jnr. is chairman of the club, Tankweld's Bruce Bicknell is Vice Chairman and Peter Hibbert, Managing Director of Sports Plus sports goods store is the President. A classic case of putting your mouth where your money is and not just looking on, but getting involved.
  The development of the club has done wonders for the community. Club mascot "Eptik" who decked out in his blue and yellow fireman suit breathes "fire" on Waterhouse opponents at Premier League games, sums it up well in stating "we promoting a ting fi show the fans them that is not just football. It is all about providing entertainment, building community spirit and bringing a boost to the players dem also."
  Waterhouse have realized that the fans play a critical role in the club's success and have given priority to making the community an integral part of the organization. All members of the executive are volunteers and all funds raised are pumped back into the club and community.
  For example there is the famous "zinc fence" project where the zinc fences along the road which adjoins the club have all been taken down and replaced with concrete walls which houses messages from the companies which are involved with the project.
  Another project being planned is the clean-up of the expansive Sandy Gully which runs behind the club, and houses the Gully League which has spawned many of the players who have graduated into the Waterhouse teams.
  This community concept is also evident in the makep of the club's Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, Under 21, Women's, Masters and Premier League's teams which number 205 active players. Over 85% Iis homegrown talent. In fact, their 30-man Premier League squad which has only eleven "outsiders" carries the bulk of non-Waterhouse personnel.
  Waterhouse have done amazingly well with the limited resources, and in blazing a trail of success, have reached a level where President Hibbert can declare with conviction that "we are not looking for handouts, we have a product to sell and we intend to reap maximum benefits from the sale of that product--- a sports organization which is transforming a deprived community and making them into achievers despite of their social circumstances."

Adapted: the Sport Globe, September 8 - 21 2006.

Bicknell - doing more than just writing the cheques!
Jermaine Wright - The SportGlobe

He is lauded as something close to a 'Godfather' to the community, but Bruce Bicknell, Vice Chairman of Waterhouse Football Club strongly down plays the billing and sees his selfless contribution to the community as purely an 'obligation'. When Sports Globe sat down with the key figure in the rise of the club, he much preferred to talk about the community rather than himself.
  The Hillel and Texas A&M University graduate shies away from the spotlight but grabs any chance he gets to interact with the people regardedc as thevless fortunate. he is insistent that the large scale contributions made by himself and the his company Tank Weld Ltd. which has been in the community for 40 years, should not be measured in dollars and cents. Instead the countless hours and physical energy spent in voluntary service should be judged for what it really is - an act of human sincerity.
  Questioned as to why hye got involved with Waterhouse 'Bruce' as he is preferred to be called, responded with typical humility. "I was approached by executive members of the club to assist in the construction of the mini stadium and ..... it just came naturally", he uttered as if to say what else?.
  However he actually started his administrative involvement at Olympic Gardens 13 years ago, and has made his presence felt in all aspects of the development process- whether in community projects; football or basketball - another sport in which he has a very keen interest.
  "You have to see and feel how people live to gain a real understanding of how bo help the community. You need to earn their respectas well as they need to earn mine. But you cannot gain respect if you are not genuine."

Waterhouse Football Club made full use of the transfer market by acquiring at least twenty one players to add to their already formidable squad.
Six players formally of demoted Naggo Head FC is set to join Waterhouse most of whom are expected to fit into the U23 setup. These players include Adrian King and Andre Clennon. The big catch however must be Arnett Gardens FC Johnathan 'Johnny' Williams and Kenardo Forbes also from Naggo Head FC.
National U23 midfielder Mario Harrison has also been added to the slate of new faces here at Waterhouse.

Title Sponsors Wray and Nephew, after discussions with The Jamaica Football Federation has decided to withdraw from it's sponsorship contract for the National Premier League, with immediate effect.
In what is said to have been an 'amicable' agreement between the JFF and Wray and Nephew, who for the past five years have been the main sponsor of the Island's top football competition, follows an initiative by the clubs to attract greater financial support. This in light of an ongoing burdening financial costs that runs into millions of dollars each season, which could not be subsidised by certain sponsorships because of the contractual arrangemant that existed between Wray and Nephew and the JFF and by extension the clubs.
Despite being happy with the benefits it derived from the contract, J. Wray and Nephew Limited after months of negotiations with the Federation, were not prepared to increase their financial commitment to the asking levels of the JFF.

