Arnett Gardens F.C.

Arnett Gardens F.C.
Full name Arnett Gardens Football Club
Nickname(s) Junglists[1]
Founded 1977
Ground Tony Spaulding Sports Complex
Kingston, Jamaica
Ground Capacity 7,000
President Jamaica Patrick Roberts
Chairman Jamaica Dr. Omar Davies
Manager Jamaica Jerome Waite
League National Premier League
2014–15 1st

The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the National Premier League.

The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex.

History

The team came out of a merger between the All Saints and Jones Town Football teams in 1977. Arnett’s fans originate primarily from Arnett Gardens and its adjoining communities – Jones Town, Craig Town, Hannah Town, & Admiral Town. The Junglists, as their fans are known, are very passionate and vociferous about their team and will travel all over the country in support of the team. The Arnett Gardens part of Kingston is popularly known as the Concrete Jungle, hence the nickname of the club.

The club won the league in its very first season, 1978. Although it suffered a long drought after that, it re-emerged at the start of the new millennium, winning both the 2000–01 and 2001–02 championships.

Recent seasons and managerial changes

The start of the 2007–08 season proved to be one of their worst ever and forced coach Max Straw to resign on January 14, 2008 to be replaced by former coach Jerome Waite,[2] who led Arnett Gardens to the celebrated back-to-back titles of 2001 and 2002. They then finished the season four points above the relegation zone after winning 3 of their final 4 games.

Waite himself was axed after only four games into the 2008–09 season, losing all games and managing to score only one goal. He was replaced by Fabian Davis,[3] who left his post at the end of 2009.[4] As of January 2010, Wayne Fairclough was the team's coach[5] but he decided to quit in October 2010.[6] Fairclough was succeeded by former national team striker Paul Davis.[7]

Davis took them to a creditable 5th place in the 2012–13 season, his third with the club, before he resigned in November 2012 citing a lack of commitment from the players and other issues within the club.[8] In October 2013, his successor Calvin Lewis resigned[9] and his place was taken by former coach Jerome Waite.

Achievements

Runner-up (1): 2002
1978, 2001, 2002, 2015

Current squad

2013/14 Season

Nationality given from place of birth Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Jamaica GK Peter Harrison
Jamaica GK Damion Hyatt
Jamaica DF Theo Brown
Jamaica DF Cornel Chin-Sue
Jamaica DF Jarmar Jackson
Jamaica DF Jabeur Johnson
Jamaica DF Jason Moore
Jamaica DF Odaine Simpson
Jamaica DF O'Neil Thompson
Jamaica MF Andre Clennon
Jamaica MF Vishinul Harris
Jamaica MF Kenniel Hyde
Jamaica MF Renae Lloyd
No. Position Player
Jamaica MF Kemal Malcolm
Jamaica MF Fabian Reid
Jamaica MF Jaron Richards
Jamaica FW Vanado Manning
Jamaica FW Andrew Phang
Jamaica FW Kirk Ramsey (Captain)
Jamaica FW Newton Sterling
Jamaica FW Leon Strickland
Jamaica FW Kevin Wilson
Jamaica Raffique Bryan
Jamaica J Martin
Jamaica Troy Reid
Jamaica M Webb


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