2017 Barbados Premier League Explained

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Competition:	Barbados Premier League
Season:	2017
Winners:	Weymouth Wales
Continentalcup1:	CFU Club Championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Weymouth Wales
League Topscorer:	Dario Harewood (13)
Biggest Home Win:	Weymouth Wales 8-0 Waterford Compton (19 March 2017)
Biggest Away Win:	Waterford Compton 0-7 Weymouth Wales (27 May 2017)
Highest Scoring:	Rendezvous 9-2 Waterford Compton (7 May 2017)
Matches:	90
Total Goals:	305
Longest Wins:	Weymouth Wales (5)
Longest Unbeaten:	Weymouth Wales (11)
Longest Winless:	Brittons Hill (9)
Longest Losses:	Belfield (8)
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018
Updated:	14 May 2017

The 2017 Barbados Premier League (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 71st season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds are the defending champions, coming off their first league title.

Changes from 2016

Empire Club and Pinelands United were relegated to Barbados Division One.
Ellerton and Waterford Compton were promoted to the Premier League.

Table

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Dario Harewood	UWI Blackbirds	13
2	Shakille Belle	Ellerton	10
	Zeco Edmee	Notre Dame	10
	Hadan Holligan	Weymouth Wales	10
	Arantees Lawrence	Weymouth Wales	10
6	Armando Lashley	Paradise	9
6	Shandel Samuel	Rendezvous	9
8	Shaquille Boyce	BDF	8
	Alvin Chapman	Belfield	8
	Rashad Jules	BDF	8

Hat-tricks

Player	width=120	Club	width=125	Against	width=50	Result	Date
Mario Harte	UWI Blackbirds	Waterford Compton	4-0^[2]	2 February 2017
Armando Lashley	Paradise	Notre Dame	1-5^[3]	16 February 2017
Shaquille Boyce	BDF	Waterford Compton	0-7	26 February 2017
Omani Leacock	BDF	Waterford Compton	0-7^[4]	26 February 2017
Zeco Edmee⁴	Notre Dame	UWI Blackbirds	4-4	2 March 2017
Arantees Lawrence	Weymouth Wales	Waterford Compton	8-0	19 March 2017
Armando Lashley	Paradise	BDF	3-0^[5]	2 April 2017
Ray Snagg	Rendezvous	Ellerton	0-5^[6]	2 April 2017
Dario Harewood⁴	UWI Blackbirds	Waterford Compton	1-5^[7]	9 April 2017
Dwayne Stanford	Rendezvous	Belfield	6-3^[8]	15 April 2017
Dario Harewood	UWI Blackbirds	Belfield	2-4^[9]	7 May 2017
Shandel Samuel	Rendezvous	Waterford Compton	9-2	7 May 2017

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Notes and References

Web site: Barbados Football Association - Barbados. 6 January 2016.
Web site: UWI blow away Compton -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com. 6 February 2017.
Web site: Compton end top-flight drought | Barbados Advocate. 28 February 2017.
Web site: BDF run riot | Barbados Today. 28 February 2017.
Web site: Bombarded! | Barbados Today. 6 April 2017.
Web site: Rendezvous dismiss Ellerton in Digicel Premier League | Loop News Barbados. 6 April 2017.
Web site: Harewood's havoc | Barbados Today. 11 April 2017.
Web site: Rendezvous triumph in Digicel Premier League 9-goal thriller | Loop News Barbados. 17 April 2017.
Web site: Rendezvous maul hapless Compton | Barbados Today. 9 May 2017.