Danilo Barriga a Peruvian national has been appointed as Waterhouse Football Club's new Premier League coach and additionally has been given the responsibility of overseeing all the club's other competitive teams.
Mr. Barriga no stranger to Jamaica and Jamaica's Club football, having done short stints at Seba and Reno United, was introduced to the Press at a conference in July held at the Club's ground.
The 2005/2006 NPL Champions found themselves in need of a senior coach shortly before the end of last season when the then incumbent Anthony Patrick resigned.

Speaking at the manager's introduction to the press Waterhouse's president Peter Hibbert stated "Last year the season ended with our coach resigning, and we continued with what we had in the programme. So going into the new season, the executives met and deliberated for a couple of months. We were trying to find somebody who would fit the objectives of the club, and right now Mr. Barriga is in line with what and where we want to be!."
Continuing Hibbert went on to admit that the Club was embarking on a initiative to strengthen it's weakness in the managerial department and suggested that Barriga's administrative skills would be useful in this area.
"We, as an executive, lack certain thing in management, because of the broad area we have to cover and one of the thing that came out in our interview with Mr. Barriga is his ability and his experience in administration and we are looking for him to work in the entirety of the club, meaning, at all levels," Hibbert added.

Ainsley Walters - The Weekend Star, Friday, September 2, 2007

Jamaica's top football competition the Premier League, kicks off on Sunday September 30 with a revamped format and $150m boost from new title sponsor the Cash Plus Group of Companies.
Now dubbed the Cash Plus Premier League, the Premiership will undergo yet another change after the decision two seasons ago to have the twelve teams play in a straight points format as opposed to the traditional semi-final and grand final, which existed from the inception of the National League.
This season's format will have the 12 teams playing 38 games in four rounds, as opposed to 33 games in three rounds throughout 2006/2007.
The major change entails the fourth round, which will be split into two groups, the top and the lower six teams, which will then play exclusively in their respective groups.
However points accumulated in the fourth round will be exclusive to the respective group, meaning no team finishing below sixth at the end of the third round would be able to climb into the top tier during the final round.

The opposite applies for the teams in the upper half as they, regardless of their performance in the fourth round, cannot finish any lower than sixth and would be safe from any threat of relegation.
Carvel Stewart(Harbour View FC), vice chairman of the Edward Seaga(Tivoli Gardens FC) - led Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA), said the model is based on the Scottish Premier League (SPL).
Clyde Jureidini(Harbour View FC), assistant secretary of the PLCA, said the new format would extend the number of high-quality games.
"It gives the opportunity for five games over a one month period, four Sundays and a Wednesday, extending the season from the end of April to the end of May or the beginning of June," he explained.
"This would also bring the League in line with others around the world, which has 20 teams and play 38 games over a similar period," he pointed out.
Jureidini reasoned that the format would be more exciting as like teams would be pitted against each other in the final leg of the race for either the title or relegation.

The new PLCA which was instrumental in jettisoning former sponsor Wray & Nephew Limited, could ultimately be responsible for the running of the Premier League from as early as next season.
The PLCA is fashioned off the English Premiership system with each club holding a share in what is effectively a company, which conducts the financial and business affairs of the group.

Burchell Gibson, general secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), said the federation's board of directors on September 9, had appointed an interim body comprising three officers of the JFF and five from the PLCA with the objective of creating a seperate league in accordance with the articles of the JFF and subject to approval of its congress.
"For this 2007-2008 season, the JFF would actually run the competition. The competition's committee would have full oversight and the administrators would be in charge of all logistics, fixtures, appointments and liason with the referee's association.
However, under this new committee, hopefully for the 2008/09 season the, Premier League would be a seperate entity with the JFF having oversight responsibility." he explained.
Gibson said this was the way to go."In every country with a professional system, there's is an independent body, even Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica have such a system." he said.

