Mount Pleasant Football Academy

Mount Pleasant F.A.
Full name	Mount Pleasant Football Academy
Nickname(s)	Stush
Founded	2016; 8 years ago
Ground	Drax Hall Sports Complex; Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica
Capacity	2,000
Coordinates	18°26′10″N 77°12′07″W / 18.436°N 77.202°W / 18.436; -77.202
Chairman	Peter Gould
Head Coach	Theodore Whitmore
League	Jamaica Premier League
2022–23	Regular season: 3rd; Playoffs: Champions
Website	Club website
	Current season

Mount Pleasant Football Academy is a Jamaican professional football club based in the parish of Saint Ann. The club currently plays in the Jamaica Premier League.

History

Formed in 2016 by Peter Gould, Mount Pleasant F.A, formerly known as “Stush in the Bush”, is nestled in the hills of St Ann, less than five minutes from the Runaway Bay main road, and has brought back football hype to the parish for the first time since Benfica F.C. participated in the 2010–11 season.^[1]

The club gained promotion for the first time to the Jamaica Premier League via the playoffs on July 1, 2018, by finishing second in the four team table.^[2] On June 11, 2023, the club won its first ever league title in history, defeating Cavalier F.C. 2–1 at Sabina Park.

Players

Current squad

As of 17 November 2023^[3]^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JAM	Tafari Chambers
4	DF	JAM	Fitzroy Cummings
5	DF	JAM	Gawain Austin
6	MF	LCA	Melvin Doxilly
7	FW	JAM	Devonte Campbell
8	MF	JAM	Leonard Rankine
9	FW	JAM	Marlon Allen
10	MF	JAM	Demario Phillips
11	MF	TRI	Nathaniel James
12	MF	JAM	Kimoni Bailey
14	DF	JAM	Sue-Lae McCalla
16	DF	JAM	Kymani Campbell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	JAM	Romeo Guthrie
19	FW	DMA	Troy Jules
21	DF	JAM	Odane Murray
22	FW	JAM	Oquassa Chong
24	MF	JAM	Damari Deacon
26	FW	JAM	Dwight Merrick
28	MF	JAM	Shande James
31	MF	JAM	Ramone Howell
33	DF	JAM	Shaquille Dyer
40	GK	JAM	Shaquan Davis
42	DF	JAM	Jamoi Topey
50	FW	JAM	Atapharoy Bygrave

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	JAM	Ladale Richie
—	MF	JAM	Kevaughn Isaacs
—	GK	JAM	Daniel Russell
—		JAM	Matthew Ellis

Honors

Domestic

Jamaica Premier League
- Champions (1): 2022-23^[5]

References

^ "Money chase". jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Mount Pleasant Academy's rapid rise to the top". jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Mount Pleasant FA – Jamaica Premier League". 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
^ "Jamaica - Mount Pleasant Academy FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
^ https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/mt-pleasant-win-first-jpl-title/

[jamaicaobserver-1] "Money chase". jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[jamaicaobserver2-2] "Mount Pleasant Academy's rapid rise to the top". jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[3] "Mount Pleasant FA – Jamaica Premier League". 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[4] "Jamaica - Mount Pleasant Academy FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[5] ttps://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/mt-pleasant-win-first-jpl-title/