2010–11 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division

Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	Parham (3rd title)
Relegated	Villa Lions Smitty
Matches played	90
Goals scored	289 (3.21 per match)
Biggest home win	Parham 6-0 Empire
Biggest away win	SAP 0-5 Parham
Highest scoring	Empire 6-1 Hoppers All Saints 3-4 Empire Smitty 2-5 SAP SAP 2-5 Hoppers
Longest winning run	5 matches: Hoppers & Old Road
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches: Old Road
Longest winless run	12 matches: Smitty
Longest losing run	6 matches: Smitty
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division (also known as the 2010–11 Digicel and Observer Group Premier Division for sponsoring purposes) is the 43rd season of the highest competitive football league of Antigua and Barbuda. It began on 19 September 2010 and will conclude on 14 February 2011.^[citation needed] Bassa are the defending champions. All games are played at the Antigua Recreation Ground.

Teams

Willikies FC and Potters FC were relegated to the Antigua and Barbuda First Division after finishing in ninth and tenth place at the end of last season. They were replaced by the top two clubs from the First Division, Empire FC and Sea View Farm FC.

Team	City
A&R Smitty FC	St. John's
All Saints United	All Saints
Bassa Sports Club	All Saints
Empire FC	Gray's Farm
Hoppers FC	St. John's
Old Road FC	Old Road
Parham FC	Parham
SAP FC	Bolans
Sea View Farm FC	Sea View Farm
Villa Lions FC	St. John's

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Parham FC (C)	18	12	2	4	49	17	+32	38
2	Hoppers	18	11	2	5	33	25	+8	35
3	Old Road FC	18	9	5	4	30	18	+12	32
4	Empire FC	18	7	3	8	31	34	−3	24
5	Bassa Sports Club	18	5	8	5	32	30	+2	23
6	Sea View Farm FC	18	5	8	5	21	22	−1	23
7	All Saints United	18	6	4	8	33	33	0	22
8	SAP FC (O)	18	6	4	8	25	39	−14	22	Promotion/relegation playoffs
9	Villa Lions FC (R)	18	5	5	8	19	22	−3	20	Relegation to second level
10	A&R Smitty FC (R)	18	1	5	12	16	49	−33	8

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	ALL	BAS	EMP	HOP	OLD	PAR	SAP	SEA	VIL
A&R Smitty FC		3–3	0–4	0–3	1–3	1–5	1–5	2–5	1–0	0–3
All Saints United	4–1		0–3	3–4	2–3	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0
Bassa Sports Club	0–0	1–3		3–3	3–3	1–1	1–4	3–0	2–3	0–0
Empire FC	2–1	3–1	4–0		6–1	0–3	1–5	1–2	1–2	0–2
Hoppers	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		3–1	0–1	5–2	1–1	2–1
Old Road FC	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	4–1		2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
Parham FC	3–1	0–2	3–3	6–0	1–0	4–0		5–1	0–1	0–0
SAP FC	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–5		1–1	0–3
Sea View Farm FC	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	2–4	2–1		2–0
Villa Lions FC	2–1	2–3	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation playoffs

At the end of the year SAP FC will be in a three team round robin tournament with the 3rd and 4th place teams from the First Division.[1] These two First Division teams will be Potters FC and Swetes FC, while Willikies FC and Bullets FC were promoted directly to the Premier Division.[2]

Results: [3]

6 March 2011

Potters FC	0 – 0	SAP FC

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

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8 March 2011

Swetes FC	1 – 2	Potters FC
Weeks 18'		20' (pen.) Ochoa ??' Benjamin

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

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10 March 2011

SAP FC	9 – 0	Swetes FC
Challenger 15' (pen.) Thomas 25', 42', 66' Roberts 48' Murray 57', 70' Williamson 72' Parker 88'		??' Decastro  ??' Goodwin  ??' Mason

Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

SAP (4 points, +9 goal difference) remains in the Premier Division. Potters (4 points, +1 goal difference) and Swetes (0 points, -10 goal difference) remain in the First Division.

References

1. Baptiste, Neto. "Parham solidify Premier title". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
2. Baptiste, Neto. "Bullets secure Premier Division berth". Antigua Observer. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
3. King, Ian. "Antigua and Barbuda 2010/11". Ian King Football Webpages. Retrieved 30 May 2011.