# 2011–12 National Premier League

The 2011–12 Red Stripe Premier League was the highest competitive football league in Jamaica. It was the 38th edition of the competition. The season began in August 2011 and was completed in May 2012. The teams played each other 3 times each then the final 5 games was played amongst the top 6 and bottom 6; making it a total of 38 games each. Tivoli Gardens were the defending champions, having won their fifth Jamaican championship the prior season.

## Teams

St. George's and Benfica finished 11th and 12th at the end of last season and both were relegated to the Eastern Confederation Super League.
Taking their places in the league this season are Highgate United, champions of the Eastern Confederation Super League, and Montego Bay United, champions of the Western Confederation Super League, which were the best two clubs in last season's second level promotion playoffs.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity | Manager |
| Arnett Gardens | Kingston | Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex | 7,000 | Paul "Tegat" Davis |
| Boys' Town | Kingston | Collie Smith Drive Sporting Complex | 2,000 | Andrew Price |
| Harbour View | Kingston | Harbour View Mini Stadium | 7,000 | Donovan Hayles |
| Highgate United | Highgate | Grays Inn | 1,500 | Braxton Hyre |
| Humble Lions | Clarendon | Effortville Community Centre | 1,000 | Lenworth Hyde sr. |
| Montego Bay United | Montego Bay | Catherine Hall Stadium | 8,000 | Neider dos Santos |
| Portmore United | Portmore | Ferdie Neita Sports Complex | 2,000 | Calvin Lewis |
| Reno | Westmoreland | Frome Sports Club | 2,000 | Wendell Downswell |
| Sporting Central Academy | Clarendon | Brancourt Sports Ground, Clarendon Park | 2,000 | Nigel Stewart |
| Tivoli Gardens | Kingston | Railway Oval | 3,000 | Glendon "Admiral" Bailey |
| Village United | Trelawney | Elleston Wakeland Stadium | 3,000 | Danilo Barriga |
| Waterhouse | Kingston | Waterhouse Stadium | 5,000 | Donovan Duckie |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Portmore United (C) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 67 | Qualification for 2013 CFU Club Championship |
| 2 | Boys' Town | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 66 | Qualification for 2013 CFU Club Championship |
| 3 | Waterhouse | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 60 | |
| 4 | Humble Lions | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 57 | |
| 5 | Tivoli Gardens | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 56 | |
| 6 | Harbour View | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 53 | |
| 7 | Montego Bay United | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 54 | |
| 8 | Arnett Gardens | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 53 | |
| 9 | Sporting Central Academy | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 43 | |
| 10 | Highgate United | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 40 | |
| 11 | Village United | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 32 | Relegation to 2012-13 Jamaican Second Levels |
| 12 | Reno | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to 2012-13 Jamaican Second Levels |

## Results
### Matches 1–22

| Home \ Away | ARN | BOY | HAR | HIG | HUM | POR | REN | MBU | SCA | TIV | VIL | WAT |
| Arnett Gardens | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Boys' Town | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Harbour View | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Highgate United | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Humble Lions | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Portmore United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Reno | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Montego Bay United | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Sporting Central Academy | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Tivoli Gardens | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Village United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| Waterhouse | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |

### Matches 23–33

| Home \ Away | ARN | BOY | HAR | HIG | HUM | POR | REN | MBU | SCA | TIV | VIL | WAT |
| Arnett Gardens | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | 2–3 | | 1–2 | | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Boys' Town | | | 2–0 | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Harbour View | | | | | 0–0 | | 3–1 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Highgate United | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | | | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | |
| Humble Lions | 0–0 | | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Portmore United | | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | |
| Reno | 1–2 | | | 0–1 | | 0–2 | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| Montego Bay United | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | 2–0 | | | | 2–0 | |
| Sporting Central Academy | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | |
| Tivoli Gardens | | | | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | | | 3–0 |
| Village United | 1–1 | | | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| Waterhouse | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | | |

### Matches 34–38
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Jermaine Anderson | Waterhouse | 14 |
| 2 | Alanzo Adlam | Portmore United | 12 |
| 3 | Romeo Parkes | Highgate United and Tivoli Gardens | 11 |
| 5 | Dino Williams | Village United | 10 |
| 5 | Micheal Campbell | Boys Town F.C. | 10 |
| 7 | Mouricio Gordon | Montego Bay United | 9 |
| 7 | Tremaine Stewart | Portmore United | 9 |
Updated to games played on 27 April 2012 Source: plcajamaica

## Promotion from Super Leagues

The winners of the 4 regional Super Leagues play-off in a home and home round robin series.
* KSAFA Super League - Cavaliers
* South Central Confederation Super League - New Green Community
* Eastern Confederation Super League - Volvo United FC
* Western Confederation Super League - Savannah FC

### Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012–13 National Premier League |
| 2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012–13 National Premier League |
| 3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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