2021 Manning Cup season
The 2021 Manning Cup (also currently known as the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/Digicel Manning Cup football competition for sponsorship reasons) is the 107th season of Secondary High School Under-19 boys' teams located in the Kingston & St Andrew and Saint Catherine parishes of Jamaica. This is the first Manning Cup following the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] as a result the manning cup experienced a decrease from 45 - 22 teams.[2]
| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 November 2021 - 6 December 2021 |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Goals scored | 165 (3.24 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Mona High 10-0 Papine (18 November 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Kingston High 0-7 Jamaica College (30 November 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Mona High 10-0 Papine |
← 2019 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 10 December 2021. | |
Major Events
On November 22, 2021, ISSA announced that St. Mary's College will have no further participation for the remainder of the season. They stated that all of St. Mary's College previous fixtures including the 26-0 defeat to St. Catherine and 13-0 defeat to Wolmer's Boys will be null and void. Issa additionally announced that Kingston College would be awarded a 3-0 victory instead of a 2-0 victory against Mona High. KC were awarded a 3-0 victory due to Mona High fielding an ineligible player. [3]
On December 7, 2021, ISSA announced that two teams, Camperdown High and Tivoli Gardens High schools have been booted from this year's ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup. Both teams played in the Manning Cup's Group B and had initially qualified for the quarterfinals but those results were later null and void. This ruling by ISSA gave Excelsior and STATHS the remaining spots in the quarterfinals. [4]
Rules and Regulation [5]
- All players must be under nineteen (19) years on August 31 preceding start of the school year.
- Duration of matches: Two halves of forty-five (45) minutes each, with an interval of ten to fifteen minutes.
- The Referee is required to provide a “Water Break” midway each half of each game.
- Substitution. SEVEN substitutes are allowed per team per match. However, ONLY a maximum of FOUR (4) substitutions may take place in either half. Additionally, EACH team will be allowed a maximum of FIVE (5) substitution breaks with no more than THREE breaks per half.
- In the Manning Cup, each team will play the other once in each of three preliminary round group. There will be NO Home & Away ties.
Qualification
- At the conclusion of the preliminary rounds, the first two in each group will advance to the next round. Should there be a tie for any place, goal difference, then most goals shall be used to break the tie. Should the tie remain for the second place, there will be a play-off to determine second place.
- In the Manning Cup the best 3rd place/next best 3rd place teams will be determined by the number of points earned divided by the number of matches played.
- The FIRST and SECOND place teams from each group along with the TWO BEST THIRD Place teams in the Manning Cup First Round will advance to the second round (Quarter Finals) of the Manning Cup.
- FIRST and SECOND place teams in the Quarter Finals of the Manning Cup will advance to the SEMI FINALS.
Regular Season
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica College | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 13 | Qualification for the Manning Cup Quaterfinals |
| 2 | Kingston Technical | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 12 | |
| 3 | Charlie Smith | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | |
| 4 | Calabar | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | |
| 5 | St.George's College | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 6 | |
| 6 | Bridgeport | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | |
| 7 | Kingston High | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 4 |
Results
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excelsior | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 11 | Qualification for the Manning Cup Quaterfinals |
| 2 | STATHS | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | |
| 3 | Jonathan Grant | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | St. Jago | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Jose Marti | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 3 | |
| 6 | Dunoon | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 1 | |
| 7 | Camperdown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Results were deemed Null and Void |
| 8 | Tivoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingston College | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 15 | Qualification for the Manning Cup Quaterfinals |
| 2 | Mona High | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 10 | |
| 3 | St.Catherine | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | |
| 4 | Wolmer's | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Clan Carthy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 3 | |
| 6 | Papine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | |
| 7 | St. Mary's College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew from the Manning Cup |
Results
Quarterfinals
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STATHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | Qualification for the Manning Cup Semifinals |
| 2 | Jamaica College | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mona High | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 4 | St. Catherine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
References
- "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- "Team list". www.schoolboyfootball.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
- "Camperdown, Tivoli booted from Manning Cup". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- "Manning Cup 2021". www.schoolboyfootball.com. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- "Schoolboy Football Recap: Calabar put seven past St. George's,". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- "Ferguson wants a more ruthless JC team after smashing St George's College 6-0". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- "NO MAS! St Mary's College withdraw from Manning Cup after heavy defeats". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "St Catherine mauls St Mary High School 26-0". www.jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- "High boot!". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- "NO MAS! St Mary's College withdraw from Manning Cup after heavy defeats". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- "Wolmer's slam St Mary's College". www.jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.