Local Football

On the opening weekend of the 2013/14 Digicel Pro League season, St Ann’s Rangers was flattened 7-0 by present leader DIRECTV W Connection. It was an omen of things to come in a difficult season for the St Ann’s based club. Twenty-year-old Jelani Peters was not even deemed good enough …

There were over 2,000 patrons, an electric atmosphere and a gripping, quality match for neutrals and partisans alike as DIRECTV W Connection and Central FC locked horns in the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. That is the good face of the derby fixture …

On a night that bristled with energy and emotion, Central FC snared the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield trophy after a 2-1 win over bitter Couva rivals, DIRECTV W Connection, at the Ato Boldon Stadium. There were over 2,000 spectators at the ground and Lucozade might have been flattered to see …

Defending Digicel Pro League champion Defence Force is just three games away from the most unlikely title defence in Trinidad and Tobago’s professional era. In a rescheduled fixture this evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, the “Teteron Boys” kept the pressure on current leader, DIRECTV W Connection, after …

Several of the most talented Trinidad and Tobago-based footballers like Joevin Jones, Willis Plaza, Daneil Cyrus, Ataullah Guerra, Gerard Williams and Marvin Oliver will all be at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on April 25. But expect match referee Neal Brizan to be the most important figure on the …

Nineteen-year-old Neil Benjamin Jr, a former Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 player, is arguably on the fast track to local football success. He made his first senior appearance for DIRECTV W Connection at 17 and, two years later, his CV includes the MVP prize in the TTFA FA Trophy competition, …

Defence Force made it eight successive Pro League wins last night as the defending champion football club is just four points behind present leader DIRECTV W Connection with a game in hand. The “Teteron Boys” will play Connection twice before the end of the season and those meetings will decide …

Born and bred in Sherwood Park, Arima—a tough area known also as the Congo—Elton John played football to escape the harsh realities of his childhood. Raised by his grandmother, Julia John, John remembers losing his favourite uncle to a drug addiction. But his own focus never wavered as the former …

On Wednesday, the ever-controversial Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner dominated the news again after word that CONCACAF had blocked the ex-FIFA vice-president leader from leasing, selling or mortgaging the João Havelange Centre of Excellence in Macoya. But Warner was not the only Chaguanas native to hear from FIFA on that …

Nine straight wins and 15 consecutive unbeaten games; but that might count for nothing now for Central FC. The “Couva Sharks” were contenders for the Pro League’s million dollar first prize at kick off last night. Now, even their chance of a top two finish and a place in next …

Defence Force’s record goal scorer, Devorn Jorsling, bagged his eighth Pro League goal of the season as the defending champion club whipped Police FC 3-1 in Couva to move into fourth place on the nine-team standings. The army/coast guard combination is still 10 points shy of present leader, DIRECTV W …

Arnold Corneal, brother of ex-technical director Anton Corneal, follows up on his criticism of the TTFA president and general secretary with a suggestion for how money earmarked for Leo Beenhakker might be best used: Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee and general secretary Sheldon Phillips have …