Boys' Town Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
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** Kingston, Jamaica
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** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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, which currently plays in the
Jamaica National Premier League.
The team is based in
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
,
Jamaica, 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 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 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 in the 2010–11 season, they started the 2011–12 season on a low after fielding an ineligible player (
Marvin Morgan, Jr.) 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
**Winners (2): 2009, 2010
See also
*Boys' Town Cricket Club
Boys' Town Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the Trenchtown neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. The club developed from the Boys' Town institution, a community organisation founded by Hugh Sherlock, a Methodist minister and writer of the Jam ...
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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