Obviously this got highlighted because Sabah, a team from Azerbaijan, has qualified for Uefa Champions League and will butt heads with some of the worlds biggest clubs.

He represented Dinthill Technical in Schoolboy football. 

St. Ann born balla.

    Trevor “Jumpy” Harris, one of the outstanding footballers produced by Jamaica's famous Kingston College (KC) programme, has died in Atlanta following a long illness. His death was reported on September 10, 2026, bringing an end to the life of a player whose influence stretched from Jamaican schoolboy football to the American college game and, later, coaching.

    For many Jamaican football followers, Harris will forever be associated with the extraordinary Kingston College teams of 1964 and 1965. For Michigan State University, he remains one of the greatest players in the history of its soccer programme. In 2016, he became the first member of the Michigan State soccer programme to enter the university's Athletics Hall of Fame. 


    Harris emerged during a golden era of Jamaican schoolboy football at Kingston College. He was part of the KC teams that dominated the local game in 1964 and 1965, winning the Manning Cup, Walker Cup and Olivier Shield in both seasons while remaining unbeaten across the two-year period.

    Those teams included a remarkable collection of talent, among them Tony Keyes, Neville Oxford, Franklyn “Bowla” Morant, Dennis Johnson, Mickey Vernon, Lloyd McLean, Winston Davidson and Leslie Lucas. The teams became regarded as among the greatest schoolboy football teams in Jamaican history. 

    Harris was not simply a member of those celebrated teams. He was a major attacking force. Contemporary and retrospective accounts credit him with 13 goals in the 1964 season and 21 in 1965, underlining his importance to KC's remarkable scoring record. One account described him as a powerful, bustling forward who was particularly dangerous in front of goal.

    One of the highlights of the KC era came when the school faced a Brazilian youth side. KC held the Brazilians to a 1–1 draw, a remarkable result given the quality of the visiting team. Several members of that Brazilian side, including Edu and Rildo, would later represent Brazil at the 1966 World Cup.


    Harris's performances at Kingston College helped open the door to a remarkable American college career. He joined Michigan State University in East Lansing and played for the Spartans from 1967 through 1969. 

    The move represented a major transition for a young Jamaican footballer. Harris later recalled the shock of arriving in Michigan from Jamaica and encountering snow and temperatures completely different from the warm climate in which he had grown up. He also benefited from a growing Jamaican connection at Michigan State, including fellow KC product Tony Keyes. 

    On the field, however, Harris quickly demonstrated that he belonged at the highest level of American college soccer.

    During the 1967 season, he scored 23 goals and helped Michigan State finish 12–0–2. The Spartans shared the NCAA national championship with St. Louis after the championship game ended 0–0. Harris was named a first-team All-American.

    The following year, Harris scored 15 goals and supplied 14 assists as Michigan State again reached the national championship game. The Spartans drew 2–2 with Maryland and were once again recognised as co-national champions. Harris was again selected as a first-team All-American. 

    An ankle injury interrupted his 1968 season, but Harris returned strongly in 1969. In one memorable performance against Kent State, he scored five goals, including three in a four-minute spell. He finished his Michigan State career with 48 goals and 116 points, figures that still place him among the leading scorers in school history. 


    Harris's achievements in East Lansing eventually received one of the university's highest honours.

    Michigan State inducted him into its Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2016. He was the first soccer player from the Spartan programme to receive the honour. The university recognised his two NCAA co-championships, his two first-team All-American selections and his outstanding scoring record. 

    His career remains particularly significant because of the role played by Jamaican footballers in establishing Michigan State as a national power during the late 1960s. Harris, Keyes, Frank Morant and Les Lucas all came through Kingston College and went on to play for the Spartans. 

    Harris's former teammate Tony Keyes later described him as a lifelong friend and recalled playing alongside him in Jamaica before the pair reunited at Michigan State.


    After his college career, Harris returned to Jamaica and continued his involvement in football. Archival reporting records that he played for the Jamaican national team before establishing himself as a businessman and football coach. He coached several club sides and later became involved with Jamaica's under-18 and under-20 national teams.
    His commitment to developing young players was also reflected in his later work at Kingston College. Harris returned to the school as a coach, continuing the connection with the institution where his football journey had begun.

