2010–11 National Premier League

The 2010–11 National Premier League (also known as the 2010–11 Digicel Premier League) is the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. The regular season began August 29, 2010 and will be completed May 1, 2011. The teams will play each other 3 times each then the final 5 games will be played amongst the top 6 and bottom 6; making it a total of 38 games each. Harbour View were the defending champions, having won their third Jamaican championship last season.

National Premier League
Season2010–11
ChampionsTivoli Gardens
5th title
RelegatedSt. George's
Benfica
Matches played228
Goals scored460 (2.02 per match)
Biggest home winArnett Gardens 12-0 Benfica
Biggest away winBenfica 0-7 Humble Lions
Highest scoringArnett Gardens 12-0 Benfica

Tropical storm Nicole caused a number of games to be postponed.[1]

Teams

Rivoli United and August Town finished 11th and 12th at the end of last season and were relegated to lower leagues.

Taking their places in the league this season are Benfica and Reno, which were the best two clubs in last season's second level promotion playoffs.

Location of teams in the 2010–11 National Premier League
TeamLocationStadiumStadium CapacityManager
Arnett GardensKingstonAnthony Spaulding Sports Complex1,500 Paul "Tegat" Davis
BenficaLime Hall, St. AnnDrax Hall Football Field2,000 Harold Thomas
Boys' TownKingstonCollie Smith Drive Sporting Complex2,000 Andrew Price
Harbour ViewKingstonHarbour View Mini Stadium7,000 Donovan Hayles
Humble LionsClarendonEffortville Community Centre1,000 Lenworth Hyde sr.
Portmore UnitedPortmoreFerdi Neita Sports Complex2,000 Linval Dixon
RenoSavanna-la-MarFrome Sports Club2,000 Wendell Downswell
Sporting Central AcademyClarendonBrancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Oval2,000 Donovan Duckie
St. George'sBuff BayLynch Park2,000 Geoffrey Maxwell
Tivoli GardensKingstonRailway Oval3,000 Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Village UnitedFalmouthElleston Wakeland Stadium3,000 Norman Foster
WaterhouseKingstonWaterhouse Stadium5,000 Baris Johnson

Regular stage

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tivoli Gardens 33 17 10 6 47 26 +21 61 Championship Playoff
2 Boys' Town 33 15 11 7 31 24 +7 56
3 Harbour View 33 14 9 10 36 26 +10 51
4 Waterhouse 33 13 8 12 37 31 +6 47
5 Portmore United 33 12 11 10 29 25 +4 47
6 Village United 33 11 10 12 36 39 −3 43
7 Reno 33 10 11 12 34 33 +1 41 Relegation Playoff
8 Arnett Gardens 33 9 14 10 25 29 −4 41
9 Sporting Central Academy 33 9 13 11 32 31 +1 40
10 Benfica 33 10 7 16 33 54 −21 37
11 St. George's 33 10 6 17 23 38 −15 36
12 Humble Lions 33 8 10 15 23 30 −7 34
Source: Jamaican FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches 1–22
Home \ Away ARN BEN BOY HAR HUM POR REN SCA STG TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1
Benfica 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0
Boys' Town 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Harbour View 0–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–1
Humble Lions 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2
Portmore United 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1
Reno 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Sporting Central Academy 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 4–3 0–2
St. George's 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Tivoli Gardens 1–1 5–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–1
Village United 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–0
Waterhouse 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33
Home \ Away ARN BEN BOY HAR HUM POR REN SCA STG TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2
Benfica 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–0
Boys' Town 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1
Harbour View 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Humble Lions 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–0
Portmore United 0–1 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 0–2 0–1
Reno 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–3
Sporting Central Academy 0–3[lower-alpha 3] 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0
St. George's 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Tivoli Gardens 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0
Village United 0–0 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 4] 2–1 1–1 3–2
Waterhouse 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. This match originally ended 1-0, but was awarded 0-3 afterward.
  2. This match originally ended 0-0, but was awarded 0-3 afterward.
  3. This match originally ended 1-1, but was awarded 0-3 afterward.
  4. This match originally ended 0-2, but was awarded 3-0 afterward.

Championship playoff

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TIV BOY HAR WAT POR VIL
1 Tivoli Gardens (C) 38 20 12 6 52 27 +25 72 1–0 1–0
2 Boys' Town 38 19 11 8 39 28 +11 68 2–1 2–1
3 Harbour View 38 17 10 11 43 28 +15 61 0–0 1–0 4–0
4 Waterhouse 38 14 9 15 38 35 +3 51 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0
5 Portmore United 38 12 12 14 31 34 −3 48 0–0 1–2
6 Village United 38 12 11 15 43 49 −6 47 1–3 5–1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Relegation playoff

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation REN SCA ARN HUM STG BEN
7 Reno 38 13 11 14 39 37 +2 50 3–1 1–0 1–0
8 Sporting Central Academy 38 11 14 13 39 36 +3 47 4–0 1–2
9 Arnett Gardens 38 11 14 13 38 36 +2 47 12–0
10 Humble Lions 38 12 10 16 35 32 +3 46 1–0 0–1 2–0
11 St. George's (R) 38 13 7 18 29 41 −12 46 Relegation to 2011-12 Eastern Confederation Super League 2–0 0–0 2–0
12 Benfica (R) 38 10 7 21 34 77 −43 37 0–1 0–7 1–2
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Kirk Ramsey Arnett Gardens 17
2 Craig Foster Reno 15
3 Navion Boyd Tivoli Gardens 11
Steven Morrissey Portmore United 11
5 Vincent Earle Waterhouse 10
6 Francois Swaby Sporting Central 9
7 Devon Hodges Tivoli Gardens 8
Jermaine Anderson Waterhouse 8
9 Renae Lloyd Boys Town F.C. 6
O'Brian Woodbine Reno 6

Updated to games played on 24 February 2011
Source: Soccerway

Promotion from Super Leagues

The winners of the 4 regional Super Leagues play-off in a home and home round robin series.

Results
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIG SEB CAV RIV
1 Highgate United 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 2011–12 National Premier League 0–0 2–0 1–1
2 Seba United 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 10 1–1 2–1 1–0
3 Cavalier 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 0–2 1–1 1–0
4 Rivoli United 6 0 2 4 4 8 −4 2 1–2 2–2 0–1
Source: [2] [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. Walker, Howard (3 October 2010). "DPL matches postponed yet again". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. Walker, Howard (2 June 2011). "Draw puts Seba back into DPL". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. "Seba, Highgate could seal DPL berths". Jamaica Observer. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
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