Boys' Town Football Club is a Jamaican professional football club based in the community of
Trench Town in
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
. The club currently competes in the
KSAFA Championship.
The team is based in
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
,
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
, 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) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska and rocksteady and was renowned for his distinctive voca ...
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
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 Kla ...
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.
Honours
*Jamaica Premier League
The Jamaica Premier League (formerly the National Premier League), commonly abbreviated as JPL and officially known as the Wray and Nephew Jamaica Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is sanctioned by the Jamaican Football Federation as the ...
**Champions (3): 1983-84, 1985-86, 1988-89
**Runners-up (5): 1973-74, 1975-76, 1986-87, 2010-11, 2011-12
*JFF Champions Cup
The JFF Champions Cup, known since 2022 as the Lynk Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout tournament in Jamaica, Jamaican football (soccer), football. The modern tournament was established during the 1990–91 season and is co ...
**Winners (2): 2008-09, 2009-10
**Runners-up: 2006-07
*KSAFA Jackie Bell Knockout Competition
The Jackie Bell Knockout Competition is KSAFA's cup competition for clubs in Kingston and St. Andrew since the tournament's inception in 1987. Tivoli Gardens are the most recent champions.
The competition was named in honor of the late Winthro ...
**Champions: 2005-06
**Runners-up (4): 2003-04, 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13
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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