Waterhouse failed to capitalize on a less than impressive performance from Village United at Drewsland when they were held to a one all stalemate. Firehouse had only themselves to blame as before Kevin Lamey's 13th minute strike to give the homesters the lead they had at least two clear cut chances to put the game beyond Village.

Deft ball passing and subtle skills before the Village goal on numerous occasions was not enough as poor finishing let them down. Village was satisfied to soak up the pressure and counterattack, this they did up until the 43rd minute when their ace striker Fabian Dawkins lashed unto a Waterhouse's defensive error after clearance from his own goalkeeper found him facing Waterhouse's captain and goalkeeper Richard McCallum alone to beat and he made no mistake in tying up the game.

In the second half Waterhouse pressed for the advantage although Village proved much more competitive and in the 86th minute when Lamey rushed onto a thru pass and beat a diving Village custodian, three points seemed to be theirs but for the linesman's controversial ruling of offside.
Waterhouse however should have wrapped up the match in the 89th minute but was denied after a terrible goalmouth bungling from Jonathan Williams.

Waterhouse will on Sunday attempt to start the new year on a winning note when they meet Village United at home.
Village has over the years been competitive at Drewsland and this year should be no different. Having had a bad second round so far and lying second to last in the points table, Village should be considered wounded tigers and Waterhouse should approach the game with that in mind. Speaking with waterhousefc.com Waterhouse's coach Hugh "Bingie" Blair said he was looking forward to a win as long as his players made use of their chances.

Asked about injury worries Blair stated that his team was in very good physical shape and his only concern now was card problems, as at least one of his main player in striker Jermaine "Tuffy" Anderson was doubtful because of a string of cards.
Speaking further he emphasized that the team was in need of a sweeper and the Club may be looking torwards the transfer window sometime this month to fill the breach, but only if one could not be found amongst his string of young players.

Less than forty eight hours before Waterhouse's tough Premier League assignment with Tivoli Gardens FC, incumbent coach Hugh "Bingie" Blair was axed from the coaching staff of the club.

Blair who has had a string of indifferent results as head coach since taking over from title winning Wayne Fairclough, could not be reached by Waterhousefc.com for comment.
The Club's latest loss, a one nil defeat to Super League strugglers Duhaney Park in The KSAFA Jackie Bell KO quarter finals on Thursday January 8th, must have been the "straw that broke the camels back" as one frustrated executive of the club suggested.

Waterhouse now currently lies sixth in the points table, and it is understood that former Waterhouse player Boris Johnson has been mandated to lift the club's fortunes.
With just one training session before he meets the might of Tivoli Gardens FC, waterhousefc.com wishes Boris all the best.

Blair also a former player for the club was a prominent figure on the Club's bench for many years.

Other news

• At disciplinary hearings held on Friday January 09, 2009 Waterhouse defender and utility player Michael Stone was handed a three match ban and 25% salary fine for acts of indiscipline committed on Sunday January 4th, in the drawn match versus Village United FC.
  
  Stone's teammate Noel Edwards was on the receiving end of an even heftier fine as he was docked a complete month's salary and banned for the rest of the Premier League's second round or an equivalent of six matches. The exact nature of the misdemeaneors are undisclosed but it appears that they are unrelated.



• Waterhouse U21 campaigners went down 0-1 to Meadhaven United to slip to fourth in the U21 Championships point tables.

Goals win matches, and Waterhouse was again reminded of the old footballing adage when they came upon title contenders Tivoli Gardens Fc on Sunday.

Baris Johnsons first match in charge as head coach saw him employing a potent strike force in Lamey, Anderson and Williams but after ninety minutes the home side was unable to show a point for their more than spirited effort.

The first half of the contest was fairly even. In the thirty first minute Tivoli won a free just outside the right of the eighteen yard box and Roland Dean the captain executed a well taken shot that saw McCallum diving from the opposite end of the goal but fell short in saving as the ball brushed the inside of the upright and gave the visitors all they would need to take home three points.

The second half saw waterhouse mounting numerouse attacks only to be let down most of the time by that final pass, or mainly that defense splitting pass. Statistics will show that Waterhouse won no less than seven corners to Tivoli's none but a fighting rear guard defensive action when they were down to 10 men after skipper Roland Dean was shown the red card saw Tivoli denying the men from Drewsland a point.

