On Saturday last, October 17, SKHY travelled to the borough of Arima to continue its quest towards Eastern Football Association (EFA) dominance, as they took on Arima's own Creek FC. Not the average EFA scheduled evening time of 7.00pm, this game kicked off at 3:45 in the scorching sun at the Arima Velodrome. Displaying a first half performance that was not worthy of the SKHY football philosophy, the lads gave Creek a fighting chance, even opportunities to put the game in their favour. But SKHY was resilient; the first half ended 0-0.
The second half started more positively with Kerron Brache and Nicholas Yee Chan stepping up their game and creating more opportunities in attack, but it was the skipper, Shakir Cole, ready to lead by example who banged in the first goal in the 63rd minute. He hit a left footer into the roof of the net from 25 yds, to the left hand side of Creek’s custodian, which gave him no chance. Creek 0 SKHY 1. SKHY were a transformed bunch in the second half, they turned a lack luster first half into a commanding performance in the second. Thereafter, with strings of beautiful interchange passing and wonderful movement off the ball, combined with telling substitutions, Creek was put to rest. Two more goals were scored in the 74th and 84th minutes by SKHY’s talisman Kevaughn John.
Starting eleven and substitutes used below:
Tarik Hopkins (GK)
John-Paul Timothy (Che Marc Niles 75th)
Peter Jeffrey
Stephen Bernard
Myles McLean
Shakir Cole (C)
Trent Cockburn
Jimmelle Ramkissoon
Kerron Brache (Rickson Hill 80th)
Kevaughn John
Nicholas Yee Chan (Jovan Edwards 65th)
