Premier Division Qualifying Playoff 2000 Rounds 1 and 2 Bassa lost to Hoppers, beat Liberta Glanvilles beat Hoppers, drew Liberta Round 3 Bassa 1-0 Glanvilles Hoppers 1-1 Liberta Final Table: 1.Bassa (All Saints) 3 2 0 1 6 Qualified for Premier Division 2.Hoppers FC (Green Bay) 3 1 1 1 4 3.Glanvilles FC 3 1 1 1 4 4.Liberta FC 3 0 2 1 2 NB: Originally also Villa Lions and Lion Hill Spliff were to participate, but the AFA decided to maintain them in the premier division. In addition, Antiguas junior national team, Future Stars, has been promoted to the Premier Division, following numerous requests by technical director Zoran Vranesh. NB: Bassa lost sponsors Rossi before the tournament Premier League Final Table: 1.Empire (Gray's Farm) 22 19 1 2 73-16 58 Champions 2.Bassa (All Saint's) 22 11 4 7 54-40 37 3.Sap (Bolans) 22 10 3 9 42-35 33 4.English Harbour FC 22 9 4 9 30-25 31 5.Villa Lions (St. John's) 22 8 6 8 49-47 30 6.Old Road FC 22 8 6 8 40-46 30 7.Parham FC 22 7 8 7 28-26 29 8.Bullets (Pigotts) 22 8 5 9 27-31 29 9.Future Stars 22 8 3 11 33-39 27 [Antigua U-17] 10.Jennings United FC 22 5 8 9 31-38 23 11.Police (St. John's) 22 6 4 12 29-61 22 [*] 12.Lion Hill Spliff (St. John's) 22 5 4 13 26-50 19 [*] NB: total GD +8 Round 1 [Sep 9-11] Sap 0-2 Lion Hill Jennings drw Old Road Bassa 2-3 Future Stars Bullets 2-1 English Harbour Parham 2-0 Villa Lions Police 0-5 Empire Round 2 Future Stars 0-2 English Harbour Empire 3-0 Jennings Lion Hill 1-3 Police Parham 0-0 Bullets Sap drw Villa Lions Bassa 6-1 Old Road Round 3 Empire 6-0 Bullets Bassa 4-2 Villa Lions Jennings 3-2 Parham English Harbour 1-1 Lion Hill Old Road bt Future Stars Police lt Sap Round 4 Parham 2-0 Lion Hill English Harbour 3-1 Villa Lions Bullets 1-0 Future Stars Sap 3-3 Bassa Police 2-1 Jennings Empire 5-1 Old Road Round 5 Police 3-1 Bullets Old Road 4-3 Villa Lions Jennings 1-1 Sap Parham 2-1 Bassa English Harbour lt Empire [inferred] Future Stars 2-2 Lion Hill Round 6 [Oct 15] Empire 2-0 Parham Sap 5-2 Old Road Bassa bt Bullets English Harbour drw Police Future Stars bt Jennings Lion Hill bt Villa Lions Round 7 [Oct 20] Bullets 1-0 Jennings Bassa lt Empire Old Road bt Lion Hill Sap bt Future Stars Parham bt English Harbour [Oct 29] Villa Lions 6-0 Police Round 8 [moved forward?] Bullets 3-3 Villa Lions Police lt Future Stars [Oct 28] Sap 2-1 Empire [1st domestic loss Empire since 3 years] [Oct 29] Parham 2-2 Old Road Bassa 3-1 Lion Hill English Harbour 4-2 Jennings Round 9 [Nov 3-6] Future Stars 3-1 Villa Lions English Harbour 1-1 Old Road Bassa bt Jennings Sap lt Bullets Empire bt Lion Hill Parham 4-1 Police Round 10 [Nov 17-20] Lion Hill bt Bullets Future Stars 4-3 Empire Old Road drw Police Parham lt Sap Bassa lt English Harbour Villa Lions 3-1 Jennings Round 11 [Nov 30-Dec 4] Bassa 5-2 Police Jennings 1-1 Lion Hill Villa Lions 1-1 Empire Parham 3-1 Future Stars English Harbour 1-0 Sap Old Road 2-1 Bullets Round 12 [returns round 2] Sap 6-0 Villa Lions Lion Hill 1-2 Police [1-0?] English Harbour 2-0 Future Stars Empire 1-0 Jennings Bullets drw Parham Old Road lt Bassa Round 13 [returns round 3] [Dec 16-18] Future Stars 0-3 Old Road Empire 1-0 Bullets Villa Lions 6-3 Bassa Police 1-2 Sap English H. bt Lion Hill [inferred] [Jan 31] Jennings - Parham Round 14 [Dec] [returns round 4] Villa Lions 2-1 English Harbour Bullets 0-3 Future Stars Empire 3-1 Old Road Bassa 3-1 Sap Parham 2-2 Lion Hill Jennings 4-0 Police Round 15 [returns round 5] [inferred; pairings unsure] Empire, Sap won Bassa, Parham drew Jennings, English Harbour