After just 48 hours into his new job as Coach, Baris Johnson has tasted defeat as Waterhouse lost one nil to Tivoli Gardens at the Waterhouse Mini-Stadium in the seventeenth round of the 2008/09 Digicel Premier League.

In a game that started at a fast pace, it was the visitors Tivoli who had the better of the early exchanges and almost took the lead when Navion Boyd’s intended cross nearly fell into the goal but was brilliantly saved by Richard McCallum, who tipped the ball over the crossbar then fell into his net. Waterhouse then suffered an early setback when the injured Kirk Ramsey was replaced by Mark Miller. Tivoli took the lead in the 31st minute when Roland Dean’s well taken free-kick from just outside the area cleared the Waterhouse wall and deflected off the right upright and into the net.

On the resumption, Waterhouse just failed to equalize when Lamey fed right-back Mark Miller a pass and his powerful shot from fifteen yards just missed the far post. Waterhouse changed their approach by replacing Jonathan Williams with Lance Dacosta in a defensive mid-field role behind Vincent Earl and Kenardo Forbes.

Dean could have doubled the lead but his lunging scoop lifted the ball over the cross bar from 6 yards out. Referee Dwight Royal then issued a few cards culminating with a red card in the 70th minute to hero turned villain Roland Dean for retaliating in a confrontation with Richard McCallum.
Roberto Fletcher then replaced defender Adeen Jarrett and Tivoli was placed on the back-foot for the next ten minutes as Waterhouse pressed for the equalizer and earned 4 corners.

A miss kick by Jermaine Anderson at the edge of the six yard box after being fed a soft cross from Kenardo Forbes when they outnumbered Tivoli by four to two players. A decisive goal saving challenge robbed Lamey of a shot on goal fifteen yards out and ensured the victory for Tivoli.

Tivoli’s keeper Edsel Scott rubbed more salt into the wounded Waterhouse players and spectators by going down injured three times in the last 5 minutes of play. He was later seen limping out of the stadium advising all that he had strained his groin. Waterhouse will next play Reno on Wed Jan. 14 at STETHS.

D.Henry (Staff contributor)

Waterhouse journeyed to Westmoreland on Wednesday, with the hope and intention of reversing their most recent form.

Playing under the instructions of interim coach Anthony Patrick, the Drewsland team was unable to revive the downward spiral that they have found themselves in since the middle of the first round.

But for a Kevin Lamey goal towards the end of the first half, they would have been shut out completely as they went down to Reno by four goals to one. A result that no doubt leaves them with no chance of making the second end of round final.

See"Bruised" for an indepth analysis of the game.

Waterhouse suffered their second defeat in four days when they were defeated 4-1 by Reno at the Frome Sports Ground in Westmoreland on Jan 14, 2008 in the Digicel Premier League football competition.

Reno took the lead in the 17th minute when Obrian Woodbine was brought down in the penalty area and Patrick Graham converted the resulting penalty. Two minutes later, Draion McNain doubled Reno’s lead after going past the Waterhouse defence and lobbing the ball over goalkeeper Kelso Cousins. Waterhouse was thrown a lifeline in the 41st minute when perennial goal-scorer Kevin Lamey collected a through pass from Kenardo Forbes and hit the back of the net.

The game remained competitive until the 84th minute when the energetic Troy Reid scored the first of his two goals and added the other in the 90th minute. This was another set-back for Waterhouse as they try to keep in touch with the leading pack but remained in sixth place on 23 points. Waterhouse next game is on Sunday Jan 18 at 7 pm when they travel to Ferdie Neita Park to play league leaders Portmore United.

Paul Young is the new coach at Waterhouse. Young who won the Premier League as both player and coach at Portmore United reached terms with the Waterhouse management on Thursday. He took up the appointment on Friday January 16, 2009 and immediately went into action with the senior team in a morning session at the Club’s ground at Drews Avenue. A former national striker with 86 caps and 28 goals, Young signed on as head coach to be a Waterhouse for one year with an option for renewal in years two and three.