    Football also became a family tradition. His son, Wolde Harris, went on to become a professional footballer and Jamaica international. Wolde later followed his father into coaching, including a spell working with Kingston College. 


    Harris belonged to a generation that helped demonstrate how talented Jamaican footballers could succeed beyond the island. His achievements at KC came during a period when Jamaican schoolboy football was producing exceptional players, while his success at Michigan State showed that those players could excel on the international collegiate stage.

    His legacy is therefore larger than his statistics. He was part of a Kingston College side that became synonymous with excellence, a two-time NCAA championship player, a two-time All-American and a university Hall of Famer. Just as importantly, he returned to coaching and helped pass his knowledge on to younger generations. 


    Trevor “Jumpy” Harris died in Atlanta on Thursday, September 10, 2026. He had reportedly been ailing for several years. The reports did not give a specific medical cause of death.

    News of his passing prompted tributes from the Jamaican football community, with Harris remembered as an important figure in the development of football at Kingston College and as a player whose career carried Jamaican football onto a wider stage. 


    Trevor “Jumpy” Harris leaves behind a legacy that spans generations.

    He was one of the stars of Kingston College's legendary 1964–65 teams, a key figure in Michigan State's back-to-back NCAA co-championships, a two-time All-American, a Hall of Famer and a coach who continued to give back to the game.

    For those who watched Jamaican football during its golden schoolboy era, however, his name will always carry a special meaning. Harris was one of the players who helped make Kingston College football legendary.

    His son Wolde continued that footballing tradition, but Trevor “Jumpy” Harris' own place in Jamaican football history had already been secured decades earlier.

    Rest in peace, Trevor “Jumpy” Harris — a Kingston College great and a lasting name in Jamaican football history!

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Ferncourt High Fires Nine Past Walkerswood Academy to Maintain Perfect Start

[b]DRAX HALL, ST. ANN[/b] — Ferncourt High School continued their explosive start to the 2026 ISSA daCosta Cup campaign on Tuesday afternoon, delivering a devastating 9–0 masterclass against newcomers Walkerswood Academy at the Drax Hall Sports Complex. 
The victory keeps legendary former national striker Paul “Tegat” Davis and his side firmly neck-and-neck at the summit of Zone C.

Match Overview

Coming off a hard-fought 2-1 season-opening victory over Cedric Titus High, Ferncourt High entered Match Day 2 looking to establish real authority in the zone. They did exactly that against a Walkerswood Academy side still finding its footing in top-flight schoolboy football. 

The match was originally slated to be played at Ferncourt's home grounds but was shifted to the premium surface at Drax Hall. Ferncourt made the venue feel entirely like home, applying unrelenting pressure right from the opening whistle. By halftime, the game was effectively buried as a contest with Ferncourt leading 6–0, before adding three more in the second half to wrap up the 9–0 scoreline. 
Key Match Statistics
While official individual goalscorer sheets remain tightly guarded by team staff post-match, the team stats paint a clear picture of complete dominance:

• [b]Final Score:[/b] Ferncourt High 9 – 0 Walkerswood Academy
  
• [b]Halftime Score:[/b] Ferncourt High 6 – 0 Walkerswood Academy
  
• [b]Zone C Standings:[/b] Ferncourt High (6 pts, +10 GD) | Brown's Town High (6 pts, +25 GD)
  
• [b]Form Guide:[/b] Ferncourt High (W, W) | Walkerswood Academy (L, L)
  

Post-Match Reflections

Despite the heavy victory, Head Coach Paul "Tegat" Davis remains laser-focused on the bigger picture. In post-match remarks regarding the tight structure of this year's tournament, Davis expressed some structural frustrations about the formatting: [1]
“In my zone, Ferncourt have six games, so you play six games. Suppose the team don't make it? ... [teams could spend months preparing] only to have their campaign end after just six matches.” — Head Coach Paul “Tegat” Davis via the Jamaica Observer

With zero room for error in a short group stage, Ferncourt’s massive goal-scoring display provides a crucial boost to their goal-differential as they keep pace with fierce local rivals Brown's Town High. For Walkerswood Academy, it is another tough learning curve in their debut season, but the newcomers will look to regroup and hunt for their historic first DaCosta Cup points in the next round.

