Boys'_Town_F.C.

Boys' Town F.C.

Boys' Town F.C.

Jamaican football club

Boys' Town Football Club is a Jamaican professional football club based in the community of Trench Town in Kingston.[1] The club currently competes in the KSAFA Championship.

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The team is based in Kingston, Jamaica, with their home ground at the Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex, which can hold up to 2,000 spectators.[2]

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.[3] They have won the national league title on three occasions, the most recent in 1988.[4]

Previous club crest

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.[5]

Honours

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Come home, Boys' Town - Fans call for Red Brigade's return to Collie Smith drive". jamaica-star.com. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  2. [2]
    "Come home, Boys' Town - Fans call for Red Brigade's return to Collie Smith drive". jamaica-star.com. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. [3]
    BRIEF HISTORY of the BOYS' TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB Archived January 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – KSAFA
  4. [4]
    Jamaica – List of Champions – RSSSF
  5. [5]
    Morgan blunder costs Boys' Town. Archived 2012-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. – Jamaica Observer.
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