Young who has been active coaching youngsters both in Jamaica and the USA over the past few seasons holds the USA National C license along with the JFF Level Two license.

Young took over the job after Baris Johnson a former player at Waterhouse could not reach terms with the Club. Johnson held the position of coach for one match which Waterhouse lost against Tivoli Gardens on Sunday last after Hugh “Bingy” Blair was fired from the post.

Young told us that he was happy to be at Waterhouse and “will do whatever is within my capability to get the team back on track.” He admits that he was “no miracle worker” but Waterhouse “is a resourceful team which is in transition and with the help of everyone involved in the process of reaping success, including the community, the players and management then the sky is the limit,” he visioned.

He said that one of his first priorities at the club is to “improve the discipline of the players. We had to stabilise how we operate on and off the field. There has to be some measure of consistency as in the game of football whatever you do off the field affects what we on the field. This is something we have to instill in the players.

Young also sees as very important, players arriving for training on time, visiting the physio whenever injured and making sacrifices. These he emphasised “are some of the intangible things that could come into play for the team to be successful.”

Meanwhile the JFF Under-20 game between Waterhouse and Village was not played as the Trelawny team arrived for the game without their IDs. Referee Cardella Samuels had no other recourse than to call off the match. Waterhouse according to the rules of the Jamaica Football Federation Waterhouse will be awarded three points along with a two goals.

Paul Young and his assistant Anthony Patrick talked to the junior players shortly after playing a match among themselves

H. Williams (Contributor)

After just three days at the helm, new head-coach Paul Young made a favorable debut on Sunday January 18, when Waterhouse earned a point from a 0-0 draw with defending champion and league leaders Portmore United, a team he once coached, in the nineteenth round of the DPL. Waterhouse fell one place down in the standings to seventh position on 24 points due to an inferior goal difference at this point with sixth placed Arnett Gardens FC.

After the game Young said, "There are quality players there (at Waterhouse). The players have been respectful and responsive. I just need to improve on the discipline, team play, physical condition and I am confident that our game will improve. We have a lot of catching up to do and it doesn't get any easier as there are no short cuts.”

In front of a decent-sized crowd for the 7:00 pm kick-off, it was the visiting Waterhouse team that dominated most of the proceedings in a very competitive game that saw referee Recardo Sailsman issuing six yellow cards, two to Waterhouse (Mario Harrison 37th, Kenarado Smith 90th) and four to Portmore.

From the start it was Waterhouse's game to win as they threatened the Portmore goal through Kevin Lamey, Kenardo Forbes, Vincent Earle, Irvino English and Roberto Fletcher, but could not find the back of the Portmore goal after good passing in the midfield. Waterhouse showed a little tiredness in the last fifteen minutes which was then dominated by the home team. A brilliant piece of goalkeeping by Richard McCallum, in the 80th minute saved the day for Waterhouse as he dived to flick a Roen Nelson low curving shot around his left up-right. Five minutes later, there was a loud shout from the Portmore players and spectators for a penalty but the Referee waved play on.

Waterhouse team - Richard McCallum, Marco McDonald, Oneil Thomas, Rohan Amos, Mark Miller (Kenarado Smith 75th), Irvino English, Mario Harrison (Darren Mattocks 85th), Kenardo Forbes, Vincent Earle, , Kevin Lamey, Roberto Fletcher (Jermaine Anderson 65th).

D.Henry (Contributor)

Having given up sixth place in the Digicel Premier League Waterhouse will on Sunday seek to reverse their current form against title contenders Boys Town FC.

Under a new coach it is evident that the Drewsland team is intent on reversing their current form which has seen them won only once in their last five games.

Key playmakers in Forbes, Lamey, English and Anderson should ensure their competitiveness and with the return of Marco McDonald from a nagging injury should solidify the defence line.

Should Waterhouse play any way like they did on Sunday last when battling to a creditable nil all draw with Portmore United, they should pose problems against a Boys Town team that beat them three nil in their first round encounter.

Be assured that Waterhouse is now fired up to avoid any further embarrasment in the League and will be coming all out to make the Waterhouse Mini Stadium the fortress it once was.

