Soccer League
NB: after the first round robin, the league was split into two groups
of six clubs each, called Division 1 and Division 2;
Innkeepers were renamed Holiday Inn Strikers for this season
Regular Stage
[Sep 24]
Lions 2-5 Mariculture
[NB: Mariculture later renamed Cayman Turtle Farm]
Leeds United 2-1 C&W Exiles
[Sep 30]
CNB - Holiday Inn Strikers
C.I. High School - Woods United
[Oct 1]
Furtherland Farmers - Leeds United
Lions - Commodity Strikers
[Oct 7]
Pearls 1-3 Holiday Inn Strikers
Leeds United 1-5 Commodity Strikers
[Oct 8]
Western Scholars 1-2 Woods United
C.I. High School ppd Cayman Turtle Farm
[Oct 14]
Holiday Inn Strikers 3-1 Cayman Turtle Farm
[Nov 25]
Western Scholars 0-4 Commodity Strikers
C&W Exiles 0-6 Woods United
[Nov 26]
Pearls 4-8 C.I. High School
Cayman Turtle Farm 8-1 Leeds United
[Dec ?]
CNB 5-1 Leeds United
Lions 2-0 Western Scholars
Furtherland Farmers 3-3 C.I. High School
Commodity Strikers 0-1 Woods United
Cayman Turtle Farm 3-0 C&W Exiles
[Dec 23]
Woods United 1-1 Holiday Inn Strikers
C.I. High School 1-3 CNB
[Dec 24]
Pearls 0-8 Lions
Western Scholars 4-0 Cayman Turtle Farm
[Dec 30]
Holiday Inn Strikers 5-2 C.I. High School
Woods United 7-0 Leeds United
[Dec 31]
CNB 6-0 Cayman Turtle Farm
Western Scholars 6-1 C&W Exiles
[date?]
CNB 1-1 Woods United
Table (Feb 6):
1.CNB 11 8 3 0 46-11 19
2.Woods United 11 8 3 0 39- 8 19
3.Commodity Strikers 11 7 3 1 38- 7 17
4.Holiday Inn Strikers 10 6 3 1 29-16 15
5.West Bay Lions 11 6 2 3 30-17 14
6.Cayman Turtle Farm 11 6 1 4 28-20 13
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7.Western Scholars 11 5 1 5 32-23 11
8.C.I. High School 11 3 1 7 30-39 7
9.Furtherland Farmers 11 2 1 8 18-33 5
10.Leeds United 11 2 0 9 15-51 4
11.Cable&Wireless Exiles 10 2 0 8 12-48 4
12.Pearls 11 1 0 10 15-59 2
NB: the remaining match of Exiles was never played, but later awarded a 0-4 loss against
them (as all their 5 matches in Division 2), so the table at the split was:
Table at split:
1.CNB 11 8 3 0 46-11 19 Division One
2.Woods United 11 8 3 0 39- 8 19 Division One
3.Commodity Strikers 11 7 3 1 38- 7 17 Division One
4.Holiday Inn Strikers 11 7 3 1 33-16 17 Division One
5.West Bay Lions 11 6 2 3 30-17 14 Division One
6.Cayman Turtle Farm 11 6 1 4 28-20 13 Division One
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7.Western Scholars 11 5 1 5 32-23 11 Division Two
8.C.I. High School 11 3 1 7 30-39 7 Division Two
9.Furtherland Farmers 11 2 1 8 18-33 5 Division Two
10.Leeds United 11 2 0 9 15-51 4 Division Two
11.Cable&Wireless Exiles 11 2 0 9 12-52 4 Division Two
12.Pearls 11 1 0 10 15-59 2 Division Two
Division One
[Feb 17]
Commodity Strikers 1-1 Holiday Inn Strikers
[Feb 18]
CNB 3-1 Lions
[Feb 24,25]
Cayman Turtle Farm 0-1 Holiday Inn Strikers
[Mar ?]
