AN injury-time goal from Romondo Johnson and a penalty from Renae Lloyd guided Boys’ Town to a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Harbour View in Wednesday’s Digicel Premier League feature match of a double-header at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.

Boys’ Town, who have had to play their recent home matches at nearby Arnett Gardens instead of their usual base at Collie Smith Drive in an attempt to maximise gate revenue, lie fourth on 31 points, while the visitors remain on 27 in sixth place.

Winning coach Andrew Price praised his team’s rearguard action which led to the second-half heroics.

“We haven’t been playing well in the last four games and (it was good) to really put on this type of display, especially in the second half. We went down late in the first half and the team was down, but they came back and showed a lot of character and a lot of fight. To get the goal in injury-time was just the icing on the cake,” he said.

The home team had gone into the break trailing 1-0 after Harbour View’s Jermaine Hue dispossessed Lloyd and played a defence-splitting pass for Rafeik Thomas to finish past goalkeeper Philmore Crumbie in the 30th minute.

Boys’ Town roared back into the game in the 62nd when Lloyd calmly stroked home a penalty after Robert Williams blatantly dragged substitute Dean Morgan to the turf.

Both teams surged forward in search of the winner, but it was Johnson who popped up to finish from point-black range after good work on the right by Marvin Morgan.

Harbour View’s Donovan Hayles said his team failed to execute from a tactical perspective and were left to pay the ultimate price.

“I think we lost the plot in the second half as we started to fall too deep in the midfield. We lost the midfield deep in the second half and Boys’ Town, I think, did well.

“We weren’t defending properly in terms of our depth and we didn’t have that level of maturity at the back. My players got the instructions but they didn’t react well,” Hayles added.

TEAMS:

Boys’ Town — Philmore Crumbie, Xavian Virgo, Wayne Ellis, Marvin Morgan, Michael Campbell, Romondo Johnson, Daemon Benjamin, Joel Williams (Dwayne Forde 77th), Jamiel Hardware (Kenardo Smith 90+2nd), Shane Edwards (Dean Thompson 46th), Renae Lloyd

Subs not used: A Taylor, R Clarke, N Wyatt, J Grant

Booked: None

Harbour View — Michard Barrett, Dicoy Williams, Robert Williams, Kemar Lawrence, Jhamie Hyde (Jaron Richards 36th), Fabian Campbell, Jermaine Hue, Kemeel Wolfe (John-Ross Edwards 80th), Marcelino Blackburn, Rafeik Thomas, Jahmali Spence (Ranique Muir 57th)

Subs not used: D Haughton, K Brissett, N Beckett, A Steele

Booked: Wolfe (30th), Lawrence (39th), Williams (60th), Blackburn (66th), Campbell (74th)

Referee: Wilverglen Lamey

Assistants: Stacey-Ann Greyson, Recordus Wilson

Fourth Official: Oneal Clayton

Match Commissary: Richard Nathan