2016 Barbados Premier Division Explained

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Competition:Barbados Premier Division
Season:2016
Winners:UWI Blackbirds
Relegated:Empire Club
Pinelands United
Continentalcup1:CFU Club Championship
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:BDF
UWI Blackbirds
League Topscorer:Mario Harte (29)
Biggest Home Win:UWI Blackbirds 14-0 Rendezvous
(19 June 2016)
Biggest Away Win:Pinelands United 0-21 UWI Blackbirds
(5 June 2016)
Highest Scoring:Pinelands United 0-21 UWI Blackbirds
(5 June 2016)
Matches:90
Total Goals:377
Longest Wins:BDF (7)
Longest Unbeaten:BDF (10)
Longest Winless:Pinelands United (18)
Longest Losses:Pinelands United (7)
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017
Updated:19 June 2016

The 2016 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 70th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds won their first league title, holding off defending champions BDF by a single point. Pinelands United were winless and are joined by Empire Club in being relegated to Barbados First Division for the 2017 season.

Changes from 2015

Statistics

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals[1]
1 Mario HarteUWI Blackbirds29
2 Armando LashleyParadise19
3 Shaquille StewartBDF16
4 Shaquille BoyceBDF14
Jairo LombardoUWI Blackbirds14
6 Kyle GibsonNotre Dame12
Shandel SamuelRendezvous12
8 Corey BarrowUWI Blackbirds11
Kemar HeadleyWeymouth11
10 Hadan HolliganWeymouth9
Omando McLeodEmpire Club9

Hat-tricks

Playerwidth=120Clubwidth=125Againstwidth=50ResultDate
Kemar HeadleyWeymouth WalesPinelands United4-0[2] 17 January 2016
Mario HarteUWI BlackbirdsPinelands United5-1[3] 31 January 2016
Shaquille Stewart4BDFPinelands United4-06 February 2016
Armando Lashley4ParadiseBelfield1-5[4] 6 February 2016
Mario HarteUWI BlackbirdsBrittons Hill1-4[5] 14 February 2016
Corey BarrowUWI BlackbirdsBelfield4-0[6] 20 February 2016
Dwayne StanfordRendezvousPinelands6-4[7] 21 February 2016
Shane WelchPinelandsRendezvous6-421 February 2016
Andre Leslie4UWI BlackbirdsEmpire Club4-012 March 2016
Shaquille StewartBDFPinelands United0-6[8] 12 March 2016
Jamar GrazetteBelfieldPinelands United2-828 May 2016
Henderson RichardsBelfieldPinelands United2-828 May 2016
Tristan ParrisWeymouth WalesEmpire Club2-429 May 2016
Omando McLeodEmpire ClubRendezvous0-31 June 2016
Armando LashleyParadiseEmpire Club3-14 June 2016
Corey BarrowUWI BlackbirdsPinelands United0-215 June 2016
Mario Harte10UWI BlackbirdsPinelands United0-21[9] 5 June 2016
Corey BarrowUWI BlackbirdsRendezvous14-019 June 2016
Dario HarewoodUWI BlackbirdsRendezvous14-019 June 2016
Mario HarteUWI BlackbirdsRendezvous14-019 June 2016

4 Player scored 4 goals.

10 Player scored 10 goals.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbados Football Association - Barbados. 6 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Blackbirds pip Rendezvous -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com. 1 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Blackbirds leading -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com. 10 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Paradise thrash Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com. 10 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Goals galore | Barbados Today. 25 February 2016.
  6. Web site: UWI suck the wind out of Belfield -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com. 25 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Sweet Paradise | Barbados Today. 25 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Stewart does trick for BDF -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News nationnews.com. 15 March 2016.
  9. Web site: Bloody Sunday | Barbados Today. 7 June 2016.