Boys' Town's Daemion Benjamin heads the ball away from Arnett Garden's Cornel Chin-Sue in the Digicel Premier League match at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Boys' Town won the game 1-0. - Ian Allen

BOYS' TOWN were the lone movers on opening day of the Digicel Premier League second round, toppling Arnett Gardens 1-0 at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex with a cheeky Daemion Benjamin 37th-minute goal.

Benjamin hoisted a free kick, before the referee had blown, from 45 yards out, spectacularly beating the Arnett goalie.

The win moved Boys' Town to fourth on 21 points, leapfrogging idle champions Portmore United (19), whose game against promoted Rivoli was not played due to the funeral of former Rivoli player Enrico Beech.

Arnett remained ninth on goal difference as the 10th-place team Meadhaven, with whom they share 11 points, were blanked 2-0 by second-place Tivoli Gardens at Constant Spring.

Trickled past goalie

It took Tivoli Gardens 68 minutes to crack 10-man Meadhaven. Unmarked Damion Gordon's tame shot from inside the area trickled past goalie Andrew Gibson appealing for off-side in the 77th minute. Jermaine Taylor finished off Meadhaven in the 89th with a powerful shot, which gave Gibson no chance.

Tivoli stayed second with their win, moving to 24 points, still two behind leaders Harbour View, who beat Village 2-1 at the Elliston-Wakeland Centre.

Lovel Palmer netted in the 49th and 52nd minutes for Harbour View and Omar Allen got Village's consolation in the 77th.

St Georges kept third place, easing to 22 points, two behind Tivoli after Daniel Shaw netted in the 33rd minute at Lynch park, deepening Waterhouse's woes. The Drewsland men were left stuck on 15 points in sixth place.

In the day's other game, last-place Sporting Central scored twice at Frome in a 1-1 draw against seventh-place Reno.

The men from Clarendon led in the 14th minute off Ian Palmer's goal but handed a share of the points to Reno with a Keithy Simpson own goal in the 76th.

At Constant Spring, Mead-haven held a tight 5-3-1 formation after Reid's ejection with striker Keammar Daley dropping back in midfield, leaving Leighton Neita as the lone forward.

Tivoli should have capitalised in the first half but Navion Boyd was twice denied by stout defending from his marker, Kirk Duckworth.

Boyd rounded goalie Gibson two minutes after Reid's ejection but hit his shot went against the upright and he had two subsequent follow-ups blocked by Duckworth.

Cursing his luck

The speedy Tivoli striker was again left cursing his luck in the 41st, patiently awaiting a high cross from the left at the back post but his volley was stopped by Duckworth on the goal line.

Tivoli goalie Edsel Scott was only called into action once in the first half, going down low to collect Keammar Daley's free kick in the 35th .

Meadhaven got the first chance of the second half when Daley, the team's engine, sent Norman Bailey clear down the left side in the 10th minute but the midfielder's powerful grounder was blocked by Scott at his near post.

Meadhaven seemed set to repeat their first round 1-1 draw against Tivoli but the 58th minute substitution of an injured Duckworth handed Tivoli another advantage.

Tivoli coach Lenny Hyde brought on fresh legs, Jermaine Allen for Kemar Mills in the 62nd and Jermaine Taylor for Oraine Simpson in the 65th.

Gordon breached a weakened Meadhaven in the 77th, surprising even himself as he was unmarked and turned a speculative shot towards goal, which caught Gibson flat-footed as the keeper looked to the referee for help, hoping to hear an offside call.

Attacking substitution

Another attacking substitution by Tivoli, Jermaine Grey on for Boyd in the 80th, put more pressure on Meadhaven's defence and it was no surprise when Taylor picked up a pass from Green and buried a shot past Gibson from inside the box.

Hyde praised Meadhaven for their gritty display and said anxiety to score against the 10-man team got the better of his side in the first half.

"We expected a tough match," he said. "When playing against 10 men, anxiety sets in. We were rushing it too much. We spoke about it at half-time, kept our calm in the second half and the goal came," he pointed out.

Meadhaven's Alrick Clarke said his team gave their all but were undone by the ejection and injury to Duckworth.

"They played exciting football but we went a man down in the first half and another man down with the injury. It took a toll on the players. It was a gallant effort from which we should have, at least, taken a point," he said.

Yesterday's results

Meadhaven 0 Tivoli 2 (Damion Gordon 77th, Jermaine Taylor 89th)

Arnett Gardens 0 Boys' Town 1 (Daemion Benjamin 37th)

St Georges 1 (Daniel Shaw 33rd) Waterhouse 0

Village 1 (Omar Allen 77th) Harbour View 2 (Lovel Palmer 49th, 52nd)

Reno 1 (Keithy Simpson 56th, own goal) Sporting Central 1 (Ian Palmer 14th)