Taylor - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer
HARBOUR View striker Fabian Taylor, on Sunday night, shot to the top of the goalscorers' list in the Cash Plus Premier League, netting a hat-trick in his team's 4-2 victory over Seba United at Compound.
Taylor raced to 10 goals, surpassing Daniel Shaw of August Town's nine strikes by netting in the sixth, 16th and 63rd minutes, pushing the defending champions to third in the standings on 30 points, displacing Waterhouse (29), who drew 1-1 at Boys' Town.
Harbour View got their fourth goal from substitute Robert Scarlett in a mad final three minutes, during which Seba also got two goals in their losing effort.
The Montegonians got their first goal from Stephen Irving, who scored a penalty in the 89th to make it 3-1 when a shot blasted off Clifton Waugh's hand.
Harbour View responded almost immediately when Scarlett, sporting a wild afro, behaved likewise after latching on to a pass down the left side and booted past goalie Neil Lynch to make it 4-1 in the 90th. His celebration antics, jumping the perimeter fencing and racing through the stands before throwing his shirt almost out of the ground, earned him a yellow card for his effort.
Harbour View were still celebrating their fourth goal when Seba struck their second in the first minute of time-added, Seba capitalising on a sleeping defence with a snap goal converted by Kemar James.
However, the defending champions could have cared less as it was sweet revenge after being beaten 2-0 at Jarrett Park by Seba in the penultimate match of the first round, crushing their chances of reaching the end-of-round final.
For Seba, it was their ninth straight match without a win, a stinging fall from grace for the team which led the first round for at least seven games.
Seba started the match strong, pinning Harbour View in their half for the first five minutes and going close to grabbing the lead in the first minute when Ricardo Geddes collected a pass from Stephen Irving on the left side of the box.
The Seba winger did well to get around onrushing central defender Clifton Waugh to race inside the box but blasted his shot into the side netting.
However, it was Harbour View, who drew first blood five minutes later in their first attacking move of the match.
A corner kick by midfielder Jermaine Hue went like a telegram to Taylor's forehead and the hot striker rose above his markers to flash past Lynch.
Harbour View's second goal was also another clinical display of precision. Taylor strike partner, Kavin Bryan, kept possession under pressure just inside the box and laid off a pass for Lance Laing, who sent a sweet volley across the area to Taylor, whose one-time shot beat the Seba 'keeper ends up at the far post.
Taylor completed his hat-trick in the 63rd with a simple tap-in after Hue stepped around an onrushing Lynch inside the box and laid off for the striker at goalmouth.
Harbour View 4
Fabian Taylor 6th, 16th, 63rd
Robert Scarlett 90th
Seba United 2
Stephen Irving 89th
Kemar James 90+