Boys' Town Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in
Kingston, which currently plays in the
Jamaica National Premier League.
The team is based in
Kingston,
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
, with their home ground at the Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex, which can hold up to 2,000 spectators.
It is said that
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...
was a fan of this club.
History
Boys' Town was founded as a Christian project in 1940 by Reverend Father Hugh Sherlock for the young people in Kingston's
Trench Town
Trench Town (also Trenchtown) is a neighbourhood located in the parish of St. Andrew, part of which is in Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. In the 1960s, Trench Town was known as the Hollywood of Jamaica. Today Trench Town is t ...
community. They have won the national league title on three occasions, the most recent in 1988.
Recent seasons
After finishing runners-up to
Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klam ...
in the 2010–11 season, they started the 2011–12 season on a low after fielding an ineligible player (
Marvin Morgan, Jr.
Marvin Morgan Jr. (born 16 August 1992) is a Jamaican football midfielder who plays with Scarborough SC. in the Canadian Soccer League.
Club career
Early career
Morgan Jr. played for Santos FC in Jamaica while still a schoolboy, scoring 8 goa ...
) in their first two matches and were deducted one point.
Morgan blunder costs Boys’ Town
– Jamaica Observer
Achievements
* Jamaica National Premier League
**Champions (3): 1984, 1986, 1989
*JFF Champions Cup
The JFF Champions Cup, known since 2009 as the Flow Champions Cup, is an annual knockout tournament in Jamaican football. The modern tournament was established during the 1990–91 season and is contended between the 12 Red Stripe Premier Lea ...
**Winners (2): 2009, 2010
See also
* Boys' Town Cricket Club
References
External links
Team profile at Golocaljamaica
Football clubs in Jamaica
Association football clubs established in 1940
1940 establishments in Jamaica
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