Howard Walker, Staff Reporter
Boys' Town players, including their captain Fitzroy Anglin (bald-headed), celebrate scoring a goal on the way to winning the Jamaica National Building Society/KSAFA Super League title. Anglin scored twice in Saturday's enthralling second leg final against Bull Bay, that they won 4-3, to take the tie 6-4 on aggregate. - RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
ANDREW PRICE wanted two early goals. Barrington Gaynor said his team was two goals better.
In the end both produced one of the best, if not the best final in Jamaica for a very long time as Boys' Town were crowned Jamaica National Building Society/KSAFA Super League champions, triumphing 6-4 on aggregate in an amazing see-saw encounter.
The stage was set from the first leg with Boys' Town having a one-goal advantage after winning 2-1.
Bull Bay, trailing 1-2, got the dream start they needed as Jermaine Edwards headed home a Milton Griffiths free kick in the seventh minute to level the tie on aggregate.
Sixteen minutes later Jermaine Taylor gave Bull Bay a 2-0 lead and a 3-2 aggregate going into the half-time break.
Just like the Champions League finals on Wednesday between Liverpool and AC Milan, the team in red looked down and out, even though Boys' Town's deficit was not as huge as Liverpool's. And rally they did.
In the 59th minute Andrew Wheeler found space in the box and placed his shot wide of the advancing goalkeeper, Andrew Land, to make it 2-1 on the night but more importantly, level the tie 3-3.
With the Boys' Town faithfuls celebrating and the dust hardly settled, Bull Bay's Taylor popped up again to volley his team into a 3-1 lead and 4-3 aggregate overall with 21 minutes remaining.
Certainly that looked like the killer blow as Bull Bay were playing some tremendous football.
SCORED PENALTY
Boys' Town then scored a penalty to equalise in the 81st minute after Prendergast ruled a handball. Captain Fitzroy Anglin stepped up and calmy made it 3-2 to once again level the scores, 4-4 on aggregate.
In extra time at the 110th minute, Boys' Town restored their aggregate lead when the lanky Oneil Thompson raced onto a through ball and rifled his shot past the hapless Land with only 10 minutes remaining.
With three minutes left, Bull Bay miraculously got a penalty as Taylor's goal-bound shot hit the hand of Oneil Thompson.
Prendergast blew his whistle and Taylor, looking for his third goal of the match, hit the upright and the hero with two early goals quickly turned villain.
Then in the final minute of extra time Michael Campbell was uprooted by goalkeeper Land and Prendergast awarded his third penalty of the night as the Boys' Town bench went into frenzy.
Anglin once again fired past Land with aplomb as the Red Brigade fans went wild, celebrating their team's first trophy in 13 years.
TEARS FLOWED
Price was estactic, he couldn't control himself as the tears flowed. His phone rang and guess who was on the line, former technical director Carl Brown, calling from overseas.
"Words cannot explain how I feel. When I tell people that this team can score goals they don't understand what I mean. I hope they understood today," said Price, as his supporters flanked behind shouting "big coach".
Meanwhile, Bull Bay coach Barrington Gaynor said "Boys' Town were more determined than us and when we went two up they were still fighting."
He added: "Probably it's a matter of destiny. We got a penalty to draw level but we missed it in the end. This is a final and strange things happen in a final.
"Remember the Champions League on Wednesday. But congratulations to Boys' Town and all the best for the playoffs," he said.
