Central FC handed San Juan Jabloteh its first league defeat of the season on Tuesday evening; and it was a resounding one. Doubles from 2009 Under-20 World Cup players Qian Grosvenor and Sean De Silva paced the “Couva Sharks” to a 4-0 win over Jabloteh at the Hasely Crawford Stadium …
Read More »Paul seals it as Central wins first crown of Vranes-era
Central FC made a title winning start to the 2014/15 season last night as the “Couva Sharks” retained the First Citizens Cup trophy with a 1-0 win over North East Stars at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. The $100,000 triumph, along with Central’s early season form, suggests that the Sharks have …
Read More »Connection opens Pro League account with Central draw
Defending Digicel Pro League champions DIRECTV W Connection collected its first point of the season in a rescheduled fixture last night but the “Savonetta Boys” remain winless after three competitive 2014/15 fixtures. Connection ran into Couva rival, Central FC, at the Ato Boldon Stadium yesterday but neither outfit did enough …
Read More »Penalty rules: Central and Stars set up Cup final date
Fans ought not to be surprised if next week’s First Citizens Cup final between Central FC and North East Stars is decided from a penalty shootout as both teams progressed via that route last evening. Central overcame Police FC 3-1, after three penalty saves from Trinidad and Tobago and Central …
Read More »Connection stumbles again; Central keeps 100 percent record
Reigning Digicel Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, made a losing start to its title defence yesterday evening as a Tyrone Charles lifted North East Stars to a 1-0 win over the “Savonetta Boys” at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It was the second successive loss for Connection and, …
Read More »Jabloteh Jammies jam Connection; Central scrapes past Point
San Juan Jabloteh produced a second giant slaying performance last night to eliminate defending Pro League champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, thanks to a 2-0 triumph at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. New Jamaican recruits, Sterling Newton and Adrian Reid, got the items for the Jabloteh team which now advances …
Read More »Schooled: National, club and school coaches weigh up the SSFL agenda
When Trinidad and Tobago lifted the 2014 Under-20 Caribbean Cup trophy on October 19, head coach Derek King requested just one thing from his players. It was a message he delivered during the competition as well. “As I told the players, if they can play at Pro League level it …
Read More »Can FIFA blank T&T starlet Levi Garcia’s move to Europe?
Sixteen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 attacker and Shiva Boys Hindu School football star, Levi Garcia, is set to leave for Europe next week in a controversial move engineered by Dutch agent Humphry Nijman. Here is what FIFA says about the movement of players under the age of 18: (FIFA …
Read More »Five T&T U-20s set for Europe; but Central braces for Levi tug-of-war
Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 footballers Levi Garcia, Kadeem Corbin, Neveal Hackshaw, Jesus Perez and Kishun Seecharan were awarded European entry visas yesterday and are expected to travel to the Netherlands within the coming week en route to trials with undisclosed clubs in Europe. The parent clubs for 18-year-old Corbin, …
Read More »Oliver doubles up as Central reaches seventh heaven against Rangers
Thirty-nine-year-old Central FC veteran Marvin Oliver rolled back the years this evening with a double on the opening day of the 2013/14 Digicel Pro League season as the “Couva Sharks” romped to a 7-0 trouncing of St Ann’s Rangers at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The margin of victory …
Read More »Arcia shines as Connection beats Central to Charity Shield
Defending Pro League champions DIRECTV W Connection started the new season in the same way that it ended the old one; and that is picking up trophies. The Connection team sheet did not look as threatening without names like Joevin Jones, Stefano Rijssel, Neil Benjamin Jr, Daneil Cyrus and Alvin …
Read More »TTFA misses Latapy court payment; unpaid staff goes on rotation
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) continues to operate at the edge of financial ruin as, despite general secretary Sheldon Phillips’ sunny disposition, the local football body seems clueless about how to pay its bills while it allegedly dodges debtors. In January 2014, TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee agreed …
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