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Mount Pleasant Football Academy is a Jamaican professional
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club based in the parish of
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. The club currently plays in the
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History

Formed in 2016 by Peter Gould, Mount Pleasant F.A., formerly known as “Stush in the Bush”, is nestled in the hills of St Ann, less than five minutes from the Runaway Bay main road, and has brought back football hype to the parish for the first time since Benfica F.C. participated in the 2010–11 season. The club gained promotion for the first time to the
Jamaica Premier League The Jamaica Premier League (formerly the National Premier League), commonly abbreviated as JPL and officially known as the Wray and Nephew Jamaica Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is sanctioned by the Jamaican Football Federation as the ...
via the playoffs on July 1, 2018, by finishing second in the four team table. On June 11, 2023, the club won its first ever league title in history, defeating Cavalier F.C. 2–1 at
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Players


Current squad


Other players under contract


Club staff


Honors


Domestic

* Jamaica Premier League **Champions (1):
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**Runners-up: 2023–24


References

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