In the meantime Waterhouse hosts Tivoli Gardens FC in a 3:00pm Under 21 encounter in which they also will be seeking to climb from fifth in the U21 standings although it is yet to be decided as to the outcome of the unplayed match versus Reno FC.
Waterhouse will host Boys Town on Sunday January 25 in their next game.

waterhousefc.com has learned that Portmore United's Carlos Barrett has completed a loan transfer to Waterhouse.
The 22 year old striker is said to be competent before the goal.
His stint at waterhouse should last to the end of the season.
He originally signed with Rivoli united at the start of the Premier League season.

Waterhouse defeated Tivoli Gardens FC 2-1 in the U21 matchup at Drewsland played Fri. Jan. 23, 2009

(Contributor)

With a brace each from Jermaine "Tuffy" Anderson and Irvino English along with one each from rookie Deandre Brown and ace midfielder Damion "Cappo" Williams Waterhouse sparked memories of two seasons ago and reminded their detractors of their status as one of the best Premier League team in the island with a 6-2 trouncing of Boys Town FC.on Sunday at the Drewsland Mini Stadium.

Coach Paul Young must have been a very happy man after Damion Williams playing in only his first match of the season and nine minutes overall opened a goal feast against a team that previously boasted a three-nil win over us. Be sure to read a comprehensive report on the match right here at waterhousefc.com.

New coach Paul Young is singing high praises for his players who gave him a great welcome on his home debut when they thrashed visitors Boys Town 6 ? 2 on Sunday January 25, 2009 in the twentieth round of the Digicel Premier League. Waterhouse, on twenty-seven points, regained sixth spot on goal difference over Arnett Gardens.

Fans who had been hurling abuse at players, management and previous coaches for the team?s poor performance cheered non-stop and even ran onto the field to take pictures with the coach and some players after the game.

Making his seasonal debut, the lively Damion ?Cappo? Williams, wearing the # 9 shirt, opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he nodded in a beautiful left-sided square from Captain Irvino English at the back post. Four minutes later, English then scored the first of his two goals when the Boys Town defense failed to clear the ball from their six yard line. Boys Town were thrown a lifeline when George Vernal, wearing the # 17 shirt, scored in the seventeenth minute to make the score 2 ? 1.

Kevin Lamey, Kenardo Forbes and Damion Williams were in great dribbling form and enjoying every minute of the game as on many occasions they embarrassed the Boys' Town defense, with Lamey winning a penalty in the 50th minute which English scored. Jermaine ?Tuffy? Anderson replaced Lamey in the 72nd minute and added his name to the score sheet three minutes later when he tapped in a ball from twelve yards out as the Boys Town defense was in shambles. George Vernal scored his second for Boys Town in the 80th minute.

Nineteen year old Deandre Brown of Jamaica College, made his seasonal debut for Waterhouse when he came on in the 84th minute and made coach Paul Young looked like the Messiah as he scored his first premier league goal five minutes later. Goalkeeper Kirk Porter added to the Boys Town woes when in a moment of madness in the 90th minute, he got a ball to clear, cut the un-rushing Waterhouse player then muffed the clearance to Anderson, who in a flash, unleashed a thunderous right-footer pass the back-tracking, hand-flopping, and out-of-position Porter to score his second and Waterhouse?s sixth goal.

Young, who won the Premiership in the 2004-2005 season when coaching Portmore United, said "The first thing I did was to get the players to believe in themselves, believe in each other, play to the system that we have worked out and they responded extremely well with a good win. I'm proud of the entire team. The talent is here, Forbes is a quality twenty year old player who could do well overseas in the near future.

Played: Richard McCallum, Marco McDonald, Rohan Amos, Oneil Thomas, Mark Miller, Irvino English, Mario Harrison, Vincent Earl, Kenardo Forbes (Carlos Barrett 90th), Damion Williams (Deandre Brown 84th), Kevin Lamey (Jermaine Anderson 72nd).
Waterhouse travels to Harbour View on Wednesday Jan. 28 at 6:30 pm for their next game.

