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All-island kings STGC vs KC at Aug 29 Roper Cup
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Defending champions St George's College will meet Kingston College at the 45th staging of the Roper Cup, the longest-running football battle between two local high schools, on August 29.
The Roper Cup football festival will see five matches played among age-group players from both schools at the National Stadium East field.
The action is set to begin at 9:00 am with the Under-14 teams of both schools meeting, followed by the 10:30 match involving the Under-16 squads.
The aggregate scores from both matches will determine the overall winner of the George Thompson Trophy, played in honour of the late former KC and Jamaica footballer and coach.
Colombian-born Thompson is KC's most successful coach and was the first local coach to lead a Jamaica team to victory over Mexico in an Olympic qualifier at the National Stadium in 1972.
Jamaica won 1-0 courtesy of a goal by Leonard "Chicken" Mason.
The Under-35 teams from both schools will then meet at noon for the first leg of the Roper Cup decider, which will be split by the match-up for the Pancho Rankine Cup, to be decided by the players aged 35 and over at 2 o'clock.
The mouth-watering final match between last year's Manning Cup and Olivier Shield winners St George's College and Manning Cup quarter-finalists KC in the showdown of present boys at 4 o'clock will close out the day's activities.
St George's won the Roper Cup 3-2 on aggregate in last year's renewal, following a 2-1 win by the present boys and a 1-1 draw in the Under-35 match.
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