Ainsley Walters, Freelance Reporter

HUE

HARBOUR VIEW's Jermaine Hue left it a bit late and missed the chance to impress technical director René Simoes yesterday, scoring a beauty from 32 yards in the second half after the new technical director departed the Cash Plus Premier League match against August Town at half-time.

Hue's striker gave the hosts a 1-0 win. Simoes made Harbour View his first working stop yesterday after arriving in the island on Saturday and watched a goalless first-half at Compound before departing to see Waterhouse beat promoted Sporting Central 1-0.

However, had the Brazilian waited seven minutes inside the second-half before rushing off to Drewsland, he would have certainly made a notation in the hardcover book he carried with him.

Hue, who impressed at the 2005 Gold Cup but failed to earn a national call under Bora Milutinovic after returning from Sweden, gave Harbour View the winner almost out of nothing.

The left-footed midfielder turned well outside the penalty area and hooked a shot goalward, which caught the August Town keeper stranded as the ball flew into the top right-hand corner of goal.

Hue's strike made the difference between the teams as August Town' most dangerous player, the league's leading scorer, Daniel Shaw, was kept in check in midfield and never got a chance to put any of his dangerous free kicks on Harbour View's goal.

The win moved Harbour View to 26 points, keeping them fourth in the standings, one behind Waterhouse, who got a late winner over Sporting Central and one ahead of St. Georges, who clubbed Portmore United 3-1 at Lynch Park to knock the first-round winners from atop the premiership.

The visitors got their best chance in the 37th minute when Terrence Allen dispossessed Hue midway Harbour View's half and picked up a return pass inside the 18-yard box but failed to keep his cool under pressure and rifled his shot into the side netting.

Harbour View could have exten-ded their lead but striker Kavin Brayn, on no fewer than three occasions, left defenders in his wake on the right side in the second-half, cut into the box and tried in vain to beat the goalkeeper at the near post with his teammates standing inside the area.

Harbour View 1

Jermaine Hue 52nd

August Town 0