D.Henry Contributor

Coach Paul Young's charges failed to follow through on the good form shown three days ago, as they were held to a nil all stalemate at Harbour View's Mini Complex.

This result has somehow slowed their ambitions of challenging for the 2008/2009 Premiership title as they remain in sixth position some 14 points off the lead.

Interestingly they have won seven drawn seven and lost seven of the twenty one matches played this season, scoring 28 goals for with 28 goals against and 28 points.

With just one round of matches to be played in the second round, when Waterhouse meets cellar dwellers Sporting Central Academy on the 8th of February at Drewsland they can only finish the second round with a maximum of 31 points.

Come round three we hope for a reversal of fortunes and should try to end the season on a high. If we can at least accumulate points in the high fifties we should stand in good stead for a shot at the championship.

Your comprehensive report on the match will follow.
Marco McDonald Injured

Reports reaching waterhousefc.com is that Waterhouse's ace defender Marco McDonald was involved in an accident while riding a bike earlier this morning.

The clubs Director of medical operations although confirming that McDonald suffered a fracture to the neck awaits further medical examinations to determine the real extent of his injuries.

At this time his condition is considered serious but stable
Waterhouse Football Club wishes Marco a speedy recovery and will release a statement later in the day.

...posted Tues. Feb., 3 2009

Latest at 1600 hours Tues. Feb., 3 2009
McDonald is set to undergo a CT and MRI scan at which time his medical team will make a decision as to how to proceed.

Update Thurs. Feb., 5 2009
Marco McDonald is set to undergo corrective surgery for an injury to his neck.

The date for the surgery is yet to be determined and as a consequence, he should miss the rest of the Premier League season.

D.Henry Contributor

Jermaine "Tuffy" Anderson scored his 10th and 11th goal of the season, handing Waterhouse a two nil victory over the Clarendon based Sporting Central Academy on Sunday February 8, 2009 at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium. New coach Paul Young has now earned eight of a possible twelve points, with two wins at home and two 0-0 draws on the road.

With the game just two minutes old, and before Sporting Central could settle, defender Linval Lewis committed the unthinkable by making a poor back pass into the path of the burly Waterrhouse goal poacher Anderson who gleefully buried a right-footer past Murray from inside the area..The youthful Sporting Central pressed for the equalizer with some good build ups but was constantly denied by a stubborn Waterhouse defense.

It was more of the same in the early part of the second half until Waterhouse gained their stride with some subtle moves and good passes.

In the 65th minute, after a showcase of skills from Irvino English on the left flank, where he had two Sporting Central defenders groping to deny him of ball possession, he made a ?no-look? heel pass to a waiting Oneil Thomas. With a glance towards goal, Thomas executed a beautiful cross inside the eighteen yard box where Anderson rose above a pack players to head home beautifully pass the flat footed and befuddled Sporting Central custodian to hand Waterhouse a well deserved victory.

"Part of our strategy was to get a goal in the first 10 minutes. After we scored the second goal, the game was pretty much won. We have a little time now to do some work to get things going," said coach Young.

With this victory Waterhouse moved to 31 points and cemented their sixth place position just three points behind St. Georges United and twelve points behind leaders Portmore United. Waterhouse next game will be against St. Georges on Sunday February 22, at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium.

Played - Richard McCallum, Rohan Amos, Dwight Lewis, Oneil Thomas, Mark Miller, Irvino English (Kirk Ramsay 81), Vincent Earle (Carlos Barrett 79), Damion Williams, Kenardo Forbes, Jermaine Anderson (Jonathan Williams 70), Kevin Lamey.

D.Henry Contributor

Waterhouse will on Sunday continue their bid of joining the early leaders in the Digicel Premier League Competition.

It has been a roller coaster ride for the firehouse crew and somehow I believe that at the end of the season praises will be sung.

With a new coach in Paul Young the waterhouse team has gone unbeaten in the four matches since his take over.

Winning two and drawing two with a total of some eight goals for and two against, which has in itself cemented a sixth place position for the team.

