GFA: Black Pearl upstage Camptown

Jul 16, 2023 Sports

– Vengy and GFC tie

Kaieteur Sports – Black Pearl FC produced their best performance of the season to register their first win and points of the Georgetown FA’s Senior Men’s League when action continued last Friday at the GFC ground.

The Sophia-based contingent breezed past the Campbellville-based Camptown FC 4- 1 with early goals coming from Joshua Samuels and Troy Washington in the 17th and 18th minutes respectively.

Calvin Prince pulled one back for Camptown in the 35th minute, but 7 minutes later Elroy George regained the 2-goal lead for Black Pearl, before Samuel Vuncyle sealed the deserved victory when he added his name to the scorers list in the 63rd minute.

In the feature game, homeside GFC had to come from behind to score a 1-1 draw versus Vengy FC and maintain their unbeaten run after 3 games. Both sides left it late in the game to find the back of the nets. The inform David Escobar gave Vengy the lead in the 69th minute and John Williams replied for GFC 5 minutes later.

The one point secured by Vengy pushed them to the top of the table on 7 points while GFC inched to 5 points to occupy 3rd position.

The unbeaten Vengy could be reduced to 2nd place after today’s encounter at 5 pm between Beacon FC and East Veldt FC. A 3rd consecutive win for Beacon will propel them to nine points, but a defeat will see East Veldt join Vengy at the top.

The opening game in today’s triple-header will match bottom team Order and Discipline against Riddim Squad on 2 points, in search of their first goal, at 3pm, while the feature match set for 7 pm will be Pele FC,on a solitary point, also seeking to open their goal account, versus Camptown FC.

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