{{Short description|Jamaican football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Use British English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Waterhouse F.C. | image = Waterhouse_Football_Club_logo.jpg | fullname = Waterhouse Football Club | nickname = ''Fire-House'' | founded = 1968 | ground = Waterhouse Stadium, Waterhouse,<br>[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] | capacity = 5,000 | chairman = Bruce Bicknell<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-09 |title=Waterhouse making improvements |url=https://jamaica-star.com/article/sports/20230509/waterhouse-making-improvements |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=jamaica-star.com |language=en}}</ref> | manager = [[Marcel Gayle]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/marcel-gayle-returns-waterhouse-head-coach|title=Marcel Gayle returns to Waterhouse as head coach | Loop Jamaica|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203063534/http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/marcel-gayle-returns-waterhouse-head-coach|url-status=dead}}</ref> | league = [[National Premier League|Jamaica Premier League]] | season = [[2023–24 National Premier League|2023–24]] | position = Regular season: 6th<br>Playoffs: Fourth place | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_thinyellowsides|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=00BFFF|body1=00BFFF|rightarm1=00BFFF|shorts1=ffff00|socks1=00BFFF | current = }}
The '''Waterhouse Football Club''' is a professional [[football team]] based in Kingston, that competes in the [[National Premier League|Jamaica Premier League]].
Their home stadium is Waterhouse Stadium.
==History== The club was founded in 1968 as ''Harlem Kickers FC'',<ref>[http://www.plcajamaica.com/Whouse.htm Waterhouse F.C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112004837/http://www.plcajamaica.com/Whouse.htm |date=12 January 2012 }} – PLCA Jamaica</ref> changed to ''The Great West Football Club'' in 1972 until it was renamed Waterhouse in 1979<ref>[http://ksafa.net/Archives/News_waterhouse.htm Waterhouse FC profile-Unity is Strength] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122015502/http://ksafa.net/Archives/News_waterhouse.htm |date=22 January 2012 }} – KSAFA</ref> and started with their home ground at [[Emmett Park]]. Their home ground has since been moved into the community, The Waterhouse Stadium, which can hold a capacity of up to 5,000.
They won the league title in 2005–06,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jamchamp.html Jamaica – List of Champions] – RSSSF</ref> which was said to be dedicated to the late [[Peter Cargill]], their coach who died in a car crash.
==Players==
===Current squad=== {{updated|24 November 2023|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jamaicafootball.org/team/waterhouse-fc/roster/ | title=Waterhouse FC Roster }}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no= 4 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Javain Linton]]}} {{Fs player | no= 5 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=[[Devonte Walker]]}} {{Fs player | no= 8 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=[[Duvaughn Dunkley]]}} {{Fs player | no= 9 | nat=JAM | pos=FW | name=[[Javane Bryan]]}} {{Fs player | no=10 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=[[Denardo Thomas]]}} {{Fs player | no=12 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=Andre Smith}} {{Fs player | no=15 | nat=JAM | pos=FW | name=Andre Fletcher}} {{Fs player | no=23 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=[[Nickoy Christian]]}} {{Fs player | no=24 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Elvis Wilson]]}} {{Fs player | no=25 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=Orlando Brown}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=26 | nat=JAM | pos=FW | name=[[Donte Duncan]]}} {{Fs player | no=27 | nat=JAM | pos=FW | name=[[Rochane Smith]]}} {{Fs player | no=29 | nat=JAM | pos=FW | name=Kemar Reid}} {{Fs player | no=33 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=[[Rojia Layne]]}} {{Fs player | no=34 | nat=JAM | pos=GK | name=[[Kemar Foster]]}} {{Fs player | no=39 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Kenniel Hyde]]}} {{Fs player | no=42 | nat=JAM | pos=GK | name=John Wilson}} {{Fs player | no=45 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Malika Cocking]]}} {{Fs player | no=62 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Shamarie Dallas]]}} {{Fs player | no=63 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Delano Daley]]}} {{Fs end}}
===Other players under contract=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no=3 | nat=JAM | pos=DF| name=[[Kenly Deacon]]}} {{Fs player | no= 6 | nat=JAM | pos=MF | name=[[Shemar Booth]]}} {{Fs player | no= 7 | nat=JAM | pos=MF| name=[[Jaheim Dorman]]}} {{Fs player | no=11 | nat=JAM | pos=MF| name=[[Leonardo Jibbison]]}} {{Fs player | no=13 | nat=JAM | pos=FW| name=[[Jermaine Morgan]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=19 | nat=JAM | pos=DF| name=[[Dareio Dacres]]}} {{Fs player | no= 20 | nat=JAM | pos=FW| name=[[Rondee Smith]]}} {{Fs player | no=21 | nat=JAM | pos=DF | name=[[Damion Binns]]}} {{Fs player | no= 31 | nat=JAM | pos=FW| name=[[Revaldo Mitchell]]}} {{Fs player | no= 47 | nat=JAM | pos=DF| name=[[Navardo Blair]]}} {{Fs end}}
==Achievements== ===Domestic=== *'''[[National Premier League|Jamaica Premier League]]''' **'''Champions (2)''': 1997–98, 2005–06 **Runners-up (7): 1999–00, 2000–01, 2012–13, [[2013–14 National Premier League|2013–14]], [[2017–18 National Premier League|2017–18]], [[2018–19 National Premier League|2018–19]], [[2021 National Premier League|2021]] *'''[[JFF Champions Cup]]''' **'''Champions (3)''': 2004, 2008, 2013 **Runners-up: 1997–98 *'''[[KSAFA Jackie Bell Knockout Competition]]''' **'''Winners (4)''': 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2014–15 **Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015-16<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamaica - List of Cup Winners |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jamcuphist.html |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
===Regional=== *'''[[Caribbean Club Championship]]''' **Runners-up: [[2019 Caribbean Club Championship|2019]]
==List of coaches==
[[File:Marcel_Gayle_as_Waterhouse_F.C._coach_2025.jpg|thumb|207x207px|Marcel Gayle Waterhouse FC]] *{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Peter Cargill]] † (2004–05) *{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Anthony Patrick *{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Marcel Gayle (2018–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcel Gayle - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/marcel-gayle/158825/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=globalsportsarchive.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.golocaljamaica.com/premierleague/scores/team_profile.php?tid=9 Team profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227030341/http://www.golocaljamaica.com/premierleague/scores/team_profile.php?tid=9 |date=27 December 2007 }} at Golocaljamaica
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