JASON McKay, chief executive officer of McKay Security, winners of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association Business House knockout competition, said beating division one league champions, RJRGLEANER, in last Wednesday’s Challenge Cup final was a mere formality.

“Told y’all,” McKay said, after McKay Security beat the media men 5-1 at Constant Spring, landing a second title of the season, making amends after their unbeaten march in the division-one league was halted in a 1-0 stoppage-time semi-final loss against National Housing Trust (NHT).

“The only team that could have come close to us in this competition was NHT. However, even they would have lost,” McKay said of the team that RJRGLEANER had beaten 2-0 to be crowned division one league champions.

“The score speaks for itself,” said McKay, who had boldly declared McKay Security as “the best team in the Business House league” ahead of the Challenge Cup final for the Raymond Quallo Memorial Trophy.

With tension high between knockout and league champions, penalties and dismissals were aplenty in the final, the first three goals coming from the spot in a match which ended with McKay Security losing one player and RJRGLEANER three.

Howard Morris opened the scoring off a penalty for McKay. RJRGLEANER responded from the spot, sending the teams into the break level at 1-1. However, RJRGLEANER went down a man five minutes after the resumption. Both teams afterwards lost a player each, the result of a scuffle over a penalty awarded to McKay. Morris converted from the spot to make it 2-1 for McKay.

With RJRGLEANER down to nine men, Nathaniel Brooks scored a free-kick, sending McKay up 3-1. An own-goal from RJRGLEANER’s keeper, who failed to properly stop a shot, parrying teh ball over his line, handed McKay their fourth goal at 4-1.

The rout ended at 5-1 with the fourth penalty of the match, RJRGLEANER’s last defender fouling Tariq Wilmot in the box, five minutes from regulation time. Wilmot stepped up to complete the mauling.

McKay Security’s coach, Aurane Phoenix, reminded that he had predicted a wide scoreline.

“We had beaten RJRGLEANER 3-0 in the regular season and were unbeaten until losing our semi-final match to NHT in the 93rd minute,” Phoenix said. “We had the best defensive record in the league, conceding eight goals from 17 matches.

“RJRGleaner made the Challenge Cup final on a bye, as division one champions. They didn’t play to get here. We are also champions, knockout champions, who played to get here, beating the division two league champions, ScotiaBank, to earn our place.

Phoenix says McKay Security would have been the sharper team in front goal, having beaten ScotiaBank in the Challenge Cup while RJRGLEANER were still celebrating their division-one title.

“We played ScotiaBank, division two champions, winning 1-0 in time added, the last kick of the game, a penalty scored by Shemari Dyer. We actually got a penalty earlier, five minutes into the second half, but missed that one,” Phoenix said.

Phoenix says RJRGLEANER should have taken note of McKay Security’s regular-season mauling of NHT, 5-0, as a sign of what could happen should his team be on song in front goal.

“We finished our chances to ensure victory,” he said, pointing out that his players redeemed themselves after losing last year’s Challenge Cup final to NHT on penalties after a 2-2 stalemate in regular and extra time.