Nodley Wright, Freelance Writer

It took them all of 13 games, but Village United finally won their first game of the Cash Plus Premier League with a 2-0 win over St. Georges of Portland at the Elliston Wakeland Centre in Trelawny yesterday.

Jamaica Under-20 representative Troy Smith opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 77th minute and Omar Allen put a closure on the proceedings with a 90th minute strike.

Goals

The architect of the victory was club stalwart Fabian Dawkins, who had a foot in both goals. For the first goal, his cross was handled by Dale Wallace and on the second, his cross was slotted home by Allen from inside the six-yard box.

Though the victory was an excellent result for the Trelawny-based team, they remained anchored at the bottom of the table on eight points, while St. Georges stayed on 18.

"I am really pleased with the way they played today. We spent a lot of time on finishing in the week leading up to the game as we were not scoring a lot before. We got a lot of chances today and converted twice, so I hope it is a new beginning," coach Paul 'Tegat' Davis told The Gleaner.

St Georges' Donovan Duckie said: "The guys were not focused. We were not ready for this game.

"The players are a good bunch but inexperienced at this level, so it was difficult to motivate them for this game after that (the midweek win over Harbour View)," said Duckie.

Village 2
Troy Smith 77th

Omar Allen 90th

St Georges 0