Joint Digicel Pro League leaders Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA and Defence Force kept pace atop the football standings last nights with resounding but contrasting wins over Police FC (5-1) and Central FC (3-0) respectively at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Caledonia and Defence Force have ten points …
Read More »Roy fires up D/Force; Connection and Stars share points
Defending champions DirecTV W Connection and North East Stars preserved unbeaten records in the Digicel Pro League tonight but it could hardly mask a poor evening for football. It has been a day stuffed with notable events. An estimated 20,000 persons marched through Port of Spain just after lunch while, …
Read More »Caledonia spanks Defence Force 4-2
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA produced a scintillating performance against a familiar foe last night as the “Eastern Stallions” spanked Defence Force 4-2 in Digicel Pro League action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Caledonia found room for a quartet of offensive midfielders in its starting line-up—Conrod Smith, …
Read More »Defence Force holds Stars in six-goal thriller
By the closing minutes of last night’s Digicel Pro League fixture between Defence Force and North East Stars, the two football coaches were reduced to the role of helpless spectators at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Defence Force coach Ross Russell jumped up and down while waving …
Read More »Caledonia’s First Citizens Cup withdrawal
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA made its first significant deposit of the 2012/13 season on Friday night as the “Eastern Stallions” captured the First Citizens Cup at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain after a 2-1 win over Defence Force. If the outcome was predictable for the Caribbean champions, …
Read More »Jorsling and Joseph pause friendship for fiery reunion
When Devorn Jorsling and Kareem “Tiny” Joseph first laid eyes on each other, Facebook was not yet invented and berries were a delicious snack not an omnipresent communication tool. If they didn’t quite complete each other’s sentences, the Malick schoolboys and Morvant villagers certainly meshed on the football field. The …
Read More »Defence Force edges Rangers to First Citizens Cup final
Defence Force will play in the first knock out final of the 2012/13 season after a 2-1 win over St Ann’s Rangers this evening in the First Citizens Cup semifinal at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. The army/coast guard combination will face Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA at …
Read More »Sam sizzler fails to thwart Army’s “Ro-Jo” combination
Thirty-four-year-old former UK-based striker Hector Sam rolled back the years with a brilliant strike for St Ann’s Rangers this evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. But it was not enough to peg back Defence Force who held on for a 2-1 in the 2012/13 Digicel Pro League …
Read More »Charitable W Connection beat D/Force in season opener
Charity begins in the dressing room at DirecTV W Connection. As Connection beat a 10-man Defence Force team 2-0 for the Digicel Charity Shield at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium this evening, announcer Wayne Cunningham informed the audience that the $10,000 charitable cash prize at stake would go to captain Jan-Michael …
Read More »Connection, D/Force start Pro League party today
Defending Digicel Pro League champions DirecTV W Connection and 2012 Digicel Pro Bowl winners Defence Force will lift the curtain on the 2012/13 domestic top flight season today when they battle from 5 pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella for the Digicel Charity Shield. Today’s winner will be awarded …
Read More »Soldiers pummel Caledonia for Pro Bowl title
The Trinidad and Tobago soldiers faced more than their share of defiance in the 2011/12 Pro League season. But Thursday night was not one of those moments. In the 2012 Digicel Pro Bowl final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, the Defence Force exploded and, for once, …
Read More »Caledonia AIA defies soldiers and stereotypes
On Friday 27 April 2012, over a dozen Caledonia young men faced a combined army/coast guard battalion near Movie Towne in Port of Spain and whipped the soldiers in front of a few hundred witnesses. They then sauntered into the night with new silverware and $36,000 in prize money. The …
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