Youth Football

Defending Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions Shiva Boys Hindu College tasted their first defeat of the season today—but it did not come on the field of play. The SSFL disciplinary committee deducted three points from the “Penal Princes” after Naparima College successfully protested against Shiva Boys’ use …

Fyzabad Secondary, St Anthony’s College, St Mary’s College and St Augustine Secondary will have a chance to close the gap with the top of the box on Monday 2 October when they meet in two rescheduled Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division matches. St Mary’s will host St Augustine …

Here comes a rant! Okay, I’m penning this in response to a tweet I got on Friday. I’m leaving out names and ‘@s’—my wife’s orders. I retweeted a fantastic piece by @Wired868 about San Juan North Secondary, the defending SSFL Intercol champions. A piece highlighting the wonderful work of great …

“I did something different [at halftime],” said Naparima College coach Angus Eve. “I kept them out of the dressing room and in the rain to keep them with that edge and really push them to go forward; because we weren’t playing bad; we just weren’t playing with enough intensity.” Domestic …

A sublime 75th minute free kick by former National Under-17 midfielder Che Benny earned a share of the spoils for St Anthony’s College, who clawed back at home to hold Naparima College 2-2 in 2017 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action in Westmoorings today. The affair was often …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Elite Youth Development coach Leonson Lewis looks set to be the first Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division head coach to lose his job, just three games into the 2017 season, as St Benedict’s College try to recover from a woeful start to …

Speyside High School, one of two Tobago schools in the Premier Division of the Secondary Schools Football League this year, has plans to bring at least one national title back to the sister isle. But travelling between the islands is a problem that can potentially put paid to those plans, …

When the final whistle sounded in the hard-fought 1-1 draw at the Trinity College East football ground in Trincity this afternoon, the home fans must have been sick of the sight of Signal Hill Secondary’s Akil Frank. The skipper of the visiting team did not create havoc during the 90 …

All good things, runs the old adage, must come to an end. Uneasy, says a second one, lies the head that wears the crown. If it’s not all lies, somebody should send the memo to South. Southern schools, Naparima College and Shiva Boys Hindu College, have dominated the Premier Division league …

Time was when the “Green Machine” and the “Blue Thunder” were forces to be reckoned with in national schools’ football in Trinidad and Tobago. Back in the days of Dwight Yorke, Signal Hill too have had their 15 minutes of glory as have, in a later era, Arima Secondary. Nowadays, …

Five of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division’s 16 teams are from the North Zone, which has traditionally done well at schoolboy level over the years. However—despite the previous glory years of the likes of Queen’s Royal College, St Mary’s College, Belmont Secondary, Malick Secondary and St Anthony’s …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has adjusted its guest list at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) and Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) will now also have lodging at the venue. The TTFA made the announcement today via a …