Portmore United F.C. 1455904 223998757 2008-07-06T21:50:38Z 87.194.48.92 /* Achievements */ {{Refimprove|date=January 2008}} {{Football club infobox | 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 | pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders | leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=FFFFFF | pattern_la2=_shouldersonwhite|pattern_b2=_stripesonwhite|pattern_ra2=_shouldersonwhite | leftarm2=000066|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=000066|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF }} '''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] {{fb start}} {{Jamaican Soccer}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Jamaican football clubs]] [[fr:Portmore United Football Club]] [[nl:Portmore United FC]]