Sporting Central Academy F.C.

Sporting Central Academy is a Jamaican football team playing at the top level, the National Premier League.

Sporting Central Academy
Full nameSporting Central Academy
Nickname(s)Sporting
Founded2000
GroundJuici Patties Park
Clarendon, Jamaica
Capacity2,500
ChairmanBrandon Murray
ManagerNigel Stewart
LeagueJamaica National Premier League
2013–1410th
WebsiteClub website

History

After the collapse of Galaxy F.C., Brandon Murray and Chris Dawes decided to start a new club in Clarendon to take the parish' place at Jamaica's top tier and in 2000 Sporting Central Academy was formed.[1] They play their home games at Murray's farm, a few miles down the road from May Pen. They finally clinched promotion to the top level in June 2007, under former managers Chris Dawes and Kevin Williams, and are the first team from Clarendon to compete there, since Hazard United's move to St Catherine in 2003.[2]

After Dawes left for the United States in 2009, Donovan Duckie took the reins but left the club in February 2010 after disagreements with Murray.[3] Dawes would then return to manage the team until former assistant Vassell Reynolds was appointed head coach before the start of the 2011/2012 season.[4]

Stadium

They used to play their home games at BranCourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park, Clarendon, Jamaica before moving to the neighbouring Juici Patties Park ahead of the 2013/2014 season.[5]

Achievements
2007

Former managers

References
  1. Sporting Central Academy Archived 2013-09-01 at the Wayback Machine – BranCourt Sports
  2. Jamaica 2006/07 – RSSSF
  3. Coaching carousel continues at Sporting Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – Jamaica Star
  4. Sporting Central aiming for more consistency Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine – Jamaica Star
  5. Sporting Central enter new frontier at Juici Patties Park – Jamaica Observer


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