Friendship was crowned the inaugural 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Champion, defeating Golden Grove by a 1-0 scoreline on Wednesday at the Golden Grove Community Centre, ground.
Emerging star Dillon Wright was the difference on the night in front of a capacity crowd which numbered in the thousands, recording a first half goal in the 21st minute. The conversion was a moment of individual brilliance.
Lurking inside the penalty box, the diminutive Wright escaped his marker and rose high to meet a left-sided cross, which was clinically directed into the back of the net to ignite wild celebrations amongst the spectators of his team. The aforesaid conversion sealed the $500,000 and championship trophy package afforded to the eventual winner. On the other hand, the runner-up pocketed $200,000.