Ironically on Sunday waterhouse plays the team that is just above them in the points table and being three points adrift they would love to hand St. Georges SC under former Waterhouse coach Jeffery Maxwell a beating that would see Firehouse assuming the fifth place position by joining "Georges" on 34 points but with what would then be a superior goal difference.

The climb up the tables should begin from here as we should be able to not "salvage" but demand some fifteen points from the next five matches, after that as the teams to be played then, are all bottom six contenders.

So taking nothing for granted and no team lightly we should set our target at being on 49 points when we meet our next sternest test (in terms of positioning in the table) in Tivoli Gardens FC on the 22nd of March.

By then we should be bubbling to a boil and with some amount of momentum should be in a position to tackel the Big Guns for the 2009 Premiership Title.

Just a view.

Birthday boy Jermaine ?Tuffy? Anderson scored his twelfth goal of the season on his 30th birthday to seal a 2-0 victory for Waterhouse over St. Georges in the 23rd round of the Digicel Premier League on Sunday February 22, 2009 at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium. The third consecutive win at home, and two 0-0 draw on the road for new Coach Paul Young has pushed Waterhouse to 34 points, and leapfrog the losers to occupy fifth spot on goal difference in the twelve team league.

It was a happy day for all of Waterhouse as their longest serving sponsor, Dairy Industries Limited, through their brand product Tastee Cheese, made a symbolic cheque presentation at half-time to confirm their $2.5 million dollar sponsorship for the 2008/09 season.

Despite controlling play in the first half, they only took the lead on the last kick when perennial goal-scorer Kevin Lamey found himself unmarked on the back-post and booted a left-side cross from Irvino English into the back of the net.

On the resumption, Waterhouse continued to raid their opponent?s goal area and created a 48th minute opportunity with Jermaine Anderson failing to hit the mark after eluding the St Georges defense. Four minutes later, Anderson booted high over the bar after Lamey easily disposed of his marker and squared across the six-yard box.

In the 75th minute, Anderson was third time lucky as he was picked-out at the far right post by Kenardo Forbes and the burly striker kept his cool to hit a hard low shot to the far post and set the fans on fire. The margin of victory could have been greater but for a wasteful Anderson and substitute Roberto Fletcher. ?It is a joy to score on my 30th birthday, I could not want a better present than that and to see my fans jumping and shouting. I want to score more goals and win the leading goal scorer title and possible the championship for Waterhouse?, Anderson said.

A beaming Coach Young said "I thought the team was excellent today. We had good preparation coming into the game, our conditioning was good and we stuck to the game plan. Some of our forwards lost a bit of composure in the box when I thought the game was already won, but we will be looking to work on that in training this week,"

Waterhouse?s next game is on Sunday March 1, 2009 against Rivoli United.

TEAM : Richard McCallum, Rohan Amos, Oneil Thomas, Dwight Lewis, Michael Stone (Kirk Ramsey 65th), Irvino English, Vincent Earle (Lance Dacosta 80th),Damion Williams, Kenardo Forbes, Jermaine Anderson, Kevin Lamey (Roberto Fletcher)

The absence of ace strikers Kevin Lamey and Jermaine "Tuffy" Anderson along with midfielder Irvino English contributed a major setback to the plans of Paul Young's team as they were defeated 2-0 at the Prison's Oval on Sunday by a spirited Rivoli United.

Needing maximum points to stay in touch with the League leaders, an accumulation of yellow card problems created havoc with coach Young's ambitions.

Playing a fairly inexperienced forward lineup with the rare starter Mark Miller and seasoned campaigner Roberto Fletcher, Waterhouse was unable to pierce a stubborn Rivoli defensive lineup which was made up of five players with an additional two coming back at times in an overlapping formation.

Because of this Waterhouse completely dominated the midfield but was unable to find that final pass that would split Rivoli's defence.

The two goals were scored from set pieces the first a free kick to the left of the Waterhouse penalty box was crossed in the area and from a resulting melee, a poaching Rivoli player pounced with a right-footed kick that beat waterhouse's custodian Richard McCallum.

The second was a beautiful forty yard free kick from the League's leading scorer Devon Hodges' that left McCallum without a prayer.

Be sure to read a complete report on the match right here on waterhousefc.com