Back-to-back! - Clarendon College celebrate retaining the Olivier Shield

Clarendon College celebrated their ninth daCosta Cup and fifth Olivier Shield titles at the school's devotion and with a motorcade through Chapelton and adjoining communities.

The team parading both trophies, also made a number of stops at other schools, including the Fogo Road High school, who shared in the moment.

The celebrations ended with a large crowd of supporters converging at KFC in May Pen, and technical director, Lenworth Hyde, credited his team's will to fight and goalkeeper, Prince Daniel Smith, for believing to the end.

"We never say die, we never gave up. We knew anything can happen, especially in added time and you saw what he (Smith) did. It was his initiative, he took that chance and went up and found it (equalising goal) for us. So we have a never- say-die attitude and it paid off for us," he told STAR Sports.

"But he (Smith) took the chance and believe in himself, and that is the sign of a great player, a team player. He did it for the team, he was our man of the match right throughout and he did it for us."

He noted that it was a very close game that could have gone either way, but said the ethics they taught the players came through for them. "They had their moment and we had ours. But we stayed in the game and I am grateful and thankful. But it's our programme and our management. We have talented players and we instil discipline, hard work and perseverance. So the programme is good for the players and school," he said.

Strong defence

Based on the programme, the school has in place, Hyde expects a strong defence of both titles again next season. "We're aiming for next season again. We will see how the team looks and take it from there. We will have about five players leaving on the starting 11 and that is a good foundation to build on. But we also have players waiting to come in next season," he said.

Meanwhile, team manager, Richard Palmer, said their decision to keep their focus after winning the daCosta Cup and not celebrate proved pivotal.

"The whole season we drilled it in these youths to believe, don't give up, think as champion. We let them know they are the best team in the country, so the belief was there, even in the goalkeeper interview he talked about the belief.

"This one is special. I never wrote them off. I never felt like I should. We were down but I didn't feel we were going to lose. It (remaining focus) played a great role. We were expected to win all three trophies and we told the players that we would not celebrate until we won the last one, the Olivier Shield. We stayed humble and stayed focus, even when we won the first trophy our body language said it was another game. But on Saturday the journey was completed and we expressed ourselves ... and it's a real good end," he said.