Ferncourt looks to be progressing well, under Paul Tegat Davis

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Former Reggae Boy Luton Shelton has been diagnosed with the deadly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease.

Remember a couple of years ago when people were throwing buckets of cold water over their head? it was to raise awareness for this condition.

According to the ALS Association What makes this disease so deadly is the fact that it is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.


Luton Shelton is 32 years old, this makes him younger than the average ALS victim who is normally 40 and above. Still, as mentioned before the disease can strike at any time.

Shelton was a star player for the Jamaican Football Team. He played 75 caps and scored 35 goals, he was devastating in front of goal and was more far more prolific than more talked about players.

His talents would see him play in countries like Sweden, Norway, UK and even Russia.

He returned to his old club Harbour View in 2017 and this was the last time we would see Luton Shelton on a football pitch.

I commend him for coming forward with his illness as that is not normal in Jamaican culture. In most places, if someone popular gets sick, its known immediately and there is a big awareness drive around whatever illness they have.

In Jamaica, you just hear someone is dead and then you are asking if they were sick? Just this week we saw it with Elva Ruddock and her fight with lupus Story Here

We can only hope that Luton gets the help he needs. It will be difficult for him as there will be the usual ignorant fools who will claim that he was a big rich footballer so why he doesn’t use his money and get better.

That is already the talk on social media from some. Fools who love to celebrate the downfall of someone, as if their time won’t come one day…

I am in the process of creating a St. Ann Legends of Football page on a soon to be launched sports site for St. Ann only. What I'm looking to do is have a full profile pic of that player, and various other statistical information, including past teams, achievements,  and a bio about them.

What i'm looking for now are input in terms of who to list on that legends page. I will probably have a series of polls in order to fine tune the selections, however there are some basic rules that is in place in order to be considered a legend.

In terms of an example, and if you are a true St. Ann man, it's easy to see how someone like Richie Poo Tulloch would be a good choice to be a part of that list.

It's not difficult to conjure up the newer players from the mid 80's upwards, but i'm really focusing on making sure I get the players from the 1970's too. Think Ambassadors All Star,  Reynolds team, Top Stars etc.  So basically, i'm going to have to consult my idols, about their idols  and come on down from there.  Bascoe, Dove, Georgie and dem man deh.

Yes, I have started compiling the list, but it is of the USUAL SUSPECTS - people who we already KNOW will make the legends list. No Toto you nuh deh pon it.... yet!


If you can think of legendary players who would deserve to be on this list, do share your thoughts and let us know their name, and why. It would be good to know about their teams too and any significant moment you can remember about them.  Their specialty and position would be great too. 
An example would be
- Name, Nickname
- Time period played
- teams you remember them playing for
- Primary position played
- Why you feel they should be considered


Obviously, you want folks who have played in the parish league, or represented the parish a minimum of 3 years, so while people like Byron Earle is my hero, and hero to many folks out of the Arnett Gardens team, he only spent a short time with Black Stars, so therefore is not viable for nomination.

This is a much bigger project than the above, because there's lots more data that will be involved.

You might also wonder why I want to do this, and why i've been pushing for a database of players surfacing from my Parish, it's because, like my uncle Nigel, aka Shingo mesh, it's purely for the love of a game that enriched my life.

Forward the link to who you feel haven't see it yet, because this is just the warm up, side nuh pick, and game nuh start play yet!

I'll post some screenshots of the design as it progress.

Let's start there.

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Blistering youngster
Bailey, a 20-year-old Jamaican winger, only made the move to the BayArena in January of last year for a fee of 20 million Euro, following links with the likes of Barcelona and Manchester United.
The pacy starlet caught the eye with his performances in the Europa League for Belgian outfit Genk during the 2016/17 campaign, and racked up 12 goals and 6 assists in 34 domestic appearances this past season with Leverkusen (27 starts).