The final of the 2008 Amsterdam Fives would be contested by Over Crusaders and Jordans Town. You may recall that these teams met each other in the morning phase in Group B. Since then both teams had plotted their paths through the Plate Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals to set up a rematch in the final.

In the group game Over Crusaders had succumbed to a Michael Cooke goal in a 1-0 defeat. Since then, Over Crusaders had remained unbeaten and secured two solid victories. Jordans Town had been on a similar run, losing to Olympic Phil Babb in their final group game, but then producing two solid victories.

To the neutral this was going to be a closely matched final and that is exactly how the game panned out. Over Crusaders had generally been free scoring throughout the competition but could not beat Paul Cooke in the Jordans Town goal in the earlier meeting of these two sides. Once again, Paul Cooke had the metal over the Over Crusaders forwards to keep a second clean sheet. At the other end it was Paul Mulgrew, with his third goal of the tournament, who became the Jordans Town hero scoring the only goal in the final. Jordans Town repeated their 1-0 group victory with a 1-0 win in the final.

Congratulations to both teams for some great performances along the way and playing out a worthy and great quality Plate final.

The 2008 Amsterdam Fives Plate Winners – Jordans Town.