Dandy Town can clinch an eighth Premier Division championship and fourth in seven seasons tonight with a little help from Devonshire Cougars.

Cougars host Town’s nearest rivals Robin Hood at Devonshire Recreation Club.

A victory or a draw for Cougars, who have yet to be beaten in the second half of the season, will hand Hornets the championship on a platter.

“I hope Cougars can do us a favour,” Jomar Wilkinson, the Town coach, said after his team’s impressive come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Boulevard Blazers at Police Field yesterday. “If not, then we have to do what we have to do in our next match against Somerset.”

Kyle Lightbourne, the Robin Hood coach, has already conceded the title race regardless of the outcome of tonight’s clash with Cougars.

“Dandy Town need just one more victory, and I can see them getting that victory between now and the end of the season,” Lightbourne said late last week.

Town demonstrated just why they are champions-elect with a hard fought victory away to a resurgent Boulevard.

Wilkinson’s charges came from behind with superbly taken goals from Angelo Simmons, and a Tomiko Goater strike against a home side who went ahead twice through an Ian Coke brace.

“I was definitely pleased with the team’s character,” Wilkinson said.

“My hat goes off to Boulevard, they came with a lot of energy, pressed us and had some success. But we had to dig deep and showed a lot of character, and I am proud of my team.”

Wilkinson said he never doubted that his team could bounce back after trailing twice.

“I have a belief in this team and their ability,” he said. “They are showing me game in and game out they have the ability to fight when they need to, and today we showed a lot of character and they chose to fight in the second half and put pressure on Boulevard.

“We understand that we have to build the game sometimes and also that we are one of the fittest teams in the island, and so we can break teams down as long as the game goes.

“That’s what happened today, we broke Boulevard down and eventually they fell apart, lost their shape and we had some success.”

Elsewhere yesterday, Somerset Trojans, the league champions, were held to a 1-1 draw against Hamilton Parish at Wellington Oval, North Village and Southampton Rangers battled to a 1-1 draw at Bernard Park, while ten-man PHC Zebras drew with Devonshire Colts 3-3 at PHC Field.

Cecoy Robinson was sent off for violent conduct after scoring his team’s second goal from the penalty spot. Robinson elbowed Colts player Ryan Purnell as he tried to retrieve the ball from the PHC captain, who picked it out of the net in the 29th minute.

Somerset also had to settle for a share of the points, after taking the lead in the second half through a Leo Burgess penalty at Wellington Oval.

Trojans saw their chance of victory slip away when Hamilton Parish equalised seven minutes later through striker Donovan Thompson. The point leaves them five points ahead of Southampton Rangers in the crucial second relegation spot and with only three games remaining.

“We’re just focusing on ourselves, not even looking at the numbers, just knowing we need three points each game,” Trevin Ming, the Trojans captain, said. “As long as we win it’s okay.

“It’s disappointing because we did have the lead, so it is definitely points dropped in my opinion.”