Humble Lions F.C.
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| Full name | Humble Lions Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1974 | |
| Ground | The Effortville Mini Stadium May Pen, Clarendon Jamaica | |
| Capacity | 3,000 | |
| President | Mike Henry | |
| Manager | ||
| League | National Premier League | |
| 2018–19 | Regular season: 8th Playoffs: Did not qualify | |
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Humble Lions Football Club is a Jamaican professional football club based in May Pen, which plays in the Jamaica National Premier League, the top flight of Jamaican Football.
Club name[]
Though their club crest calls them Humble Lions F.C., they are often referred to by the Singular Humble Lion F.C.
History[]
Founded in 1974, as a team of Rastafarians,[1] Humble Lions was promoted to the Jamaica National Premier League for the first time at the end of the 2008/2009 season, making their debut in Jamaica's major football top-flight.
They finished both of their first two seasons in the top tier just above the relegation zone but spent big in summer 2011 when looking for a promising start of the 2011/2012 season.[2] Humble lion has seen notable coaches such as Lenworth Hyde, Donovan Duckie, and Vassell Reynolds. Their president is a Jamaican politician .
Ground[]
The team is based in , a part of May Pen in central Clarendon, with their home ground at the Effortville Mini Stadium.
Honours[]
- South Central Confederation Super League: 1
- 2009
References[]
- ^ August Town, Humble Lions eye DPL berths Archived 2009-06-06 at the Wayback Machine - Jamaica Observer
- ^ Hyde has eyes on the big prize - Jamaica Gleaner
- Football clubs in Jamaica
- Association football clubs established in 1974
- 1974 establishments in Jamaica
- Jamaican sport stubs
- Caribbean football club stubs