Woods United 8-1 Lions
[Mar 3]
CNB 3-2 Commodity Strikers
[Mar 4]
Cayman Turtle Farm 3-1 Lions
[Mar 10,11]
Lions 2-0 Holiday Inn Strikers [also reported 2-1]
[Mar 24,25]
Woods United 1-0 Holiday Inn Strikers
Cayman Turtle Farm ppd Commodity Strikers
Table (Mar 27):
1.Woods United 13 10 3 0 48- 9 23
2.CNB 13 10 3 0 52-14 23
3.Holiday Inn Strikers 15 8 4 3 35-20 20
4.Commodity Strikers 13 7 4 2 41-11 18
5.West Bay Lions 15 7 2 6 35-31 16
6.Cayman Turtle Farm 13 7 1 5 31-22 15
[Apr 14]
Woods United 4-0 CNB
Top Final Table:
1.Woods United Champions
2.CNB
NB: Woods United and CNB finished equal on points, but Woods had a better goal average;
Cayman Turtle Farm finished 6th
Division Two
[Feb 17]
Western Scholars awd C&W Exiles [awarded 4-0]
[Feb 18]
Pearls n/p Furtherland Farmers [no referee]
[Feb 24,25]
Leeds United awd C&W Exiles [awarded 4-0]
Western Scholars 4-1 Furtherland Farmers
[Mar 3]
C.I. High School awd C&W Exiles [awarded 4-0]
[Mar 4]
Leeds United 1-2 Pearls
[Mar 10,11]
Pearls awd C&W Exiles [awarded 4-0]
C.I. High School 5-1 Furtherland Farmers [also reported 4-1]
[Mar ?]
Furtherland Farmers awd C&W Exiles [awarded 4-0]
Furtherland Farmers 5-1 Pearls
[Mar 24,25]
Furtherland Farmers 5-1 Leeds United
C.I. High School ppd Western Scholars
Table (Mar 27):
7.Western Scholars 13 7 1 5 40-24 15
8.C.I. High School 13 5 1 7 39-40 11
9.Furtherland Farmers 16 5 1 10 34-44 11
10.Leeds United 14 3 0 11 21-58 6
11.Pearls 14 3 0 11 22-65 6
12.Cable&Wireless Exiles 16 2 0 14 12-72 4
NB: Western Scholars finished 7th
Association Cup 1978/79
Quarterfinals
CNB bt Lions
Cayman Turtle Farm w/o Holiday Inn Strikers [Holiday Inn Strikers forfeited]
Commodity Strikers 3-4 Woods United
[Apr 29]
Western Scholars bt Furtherland Farmers
Semifinals
[May 5]
CNB 3-0 Cayman Turtle Farm
[May 10]
Woods United 7-1 Western Scholars
Final [May 13]
CNB bt Woods United
NB: instead of the traditional New Year's Day final for the league cup,
three all-stars matches and a match between Woods United (top of the
league on Dec 31) and a selection from the other eleven clubs were
played to welcome 1979:
[Jan 1, Annex Field]
George Town Junior AS 1-1 West Bay Junior AS
George Town Ladies AS 1-1 West Bay Ladies AS [9-8 pen]
George Town Old-Timers 0-3 West Bay Old-Timers [Old-Timers: over-30 teams]
Woods United 4-2 The Rest
Schlitz FA Cup 1979
NB: top-4 teams in the league at the time of draw (Woods United,
CNB, Lions and Commodity Strikers) bye to quarterfinals
Preliminary Round
[Jan 20]
Furtherland Farmers 4-1 Western Scholars
Cayman Turtle Farm 0-1 Holiday Inn Strikers [aet]
[Jan 21]
Leeds United 2-1 C.I. High School
Pearls 3-0 C&W Exiles
Quarterfinals
[Jan 27]
Leeds United 0-7 Woods United
Pearls 0-5 Lions
[Jan 28]
Furtherland Farmers 1-4 CNB
Holiday Inn Strikers 3-1 Commodity Strikers
Semifinals
[Feb 10]
CNB 3-2 Holiday Inn Strikers
[Feb 11]
Lions 0-3 Woods United
Final [Feb 28 (Ash Wednesday)]
CNB 4-2 Woods United
NB: as this was CNB's third successive win, presumably they were allowed
to keep the trophy
Junior Schlitz Trophy 1979
Semifinals
Paramount Carpets 2-1 C.I. High School Juniors
Youths United 2-1 HIgh Schoool Babes
Final [Feb 28]
Youths United bt Paramount Carpets
Source: Cayman Compass
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