“[…] How can the SSFL decide that an unavailable ground is reason enough to postpone an already rescheduled game in a tournament that has already started a month late—and when there were grounds available elsewhere? “[…] I object to (SSFL assistant secretary administration and fixtures committee member) Gerald Elliot’s disregard …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Arima go back to Siparia as Big 5 returns, S/Juan on course for fifth zonal title
Arima North Secondary will return to the job of winning promotion to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division from this Sunday, as the Big 5 competition resumes after a three-week break. The “Dial Dynamos” are away to South Zone champions, Siparia West Secondary, from 3.30pm at the Siparia …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Manzanilla Sec demoted for fielding non-student, East Zone standings rearranged
Manzanilla Secondary have been booted from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) East Zone Championship Division, for fielding a player who is not a student in the second tier competition. Midfielder Keshawn Diaz debuted for Manzanilla against Valencia Secondary on 23 September and played throughout the first and second rounds …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Siparia West host Arima North, CIC at home in Big 5 opener
Siparia West Secondary will host Arima North Secondary from 3.30pm on Saturday 29 October in the first confirmed Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five fixture. In the other match on the same day, St Mary’s College welcome the Central Zone champions to Serpentine Road from 3.30pm. At present, though, …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Boys Big 5 and Intercol poised for fixture changes due to Tobago Carnival
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee appears poised to postpone its Boys Big 5 Competition, due to travel issues caused by the inaugural Tobago Carnival. The Tobago Carnival reaches its climax from 28-30 October. However, with a spike in inter-island travel just before and after the main Carnival …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Bishop’s v Scarborough postponed; Siparia West, CIC and Arima near zonal titles
Today’s scheduled top of the table Tobago Boys Championship Division match between Bishop’s High School and Scarborough Secondary is now the second game of the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season to be postponed due to a Covid-19 scare. A release from the SSFL today revealed that the fixture …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Championship set to resume with key Friday clashes carded; Chaguanas v Moruga moved
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee will wait until Friday morning to render a verdict on whether the next round of Championship Division matches will play as scheduled. The SSFL postponed all Under-14 and Girls Championship Division matches rostered for today. However, if the skies continue to hold, …
Read More »Write Start (16-18): Jab before ‘jab jab’; Tsai-Ann Lewis says vaccination cards, not rags, will dominate Carnival 2022
“[…] Carnival will most definitely be for those who are vaccinated, as most things have or are becoming. “[…] Before the event formally begins, persons will need to wear their Covid-19 vaccination cards and a form of identification around their necks to ensure that they are permitted to partake in …
Read More »From T&T to Taiwan: Sheppard on quarantine, certification and Mandarin—after moving to Taoyuan FC
Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …
Read More »Big Five 19: Arima win battle but lose war, as Moruga clinch title while Chaguanas promoted
On a dramatic closing day of the 2019 SSFL Big 5 competition, Arima North Secondary won 1-0 yet left the field in tears while the defeated Moruga Secondary danced around the pitch. Call it the ‘Arima Old Road Paradox’. The difference between first and fourth place on the standings was …
Read More »Big Five 19: Fatima edge Signal Hill to seal promotion, Arima North win to stay alive
Fatima College will reclaim their position in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division in 2020, as the North Zone outfit sealed promotion from the Big Five competition today with a 1-0 win away to Signal Hill Secondary. Attacker Joshua Mason got the vital item for Fatima with a …
Read More »Big Five 19: Fatima cruise past sloppy Arima; Moruga down Signal Hill to clinch promotion
Fatima College moved to second place in the Shell/FCB Big Five playoff competition after defeating Arima North Secondary by a 3-0 margin at Mucurapo Road this afternoon. Relegated from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division in the 2018 season, Fatima took an important step towards rejoining the top …
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