Portmore United F.C.
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| clubname = Portmore United
| image = [[Image:Portmore United.gif|100px|Logo]]
| fullname = Portmore United Football Club
| nickname =
| founded =
| ground = [[Ferdi Neita Sports Complex]]<br/>[[Portmore]], [[Jamaica]]
| capacity = 2,000
| chairman = {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Wayne Sinclair]]
| technical director = {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Horace Reid]]
| owner =
| manager = {{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Linval Dixon]]
| league = [[Jamaican National Premier League|Cash Plus Premier League]]
| season = 2007-2008
| position = 1st
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'''Portmore United F.C.''' is a [[Jamaica]]n football team who currently play in the [[Jamaican National Premier League|Cash Plus Premier League]]. They play at the [[Ferdi Neita Sports Complex]].
==History==
Portmore United, originally ''Hazard United'', has been around for more than 20 years. The club stared out in the [[Clarendon League]] in Division 2, then played 2 years in Division 1 when they qualified for [[Craven A Premier League]]. They have been in [[Jamaican National Premier League|Premier League]] ever since.
In 2003 the name was changed primarily for financial reasons. JFF now stipulates that each club must have stands that can seat at least 1,500 persons. [[Clarendon, Jamaica|Clarendon]] does not have one. So to facilitate this requirement, the team moved to [[Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica|St. Catherine]] and now uses the [[Ferdi Neita Sports Complex]]. Both Clarendon and St. Catherine Football association agreed to the sharing of the complex initially. In 2002, the St. Catherine association suggested Hazard change their affiliation and become a St. Catherine team. In St. Catherine however the home crowd has not grown, because the team name was still associated with Clarendon… so to get a parish identity they have changed their name to Portmore United.
The club also has an Under 21 team, some of whom have represented the country
==Achievements==
*'''[[CFU Club Championship]]: 1'''
:: 2005
*'''[[Jamaican National Premier League]]''': 4
:: 1993, 2003, 2005, 2008
*'''[[Red Stripe Champions Cup|Jamaican Cup]]''': 4
:: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007
== Notable former players ==
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Paul Young (football)|Paul Young]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Anthony Corbett]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Linval Dixon]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Claude Davis]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Shavar Thomas]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Teafore Bennett]]
*{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Omar Daley]]
== Current squad ==
''As of December 16, 2007
Nationality given from place of birth
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Dwayne Kerr]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Gariece McPherson]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Shawn Sawyers]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Rudolph Austin]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Carlos Barrett]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Bryan Bayliss]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Anthony Bennett (soccer)|Anthony Bennett]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Ashton Bennett]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Garth Boota]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Andre Campbell]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Ricardo Cousins]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Kevin Deerr]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Roy Forbes (Jamaican footballer)|Roy Forbes]]|pos=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Sean Givans]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Adrian Mitchell (Jamaican footballer)|Adrian Mitchell]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Grenada|name=[[Anthony Modeste]]|pos=DF|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Creig Morrison]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Steven Morrissey (Jamaican footballer)|Steven Morrissey]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Roen Nelson]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Ryan Powell (Jamaican footballer)|Ryan Powell]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Adrian Reid]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Jermaine Richards]]|pos=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Tyrone Sawyers]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Carlington Smith]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Mario Swaby]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[James Thomas (Jamaican footballer)|James Thomas]]|pos=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Eric Vernon]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Damion Williams]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Shaunovan Wilson]]|pos=}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Jamaica|name=[[Wolry Wolfe]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}
==External links==
* [http://www.golocaljamaica.com/premierleague/scores/team_profile.php?tid=1 Team profile at Golocaljamaica]
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