Sporting Central Academy or otherwise known simply as Sporting is a
Jamaica
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football club based in the
Clarendon, Jamaica. Sporting Central plays in
Clarendon Major League, the third tier of Jamaican football.
History
After the collapse of
Galaxy F.C., Brandon Murray and Chris Dawes decided to start a new club in Clarendon to take the parish' place at Jamaica's top tier and in 2000 Sporting Central Academy was formed. They play their home games at Murray's farm, a few miles down the road from
May Pen
May Pen is the capital and largest town in the parish of Clarendon in Middlesex County, Jamaica. It is located on the Rio Minho river (Jamaica's longest), and is a major market centre for the Parish. The population was 61,548 at the 2011 cen ...
. They finally clinched promotion to the top level in June 2007, under former managers
Chris Dawes and Kevin Williams, and are the first team from Clarendon to compete there, since
Hazard United's move to
St Catherine in 2003.
After Dawes left for the United States in 2009,
Donovan Duckie
Donovan Duckie (born May 5, 1976) is a Jamaican football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is ...
took the reins but left the club in February 2010 after disagreements with Murray. Dawes would then return to manage the team until former assistant
Vassell Reynolds Vassell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Darius Vassell (born 1980), English footballer
*Denton Vassell (born 1984), English boxer
* Devin Vassell (born 2000), American basketball player
*Isaac Vassell (born 1993), English f ...
was appointed head coach before the start of the 2011/2012 season.
Sporting Central aiming for more consistency
– Jamaica Star
Stadium
From 2000 until 2013, Sporting Central played their home games at BranCourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park. In 2013, they moved to the neighbouring Jamaican fast food giants Juici Patties Park. For the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Sporting moved into the newly constructed Riverside Park located on the outskirts of the city May Pen
May Pen is the capital and largest town in the parish of Clarendon in Middlesex County, Jamaica. It is located on the Rio Minho river (Jamaica's longest), and is a major market centre for the Parish. The population was 61,548 at the 2011 cen ...
Achievements
* South Central Confederation Super League: 1
::2007
Former managers
* Kevin Williams
* Christopher Dawes
* Donovan Duckie
Donovan Duckie (born May 5, 1976) is a Jamaican football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is ...
* Vassell Reynolds
References
External links
Team profile at Golocaljamaica
Football clubs in Jamaica
Association football clubs established in 2000
2000 establishments in Jamaica
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