Scarborough Secondary are a Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division team for the first time, as they were one of three schools who clinched promotion on the last day of the 2024 SSFL Big Five competition today. Scarborough needed a point at the St Mary’s Recreation Ground in Freeport …
Read More »Big Five 24: Four schools hunt Premier place in final match day on 21 Jan
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five competition should finally conclude on Tuesday 21 January, with four schools in the hunt for three promotion spots to the 2025 Premier Division competition. Current leaders and Central Zone Championships winners Carapichaima East Secondary host Tobago champs Scarborough Secondary from 3.30pm at …
Read More »“Scant courtesy!” Signal Hill criticise SSFL over Intercol protest, while Benedict’s go to arbitration
St Benedict’s College will continue their fight to overturn a 12-point deduction, as they filed for their matter to go before the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Arbitration Panel today. The “La Romaine Lions” were docked 12 points by the SSFL Disciplinary Panel for using captain Derrel Garcia in four …
Read More »SSFL 24: Appeals Committee rules against St Benedict’s; school’s four-point defence fails
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Appeals Committee reached a unanimous decision regarding St Benedict’s College’s registration of team captain and star forward Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia. And it has found in favour of the Disciplinary Committee. “The Appeals Committee unanimously agrees that St Benedict’s College failed to present sufficient …
Read More »Scarborough down “P-ville” to near Premier promotion; Big 5 on knife’s edge
Scarborough Secondary are just one point away from an unprecedented spot in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, after a 3-1 win over Pleasantville Secondary in Big 5 action at Shaw Park yesterday. The result did not have an immediate effect on the league placings. However, it moved …
Read More »RBNYFL 25: TTGameplan joins Republic Cup team; age groups, formats announced
TTGameplan was unveiled as the new management company for the Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) at the launch of the 2025 tournament this morning. The organisation, led by veteran sports reporter Dennis Tayé Allen, replaces Gateway Athletics International, which administered the league from 2022 to 2024. “The focus …
Read More »“We feel harassed!” All NLCL youth tourneys halted pending meeting with TTFA executive
“[…] Sadly, after raising and investing over a million dollars and helping thousands of youngsters and after donating thousands of pounds of hamper items, the tournament committee feels highly frustrated, harassed and disrespected. “[…] As a result, the committee has decided to suspend all NLCL Community Cup tournaments for 2025, …
Read More »St Rose vs the Jordans: How NLCL tournament ran afoul of TTFA Safeguarding Dept
NLCL directors Brian Jordan and his wife Germaine Jordan officially announced the cancellation of the 2024/25 season of the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most prominent nationwide youth football competitions, on 30 December 2024. Their decision to pull the plug on the competition was preceded by …
Read More »St Benedict’s appeal SSFL decision, insist Garcia was active student before he attended class
St Benedict’s College have appealed the decision of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) to strip them of 12 points—and, effectively, the 2024 Premier Division title—due to their use of an invalid player, captain Derrel Garcia, for four matches. The appeal was lodged on Friday 3 January and Wired868 understands …
Read More »Dear Editor: Arrogant, inept SSFL execs disrespected Signal Hill and spoiled the Intercol competition
“[…] The bigger problem here, is twofold. Firstly, Signal Hill Secondary is a former footballing powerhouse since the days of its Senior Comprehensive moniker, has decades under its belt of producing dazzling football, and, arguably, the most successful Trinbagonian player to have ever taken the field: Dwight Yorke. “SSFL seems …
Read More »SSFL 2024: The St Benedict’s case: three parties made different rulings on Garcia—and none followed the Constitution
Article 16 of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Constitution explains the criteria for eligibility in its competitions. “Before students can be accepted by the League to be registered as players to represent any team playing in the League,” states the Constitution, “the following criteria must be fulfilled: “Students must …
Read More »SSFL strips Benedict’s of Premier title, but won’t relegate southern giants
St Benedict’s College are set to be stripped of 12 points and, by extension, their claim to the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title for their use of captain Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia. However, the “La Romaine Lions” will not face the ultimate sanction of being relegated …
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