TOLL GATE, Clarendon — St George’s College retained the ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel Olivier Shield following a 5-2 aggregate win over Glenmuir High at Brancourt yesterday.

The Manning Cup champions had won the first-leg 4-1 at Constant Spring to render the return fixture a mere formality.

However, daCosta Cup winners Glenmuir seemed destined for a consolation victory after the prolific Newton Henry gave them a 1-0 second half lead, only for a bizarre error from goalkeeper Dane Chambers handed St George’s a late equaliser.

The victory means the ‘Light Blues’ have now won three all-island titles in five years and coach Neville ‘Bertis’ Bell praised his players for another outstanding season.

“Overall, the season was great,” he said “We were able to defend two of our three titles and I am grateful for that. We had a big lead coming into the second leg but we knew it wasn’t over, so we didn’t want to get too comfortable.

“I thought we played well but just didn’t put our chances away and in the end, the Glenmuir ‘keeper gave up a soft goal and we got an equaliser,” said Bell.

Despite the defeat, Glenmuir coach Patrick ‘Jackie’ Walters thought his side also had a good season and is looking ahead with optimism.

“It looked like we were onto something given the space of time, but unfortunately, it didn’t work out for us,” Walters said.

“However, I think it was a good season. A lot of people didn’t expect us to reach this far, but the boys performed well and we have laid a foundation, so we’re looking to come good for the next two years.”

A 3-0 deficit was always going to be a huge task for Glenmuir, and so it proved. Not that they didn’t try, but St George’s, aptly christened ‘Little Barcelona’, were just too good a team.

Despite boasting a healthy three-goal cushion, the Urban Area champions took the game to their opponents from the outset and always looked likely to increase their lead.

The tricky Kendon Anderson went close on a number of occasion — his first cleared off the line by defender Ryan Brown and his second headed just wide as the first half petered out.

Glenmuir, despite needing three goals to level the tie, seemed content to play on the counter and nick a goal or two to lend some respectability to the final result. They found themselves in good goalscoring positions early on, but just could not finish.

St George’s were again the protagonists as the second half began, and Glenmuir needed a big moment from Chambers to keep the scores level.

St George’s goalkeeper Nico Campbell was in the thick of things a few minutes later when he spilled a left-sided cross from Milson for Henry to gracefully tap home.

However, the Glenmuir faithful would soon find themselves in anguish as Chambers misjudged a tame effort which rolled gently across his goal line.