Defending champions, Central FC, and Defence Force both advanced to the First Citizens Cup quarterfinal round yesterday after triumphs over North East Stars and San Juan Jabloteh respectively at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. And, judging from the quality of the goals yesterday, there will be more than …
Read More »No surrender: Defence Force and W Connection refuse to back down
“We need to win on Tuesday and we will be going to win,” Defence Force assistant coach Marvin Gordon told Wired868. “You know what we have been through this season. We had to stop for a month to do work for the country and then losing Kevon Carter… The Pro …
Read More »Defence Force is back: Defending champ rejoins Pro League
The defending Pro League champion football team, Defence Force, is back in business. Defence Force assistant coach Marvin Gordon told Wired868 that the team got the good news this morning from its superiors and the players cannot wait to resume training tomorrow. “(Head coach) Ross (Russell) called me and said …
Read More »Defence Force withdrawn from Pro League; Police plays… for now
Defence Force’s 2013/14 Pro League football season was thrown into limbo today after a directive from civil military affairs officer, Major Al Alexander ordered that “with immediate effect, all Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force’s involvement in national, regional and community type/level sporting activities is suspended in favour of the operational …
Read More »PM’s call to arms leaves Police, D/Force sweating over Pro League fates
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s response to Trinidad and Tobago’s crime problem might again spell chaos for the local Pro League competition as the Defence Force and Police football clubs admitted that they were waiting anxiously for news on their immediate futures. Defence Force is the defending Pro League champion club …
Read More »Defence Force holds Connection; Caledonia edges Point Fortin
DIRECTV W Connection welcomed 21-year-old starlet Shahdon Winchester backed into its fold last night but was forced to settle for one point after a 1-1 draw against Defence Force at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Jerrel Britto, another 21-year-old, put Connection ahead in the 48th minute but Defence …
Read More »Defence Force player, Rawle Fletcher, murdered in Couva
The Defence Force Football Club is trying to come to terms with the shocking death of 34-year-old defender and army Lance Corporal Rawle Fletcher, who was gunned down outside the Sandy Annan Bar near to his home in Preysal, Couva early this morning. Fletcher and his close friend, Mitra Maharaj, …
Read More »Kids play: Teenagers star in exciting Pro League finale
Defence Force clinched the Digicel Pro League title with a game to spare last night but the army/coast guard combination had to share the spotlight with some teenaged upstarts at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force was trounced 4-0 by DIRECTV W Connection in the penultimate fixture of …
Read More »Classic cut-tail: D/Force spanks Connection for final berth
Stand-in Defence Force coach Marvin Gordon praised his men for an impressive performance last night as the army/coast guard combination trounced DIRECTV W Connection 3-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain to advance to the Toyota Classic Cup final. The Defence Force team, which was beaten 2-1 by …
Read More »Caledonia, D/Force maintain winning ways
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 …
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