Boys' Town's coach Andrew Price. - file

Boys' Town left it late but managed to walk away 1-0 winners over rivals Waterhouse in the Digicel Premier League match at Collie Smith Drive on Wednesday, with captain Michael Campbell scoring the all-important goal in the 85th minute to secure the third consecutive win for the 'Red Brigade'.

Coach Andrew Price was satisfied with his team's display and is urging consistency as they set their sights on challenging for top honours in the second round.

Said Price: "What we need to do is start winning more games in a row. We want to continue the momentum and that's what this team must do. We must play consistently, take our chances when we get them and defend properly and I think we did those (things) today."

Price went on to sum up his team's performance against Waterhouse, which has left the team comfortable in fourth position on 17 points at the end of the first round.

Domination

"It's a game that we dominated for long periods so it would have been rough if we did not win this game. I'm really happy that we were able to convert late in the game. To finish the round with a victory is always good and it sets the tone very well for the next round," Price added.

Both teams started the game brightly. However, most of the play was concentrated in the midfield area, with little goal-mouth action.

The first real chance came in the second half when midfielder Kenardo Forbes could only manage to send his shot crashing off the crossbar, after he found himself behind the Boys' Town defensive line and with the goal at his mercy.

Boys' Town's George Vernal and Renae Lloyd wasted chances shortly afterwards as the skies and the game opened up with time winding down.

The host secured all three points in the dying moments when Campbell found himself unmarked at the back post, to tap the ball into an empty net and send the resurgent Waterhouse team to their sixth loss of the season.

Waterhouse coach Geoffrey Maxwell rued the last-gasp defeat and turned his attention to the next round of the competition.

"I'm disappointed that we can give up a goal in the last five minutes or so because I thought that both teams threw everything that they could offer at each other, but to throw away a game with five minutes to go, you have to feel very disappointed," said Maxwell.

"Credit to Boys' Town, they played right until the final whistle," he added. "We stopped playing after 85 minutes."