Lime Hall lead Wi‑Fi 1‑0 at break in Popeyes Challenge Cup clash at Drax Hall

Lime Hall Academy held a one‑goal edge over Wi‑Fi United at half‑time on Wednesday, 13 May 2026, in the second Popeyes Challenge Cup match of a Drax Hall, Sedan, St Ann double bill staged under lights with backing from the Jamaica Football Federation, title sponsor Popeyes and broadcast partner CVM Television. Earlier on the card Duncan defeated Grey’s 1‑0 through a Lenox Gibson finish.

The tie paired St Ann’s Lime Hall, once a Jamaica Premier League side relegated after a single top‑flight campaign, against a fast‑rising Portland club formed in 2022 and bankrolled by owner Gary Robinson, who lends the squad its name from the Wi‑Fi branding on his transport fleet. Lime Hall had already beaten Wi‑Fi 2‑0 in Jamaica Football Championship play this term, with Javari Mitchell among the scorers that night, and sat fourth in Zone A on 28 points, six adrift of leaders Tru Juice, while Wi‑Fi chase youth silverware including an upcoming Portland Under‑20 final and operate the parish’s lone Jamaica Women’s Premier League entry.

Roario Francis of Jamaica’s referees’ panel took the whistle, supported by assistant Stephanie Dale Yee Singh, while captains Carlos Campbell (Lime Hall) and Christopher Baugh (Wi‑Fi) led out squads featuring Premier League‑seasoned figures such as S J Anderson, Diego McKenzie and Campbell for the hosts, and a Wi‑Fi bench guided by former national Under‑17 coach Andrew Edwards, lately linked with Manchester High.

Play stayed goalless through the half hour as Lime Hall pressed corners in clusters and Wi‑Fi tested goalkeeper Leonardo Saunders without hitting the target. McKenzie eventually broke the deadlock with a composed side‑foot finish after Anderson and Campbell combined down the flank, rewarding Lime Hall’s sharper share of possession and set‑piece pressure.

Drama followed when Francis pointed to the spot for Wi‑Fi only to withdraw the award after consulting Yee Singh, judging the defender had played the ball despite follow‑through contact. Tempers frayed on the Wi‑Fi bench and a substitute was dismissed for misconduct directed at the officials; Gelando Williams later left the field with a facial injury after an aerial clash that drew no caution. Anderson picked up a yellow card for Lime Hall, who briefly finished the period a man short while a player adjusted non‑compliant undershorts. Halftime statistics supplied on the broadcast showed Lime Hall with five attempts, two on frame, against three off‑target Wi‑Fi efforts, nine fouls from the Portland side, a flurry of Lime Hall corners against one for the visitors, and Wi‑Fi holding about 45 percent of the ball.