Title-chasing Tivoli Gardens scored a crucial 1-0 win over Portmore United and are now just one point behind the leader as the Cash Plus Premier League continued yesterday at the Ferdie Neita Park.

The talented Navion Boyd notch his second goal of the season in the 16^th minute as Tivoli Gardens exacted sweet revenge on Portmore United which defeated them 1-0 to lift the first End-of-Round final on December 16.

Boyd, chased a long ball along with defender Adrian Mitchell who slipped then somehow the ball got pass the advancing goalkeeper Shawn Sawyers, leaving Boyd with an empty net to roll the ball into.

That New Year gift couldn’t have come at a better time as Tivoli Gardens was avenging another 0-3 defeat to Portmore and are 27 points to the leader’s 28 points after 15 rounds.

It was Tivoli’s eighth win as Boyd joins several players as the club leader goalscorer on two goals.

Portmore United, since lifting the End-Of-Round final on December 16, have won only once in four games and have seen their six point lead wiped away to just one.

Meanwhile at the luscious Brancourt ground in Clarendon, the visiting Harbour View crushed Sporting Central 3-0 as their revival continued in emphatic fashion.

The diminutive Richard Edwards opened the scoring for Harbour View nodding home a Lovell Palmer left-sided cross in the 16^th minute.

National striker Fabian Taylor then doubled the lead in the 68^th minute, tapping home from close range after Sporting Central’s goalkeeper Leighton Murray failed to hold onto fierce freekick from Lance Laing.

It was Taylor’s sixth goal of the season, which moves him into the top six of the goal-scoring chart.

Taylor’s strike partner, Kavin Bryan, put the icing of the cake in the 90^th minute, rounding the goalkeeper for his third goal in three matches.

Champion Harbour View move up a notch to fourth position on 23 points just five behind the leader Portmore while Sporting Central a spot to 10^th on 16 points.

In the Trench Town derby at the Anthony Sports Complex, Oneil McDonald gave the visiting Boys’ Town a hard-fought 1-0 win over fierce rival Arnett Gardens.

McDonald was notching his seventh goal of the season and Boys’ Town jumped from eighth to sixth place on 19 points.

The struggling Arnett Gardens continued their woeful form losing their fourth game to be on 15 points, but have dropped in the relegation zone to 11th place in the 12-team league.

A worrying situation as coach Max Straw must be having nightmares as to his future with the club.

In the battle of the cellar teams at the UWI Bowl, home team August Town triumphed 3-2 over Village United and eased their relegation fears somewhat.

David Lalor opened the scoring in the 25^th minute latching onto a through pass from none other than Daniel Shaw.

Village, fighting for all they are worth, leveled the scores in the 51^st Troy Smith found the net from a freekick for his third goal of the season but August Town once again inched in front also from a freekick.

The ever-dangerous Shaw crashed a freekick on the upright and Shawn Henry was there to slot home to make it 2-1. 

Village was not going away as substitute Fabian Dawkins who replaced Lacon Brissett in the 64^th minute, pulled Village level once again in the 67^th minute for his fourth goal of the campaign.

But August Town was not to be denied and fittingly, man-of-the-match, Shaw, found the clincher in the 71st from one of his trademark freekicks.

Shaw is now the leading goalscorer with eight goals from 15 games, a remarkable achievement for a midfielder.

In the late kick off at Jarrett Park, home team Seba United and to come from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with St George’s FC.

Damion Reid opened the scoring for the visiting St George’s in the 30^th minute before Seba’s Stephen Irving equalized in the 58^th minute.

But Ricardo Watson scored his third goal of the season and St George’s second of the match to restore their lead. But that would only last 14 minutes as Keniel Moodie overlapped well to level the score in the 78^th minute.

With a share of the point, the promoted St George’s out of Portland, slipped a spot to fifth on 22 points while Seba remained in seventh on 18 points.

Today third placed Waterhouse on 23 points tackle eighth-placed Reno on 17 points at the St Elizabeth Technical High School at 3:00 pm

Tivoli Gardens finished the year on a high, cutting the lead atop the Cash Plus Premier League to four points after dismissing Seba United 2-0 while Portmore United were held to a 0-0 draw.

At the Edward Seaga Stadium, substitute Jermaine Allen gave the home team Tivoli Gardens a 65^th minute lead, tapping in from close range before Oraine Simpson sealed the win from the penalty spot in the 81^st minute.

Second-placed Tivoli move to 24 points from 14 games while the faltering Seba remained in sixth position on 17 points but has a rescheduled game in hand against Boys’ Town.

Over at Collie Smith Drive, the visiting Portmore United was fortunate to come away with a point after being out played by Boys’ Town in a 0-0 draw.

Boys’ Town thought they had found the winner after Michael Campbell got the ball into the back of the net in the 40^th minute, but his effort was ruled offside.

Again in the 85^th minute, Boys' Town's Derrick Planter got a glorious opportunity to give his team maximum points but fired straight at the towering goalkeeper Dwayne Kerr.

Portmore, with a share of the points, stayed out front on 28 points while Boys’ Town remained in eighth spot on 16 points.

Former champion Waterhouse under new coach Wayne Fairlcough, closed out the year with win number six after clipping fierce rivals Arnett Gardens 2-1 at the Waterhouse Mini-Stadium.

Brain Wollaston, with his fourth goal of the season, gave the Drewsland-based team the lead in the 51^st minute, but the visitors found levelled the score six minutes later when Horace Sharpe scored a scorcher from just outside the box in the 57^th minute.

But the ever-green Kevin Lamey worked his way into the penalty area where he was fouled and last season’s top scorer Irvino English scored from the penalty spot on the second attempt in the 72^nd minute. It was English's first game of the season.

Waterhouse, since dismissing Peruvian coach Danielo Barriga, have looked dangerous in third on 23 points while Arnett Gardens continued to struggle and Max Straw is odds on favourite to be the next coach to be sacked.

Straw was ejected for verbally abusing the referee Dwight Royal, after he ordered the penalty kick retaken because goalkeeeper Julian McLeish left his line too early.

Arnett, back-to-back champion in 2000 and 2001, have dropped another position to 10^th on 15 points, just two points ahead of the relegation zone after suffering only their third defeat in 14 games. The Junglist have also won only two games while drawing a table-topping nine games.

Winning coach Wayne Fairclough said it was not a classical display from his team but “one that can be watched on a Sunday afternoon. We played good enough although I have to give the Arnett link men the edge over our link men but we did what we had to do and that was what paid off for us”.

At the Elliston Wakeland Centre in Trelawny, home team Village United came from behind to hold the champion Harbour View to a 1-1 draw.

Harbour View took the lead courtesy of Kavin Bryan in the third minute but Village leveled the score through Everett Mullings in the 53rd minute.

Harbour slipped a spot to fifth on 20 points while Village stayed rooted to the bottom on nine points from 14 games.

Meanwhile surprised package, St George’s continued their great form at home edging August Town 2-1 at Lynch Park in Portland.

A third minute goals by Gregory Consingh sent St George’s on their way before Danian Reid doubled the advantage in the 16^th minute.

Top goalscoring midfielder Daniel Shaw  scored a consolation goal in the 82^nd from  freekick but it came too late for August Town.

St George’s was winning their sixth match, all at home to be on 21 points  and climbed into fourth spot while August Town suffering their table-topping seventh defeat of the season, remained on 13 points and second from bottom in the 12-team league.

At St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), home team Reno were held to a 0-0 draw by the promoted Sporting Central Academy in a hard fought game.

Reno inched to 17 points in seventh place while the Clarendon-based Sporting moved up a notch to ninth on 16 points.