North Gully shock Little Miami to book final spot
NORTH Gully Ambassadors scored a shocking 1-0 extra time win over Little Miami in Friday’s return-leg semi-finals of the St James Football Association’s Sandals/ATL Group Senior League at Jarrett Park to advance to the final against Montego Bay Boys Club.
Former national midfielder Hector Wright rolled back the years to conjure up some magic with a spectacular 25-yard free kick in the 118th minute, two minutes before the game would have gone into penalty kicks as North Gully Ambassadors qualified for their first-ever Senior League final after the first leg had finished in a 0-0 draw.
In the other game, Boys Club beat Fogo United 2-1 for a 3-1 aggregate.
North Gully’s win denied Little Miami a third straight trip to the final and stopped the team with the best form coming into the semi-finals.
Little Miami were unbeaten in their last eight games, scoring a handful of goals and were up against a team that had struggled in the third round, only qualifying for the semi-finals in their final game.
The veteran leadership of North Gully by Wright and fellow mid-fielder Omar Reid, however, levelled the playing field and shut down the Little Miami attack.
Leroy Christie scored twice in the first half for Boys Club to push their advantage to three goals after winning the first leg 1-0, and took Fogo out of the running.
Christie scored in the 14th and 38th minutes before Dwayne Miller managed to pull one back in the 50th minute for Fogo United.