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Waterhouse secure home victory at last
September 30, 2025
At the fourth attempt, Waterhouse Football Club scored their first home win of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) this season, beating Chapelton Maroons 3-0 in the feature Monday night game at Drewsland Mini Stadium.
Goals from Mario Simms (15th), Kenly Deacon (84th) and Omani Leacock (90+5), gave the home fans a lot to cheer about, after witnessing three successive defeats at home this term.
Waterhouse took an early lead, thanks to the good work of Denardo Thomas on the counter.
The midfielder took the ball just outside his area and ran nearly 40 yards, before releasing Simms on top of the area. The latter calmly slotted past the advancing goalkeeper Prince-Daniel Smith.
The best chance of the second half did not come until the 77th minute, and it fell to Thomas, who was on the end of a similarly swift counter that led to the first goal. However, his final touch was too heavy and Smith beat him to the ball.
A few minutes later, Javane Bryan broke away down the right, but his shot did not have enough to beat Smith in goal.
Waterhouse eventually added a second goal moments before the end, when Deacon latched on to a cross field pass from Kvist Paul, and slot the ball under Smith.
Smith then saw red in the 89th minute, after picking up a second yellow card.
The home team added a third goal for good measure, when Leacock earned a foul in the box and scored the resulting penalty to seal the win.
The win lifted Waterhouse three places into fifth on nine points, one behind Chapelton, who remain in fourth.
Waterhouse's assistant coach Jermaine Miller said it was a relief to finally get the home win.
"It was always pressure. This is Waterhouse and the standards are very high here. So losing back-to-back games, there would have been massive pressure," Miller admitted.
"But we knew we were doing well and it was just to keep concentrating for longer moments, because we were giving up late goals. But all week we worked on that and it paid off," he said.
Chapelton's coach Donovan Duckie said they failed to cope with Waterhouse's 'cunning' tactics.
"It's a result we didn't expect. We understood their strengths., we did well for the first 15-20 minutes, we nullified their strengths but we didn't exploit their weaknesses.
"Kudos to Waterhouse. They were more compact. After losing two on the trot that bothered them, so they knew they had to give a reaction. But it's a long season. We have to go back, analyse and try to build back a momentum," he said.
The opening game between Molynes and Portmore ended 0-0.
