Recent performances of Trinidad and Tobago’s national youth football teams prove categorically that changes are required to bring our better secondary school level players up to the demanding standards required for regional success. The time between being called for National Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 pools and the actual tournaments is …
Read More »Shaka: Here’s why T&T football needs the SSFL
Before I get going in earnest let me start by admitting my own bias. I haven’t actually lived in Trinidad and Tobago for well over 25 years now. As much as I’ve tried to keep up with the local game, it’s been through the media and I fully appreciate that …
Read More »Look Loy: Schools football is hurting the Soca Warriors
“When we have boys who should be fighting for a place in W Connection or Central’s first team at 17, 18 and 19 choosing to play schools football,” said CONCACAF technical study group member and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy, “where they can do what they want and …
Read More »Jabari and Ke’die take top honours; SSFL names All-Star teams
Naparima College playmaker Jabari Mitchell and St Augustine Secondary winger Ke’die Johnson took the top individual honours in the Secondary School Football League (SSFL) boys and girls categories today as the SSFL held its 2014 season prize giving ceremony at the Digicel IMAX building in St Clair, Port of Spain. …
Read More »School’s out! Wired868 highlights its favourite SSFL stars
The 2014 Secondary Schools Football League season reaches its climax this evening with a new champion set to be crowned as Mucurapo East Secondary faces St Benedict’s College in the Coca Cola National Intercol boys’ final from 5 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. (The Coca Cola National Intercol girls …
Read More »One-on-one with Naps captain Amritt Gildharry
Defender and captain of the Naparima Boys College football team Amritt Gildharry is quite proud of the hard work of his coaches, support staff and teammates as they secured the SSFL Premier Division crown as well as the Big Four title. He got his first football when he was just …
Read More »One-on-one with St Anthony’s Kwesi Allen
Eighteen-year old St Anthony’s College attacker Kwesi Allen cannot work on his football skills as often as he would like. Allen, who plays at right wing or striker, was the top scorer in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division this season. However, as a Success Village, Laventille resident, …
Read More »One-on-one with Shiva Boys Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel
Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel lives in the quiet community of Jacob Settlement in Santa Flora and is a Form Four student of Shiva Boys Hindu College. Meeting Emmanuel for the first time, it was quite obvious that he was a quiet and shy individual who transforms whenever he hits the field. …
Read More »One-on-one with St Mary’s Ethan Shim
Ethan Shim sat quietly fidgeting and trying not make eye contact as his eyes lingered onto the field where his St Mary’s College teammates warmed up for a practice session. The 17 year old young man chuckled softly as he tried to convince Wired868 that he wasn’t the least bit …
Read More »One-on-one with Naparima College’s Jabari “Barry” Mitchell
At the age of 17, young Jabari “Barry” Mitchell is well on his way to becoming a footballing hero. This young star on the rise hails from the Borough of Point Fortin where his talent was discovered at a young age by his father Sheldon Mitchell, who is a known coach …
Read More »Premier champions: Naparima batters Shiva to lift inaugural SSFL title
At the final whistle yesterday evening, dozens of schoolboys stormed the field throwing anything they could find into the air and hugging their school’s footballers, parents and teachers took turns waving a Naparima College flag while fireworks shot into the sky and exploded with colour and lights over the venue at …
Read More »Tigers boost SSFL title hopes by relegating Chaguanas North
An Andrew Rullow hattrick kept St Anthony’s College’s title hopes alive for another 48 hours at least; but it was at the expense of Chaguanas North Secondary. The “Westmoorings Tigers” enjoyed a breezy afternoon on their home ground today as they mauled Chaguanas North 6-1 to remain within one point …
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