After a two and a half year drought, North East Stars returned to winners’ row last night with a 5-4 penalty shootout triumph over defending champions, DIRECTV W Connection, in the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. There were roughly 1,000 fans at the …
Read More »Fenwick’s back! Feisty Englishman makes shock return to Central FC
Call him the unsinkable Terry Fenwick. The former England World Cup defender left Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club, Central FC, last year for greener pastures with Belgium lower division club, CS Visé, and took three of Couva-based team’s best players with him. The Visé dream turned into a nightmare …
Read More »Central slip on Roach; Army hold Pro League leaders
A debut league goal for Defence Force’s teenaged winger, Akeem Roach, put the skids on Pro League leaders, Central FC, as the two outfits battled to a 1-1 draw at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. The result cut Central’s lead atop the standings to three points although second place DIRECTV …
Read More »Foster gets record ban; Pro League sanctions Police and Point Fortin for brawl
Police FC defender Kaaron Foster today received a record nine match ban from the TT Pro League for his role in a brawl between the “Lawmen” and Point Fortin Civic that brought their league fixture to a premature end on Friday 27 February 2015. Foster was one of five Police …
Read More »Central and Connection pull away from Pro League pack
Seven points separate second place DIRECTV W Connection from third place North East Stars in the Pro League at present and bear in mind that Connection also has a game in hand. Yesterday evening that potential 10-point gap seemed to flatter Stars. San Juan Jabloteh and Point Fortin Civic have …
Read More »Sancho talks Olympic rewards, women’s football and the TTFA
“Obviously it is at the Prime Minister’s will to deliver what he or she sees as a just reward (for Olympic athletes),” Sport Minister Brent Sancho told Wired868. “As much as I would like to standardise it, it will always come down to what they want and the emotions of …
Read More »Stars turn back Army for TTFA FA semi spot
Defence Force was unable to replicate its goal scoring heroics from a week ago as they were ousted by fellow Pro League club North East Stars yesterday evening in their FA Trophy quarter final matchup at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The Army/Coast Guard combination slammed 17 goals past …
Read More »Sam strike takes Jabloteh past Club Sando and into FA semis
San Juan North schoolboy Brent Sam created one goal and scored one himself as San Juan Jabloteh advanced to the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy semifinals yesterday evening with a 3-2 win over Club Sando at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Jabloteh, who are three time winners of the FA competition, …
Read More »Central maintains Connection advantage; Marcus strikes again
Central FC custodian Jan-Michael Williams and DIRECTV W Connection goalkeeper Jelani Archibald were the heroes last night as Pro League leaders, Central, and defending champions, Connection, played to a goalless draw in an entertaining Couva Clasico at the Ato Boldon Stadium. The result means that Central maintain their five-point lead …
Read More »Sport Ministry vows to launch women’s pro league by May 2015
Sport Minister Brent Sancho seems bent on shattering the perception that he is a caretaker appointment after revealing his plans to start a women’s professional football league in less than four months. Sancho told Wired868 that the league, like the local men’s Pro League, will be modelled on the United …
Read More »Pro League punch-up; Civic and Police spark Macoya melee
Football fans at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya got far more than they bargained for last night as Round Two of the 2014/15 Pro League season came to a dramatic end amidst a flurry of goals and flying fists. There were eleven goals in total as Defence Force trashed …
Read More »Disquiet in Point Fortin as Central wins again
Another Willis Plaza goal and another three-point haul for Central FC yesterday afternoon as the Pro League leaders edged Point Fortin Civic 1-0 at the Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin. The “Central Choir” were not present to belt out their non-ending stream of English-flavoured club hymns but we all know the …
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