Portmore United maintained their six-point lead atop the Cash Plus Premier League despite losing 0-1 to fierce rival Waterhouse at the Ferdie Neita Park yesterday.

Portmore, playing with 10-men since the 36^th minute after defender Adrian Reid was red carded for striking Garfield Reid, succumbed to the pressure and loss for only the second time this season.

Jonathan Williams got the winner in the 53^rd minute from a Desmond Breakenridge corner kick that was flicked on by Marco McDonald.

Waterhouse continued the dominance over Portmore, being the only team to defeat the leader this season, and moved into third place on 20 points.

Portmore remained on 27 points, but still has a six point lead on second placed team Tivoli Gardens which loss 1-2 to August Town.

At the UWI Bowl, home team August Town clipped Tivoli Gardens 2-1 giving new coach Hugh McCarthy his first win since returning to the helm last week.

The prolific midfielder Daniel Shaw, scored both goals in the 31^st and 43^rd minutes as August Town took a two goal cushion into the half time break.

The promising Navion Boyd gave Tivoli Gardens some hope with a goal in the 80^th minute but August Town held on for only their third win of the season from 13 games.

Tivoli remained in second on 21 points while August Town eased their worries somewhat moving to 13 points, but still second from bottom.

Meanwhile cellar team Village United finally secured their first win of the season blanking St George’s FC 2-0 at the Elliston Wakeland Centre.

A Troy Smith penalty in the 77^th minute and Omar Allen strike in the 90^th couldn’t have come at a better time for Christmas.

National player Fabian Dawkins hand a hand in both goals. In the 77^th minute, his intended cross was handled by a defender allowing national under-20 player Troy Smith to convert from the spot.

Then again Dawkins picked out Allen who slotted home from inside the six-yard box in the 90^th minute.

However, the Trelawny-based Village remained rooted to the bottom on eight points and it must be encouraging to start the New Year on a positive note.

Over at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, host Arnett Gardens had to come from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 with Sporting Central.

It was Arnett’s season high ninth draw from 13 games but they were lucky to salvage a point.

Leading scorer Oneke Ford's with a sixth minute penalty gave Sporting the lead with his seventh goal of the season before Sean Coleman's 27th minute doubled the Clarendon team’s advantage.

But the 'Junglists' roared back with a pair of penalties by Leon Strickland for his fifth and sixth goals in the 51^st and 73^rd minutes.

The Junglist inched to 15 points in ninth position while Sporting are on the same amount of points but in 10^th place on goal difference.

In the late kickoff at the Compound, home team Harbour View edged Reno 1-0 courtesy of a Kavin Bryan strike in the 64^th minute.

The wily Bryan, who was finished second in the goal scoring chart last season with 17 goals, was registering his first for the season and ended his team’s recent slump which has seen them fall 11 points off the leader Portmore.

Harbour View, the defending champions, climbed three spots up the standings to fourth on 19 points, eight behind leaders Portmore United.

The loss kept Reno on 16 points, but pushed the Westmoreland team one spot down to seventh.