lost Lion Hill, Future Stars drew? [Feb 5] Villa Lions 4-2 Old Road [Feb 8] Bullets 3-0 Police Round 16 [Jan 7-?] [returns round 10] Sap 3-2 Parham Bassa 1-0 English Harbour Empire 5-1 Future Stars Bullets bt Lion Hill [inferred] Police - Old Road [home win?] Jennings - Villa Lions [draw?] Round 17 [Jan 12-15] [returns round 6] Lion Hill - Villa Lions [away win?] Police - English Harbour Bullets - Bassa Jennings - Future Stars [draw?] Empire bt Parham [inferred] Sap 0-1 Old Road Round 18 [Jan 19-22?] [returns round 11] Bullets 2-2 Old Road Empire 2-1 Villa Lions Police - Bassa Lion Hill 1-5 Jennings Future Stars 2-0 Parham Sap - English Harbour Round 19 [Jan 26-30] [returns round 8] Villa Lions - Bullets Future Stars - Police Empire 3-0 Sap Old Road - Parham Lion Hill ppd Bassa Jennings - English Harbour [Feb 5] Lion Hill 4-1 Bassa Round 20 [returns round 7] Jennings 1-1 Bullets Police - Villa Lions [Feb 3] English Harbour 0-0 Parham Lion Hill 2-1 Old Road [Feb 7] Future Stars - Sap [Feb 15] Empire awd Bassa [awarded 0-3; originally 5-2; ineligible player Empire (C.Whyte); award apparently later revoked] Round 21 Bassa 1-1 Parham Jennings 2-1 Sap Villa Lions 4-3 Future Stars Empire 2-1 English Harbour [Feb 12] Bullets 2-0 Sap Round 22 [Feb 17,18] Empire awd Lion Hill [awarded 0-3; originally 9-1; ineligible player Empire (C.Whyte); award apparently later revoked] Old Road - English Harbour Police lt Parham Jennings lt Bassa NB: Empire's 9-1 would have been the highest win together with Villa Lions' 9-1 win over Jennings in 1986. Final Table: 1.Empire (Gray's Farm) 22 19 1 2 73-16 58 Champions 2.Bassa (All Saint's) 22 11 4 7 54-40 37 3.Sap (Bolans) 22 10 3 9 42-35 33 4.English Harbour FC 22 9 4 9 30-25 31 5.Villa Lions (St. John's) 22 8 6 8 49-47 30 6.Old Road FC 22 8 6 8 40-46 30 7.Parham FC 22 7 8 7 28-26 29 8.Bullets (Pigotts) 22 8 5 9 27-31 29 9.Future Stars 22 8 3 11 33-39 27 [Antigua U-17] 10.Jennings United FC 22 5 8 9 31-38 23 11.Police (St. John's) 22 6 4 12 29-61 22 [*] 12.Lion Hill Spliff (St. John's) 22 5 4 13 26-50 19 [*] NB: total GD +8 [*] after the season, the relegation of Police and Lion Hill was annulled; they remain at the 1st level Full (sponsored) names of teams: Cable & Wireless Empire Antigua Plumbing & Hardware Sap Rossi Bassa Opel English Harbour Goodyear Parham All Sports Old Road Cheetos Future Stars Veg International Bullets Silver Streak Villa Lions Carib Beer Police [later Mearsk Police] Spliff of Antigua Concrete Services Lion Hill Molwyn Joseph's Jennings United Topscorer: Whyte (Empire) 21 (after losing 5 goals from last 2 rounds) [record one season: D.Edwards (Sap) and Q.Clarke (English Harbour) with 22] Pre-Season Competition Start Aug 16 Zone 1 Hoppers, Rangers, Lion Hill, Johnsons Shotguns, Police, Harney Motors Tryum Zone 2 Villa Lions, Point West Ham, Potters, Fort Road, New Winthorpes, Pigotts Bullets Zone 3 Freetown, Attackers, Willikies, Freemansville, Parham, Sea View Farm Zone 4 All Saints Jr., Liberta, Garden Stars, English Harbour-2, English Harbour-1, West End Pressers Zone 5 Pares, Glanvilles, Tennessee, Bassa, Future Stars, Bethesda Zone 6 Golden Grove, Bendals, Jennings Grenades, John Hughes, Jennings, African Express Zone 7 Old Road, Urlings, Sap, Old Road-2, Buckleys, Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force Winners: Parham Final [Sep 3] Empire 1-0 Parham Author: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) Last updated: 17 Oct 2006 (C) Copyright Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 2000/06