PHC and Dandy Town both wrapped up the league and Appleby Knockout Cup double with wins in the under-14 and under-16 finals last night at the National Sports Centre.

PHC beat Devonshire 2-1 in the under-16 final, a match that was marred by minor scuffles at the final whistle after a tense, hard-fought match was decided by Keishon Bean’s winner seven minutes from the end.

Colts then had an effort ruled out for offside following a free kick a minute from the end of the second half, before they were then reduced to ten men when Ashon Hart was shown a red card for kicking a PHC player.

The sending off marred a good performance for the full back who scored probably the best goal of the night, a left-footed free kick that found the top corner from 35 yards to draw his side level in the 26th minute after PHC had taken an early lead.

PHC, who finished unbeaten on their way to winning the league, went in front in the twelfth minute when Enrique Russell scored from close range after a cross from the right by Andrew McDowall.

Colts had a great opportunity to equalise ten minutes later, but Chermari Henry blasted over after being put clear of the PHC defence and with just the advancing goalkeeper Quinaceo Hunt to beat.

Hart’s wonder strike did bring the teams level and it stayed that way until Bean’s winner in the 73rd minute, taking a pass inside the box with his back to goal and turning and placing his shot past Lejuan Matthews in the Colts goal.

Bean and Matthews were voted most valuable players for their teams.

“It was a good game of football and it capped off a good season, going undefeated,” Winston Trott Jr, the PHC coach, said.

“There are a few players in the national team and they showed they are a little bit above the rest of the players.”

In the opening match Dandy Town also added the Knockout Cup to their league title when they beat Richmond Harriers 3-1 in the under-14 final, with JahZion Talbot-Thomas, the Town captain, voted most valuable player for his team after scoring two goals.

The striker opened the scoring after six minutes when he scored from close range before defender Nahje Smith scored a brilliant free kick, from almost the same spot as Hart’s free kick in the second match.

Harriers went close from a couple of good chances before finally pulling a goal back right on half-time when Damion Simmons did the work to set up Jake Field with a pass inside the box and he calmly steered the ball home.

Before that Rory McKittrick side-footed over the bar after being set up inside the box, then Nasje Brockington blasted a left-footed effort from 35 yards just over the bar before Jaiden Manders, the Town goalkeeper, saved an effort from Simmons with his legs.

Simmons was voted most valuable player for Harriers.

Talbot-Thomas put the match out of Harriers’s reach with his second goal 11 minutes into the second half when he ran onto a ball into the box and hooked it over the head of the advancing Erik Fredricks in goal.

“The team worked real hard and deserved everything they get,” Michael Richardson-Martin, the Town coach, said. “JahZion is really a good player, he trains hard as most of them do.

“At the beginning of the season we said we were going to win everything, after winning the league last year. We went undefeated and last year lost just one league game.”