2011–12 National Premier League

The 2011–12 Red Stripe Premier League was the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It was the 38th edition of the competition. The season began in August 2011 and was completed in May 2012. The teams played each other 3 times each then the final 5 games was played amongst the top 6 and bottom 6; making it a total of 38 games each. Tivoli Gardens were the defending champions, having won their fifth Jamaican championship the prior season.

National Premier League
Season2011–12
ChampionsPortmore United
Caribbean Club ChampionshipPortmore United
Boys' Town

Teams

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St. George's and Benfica finished 11th and 12th at the end of last season and both were relegated to the Eastern Confederation Super League.

Taking their places in the league this season are Highgate United, champions of the Eastern Confederation Super League, and Montego Bay United, champions of the Western Confederation Super League, which were the best two clubs in last season's second level promotion playoffs.

Team Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Manager
Arnett Gardens Kingston Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex 7,000   Paul "Tegat" Davis
Boys' Town Kingston Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex 2,000   Andrew Price
Harbour View Kingston Harbour View Mini Stadium 7,000   Donovan Hayles
Highgate United Highgate Grays Inn 1,500   Braxton Hyre
Humble Lions Clarendon Effortville Community Centre 1,000   Lenworth Hyde sr.
Montego Bay United Montego Bay Catherine Hall Stadium 8,000   Neider dos Santos
Portmore United Portmore Ferdie Neita Sports Complex 2,000   Calvin Lewis
Reno Westmoreland Frome Sports Club 2,000   Wendell Downswell
Sporting Central Academy Clarendon Brancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park 2,000   Nigel Stewart
Tivoli Gardens Kingston Railway Oval 3,000   Glendon "Admiral" Bailey
Village United Trelawney Elleston Wakeland Stadium 3,000   Danilo Barriga
Waterhouse Kingston Waterhouse Stadium 5,000   Donovan Duckie

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Portmore United (C) 38 19 10 9 48 37 +11 67 Qualification for 2013 CFU Club Championship
2 Boys' Town 38 18 12 8 44 34 +10 66
3 Waterhouse 38 16 12 10 42 32 +10 60
4 Humble Lions 38 15 12 11 41 33 +8 57
5 Tivoli Gardens 38 14 14 10 42 33 +9 56
6 Harbour View 38 12 17 9 35 31 +4 53
7 Montego Bay United 38 14 12 12 48 34 +14 54
8 Arnett Gardens 38 14 11 13 31 39 −8 53
9 Sporting Central Academy 38 10 13 15 33 48 −15 43
10 Highgate United 38 9 13 16 30 43 −13 40
11 Village United 38 7 11 20 28 45 −17 32 Relegation to 2012-13 Jamaican Second Levels
12 Reno 38 5 13 20 28 51 −23 28
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2012. Source: PLCA Jamaica
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

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Matches 1–22

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Home \ Away ARN BOY HAR HIG HUM POR REN MBU SCA TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0
Boys' Town 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2
Harbour View 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Highgate United 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Humble Lions 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–0
Portmore United 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Reno 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1
Montego Bay United 1–0 1–1 0–2 6–0 0–0 3–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1
Sporting Central Academy 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2
Tivoli Gardens 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Village United 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Waterhouse 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2012. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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Home \ Away ARN BOY HAR HIG HUM POR REN MBU SCA TIV VIL WAT
Arnett Gardens 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–1
Boys' Town 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Harbour View 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Highgate United 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2
Humble Lions 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Portmore United 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Reno 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Montego Bay United 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0
Sporting Central Academy 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1
Tivoli Gardens 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0
Village United 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–1
Waterhouse 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Team Goals
1   Jermaine Anderson Waterhouse 14
2   Alanzo Adlam Portmore United 12
3   Romeo Parkes Highgate United and Tivoli Gardens 11
5   Dino Williams Village United 10
  Micheal Campbell Boys Town F.C. 10
7   Mouricio Gordon Montego Bay United 9
  Tremaine Stewart Portmore United 9

Updated to games played on 27 April 2012
Source: plcajamaica

Promotion from Super Leagues

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

Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012–13 National Premier League
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away TBD1 TBD2 TBD3 TBD4
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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