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Royal Saints de Brownstown Football Club commonly known as Royal Saints is a football club based in Brownstown,Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.They play in the North East Football League.It is the youngest team to enter the tournament. History Royal Saints was Founded in 2010 as the reserve team of Brownstown United but in november 2010 a protest of what was happening at Brownstown United took place led by a group of players and some fans.Because of the lack of youth players being generated was unable to form the integral part of the team and the fans were unhappy at the direction in which the club was heading by changing its transfer policy and started recruiting player outside of the zone there was a rebellion. In 2010 the team entered the Local tournament with the players from the youth team now forming the basis of the squad. The team was eliminated in the first round but not before but up a decent fight against some of the more established teams in the tournament.In December 2010 a group of players who went on strike at Brownstown United decided to join the club as a way of rebelling. Transfer Policy The policy of the club is to develop its own players to form the integral part of the first team. The club only signs players within the province and have had much success in doing this since there is no shortage of talent in the province. Club Colours The team first colour was orange but in 2010 after the re-establishment of the club the colours were black and purple. Rivalries The derby The developed when Royal saints was part of Carib Pearls arch-rivals, Brownstown United Organization, the rivalry with Carib Pearl Warriors highlights the passion that both teams and set of fans have for the game.In a first round match in the north east football league both teams were involved in a heated battle that saw the Saints goalkeeper leaving the field with a broken leg and was replaced by a 15 year old goalkeeper Carib Pearl went on to win the match 3-1 by scoring three in the second half after they went behind in the first half. Squad
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