Trinidad and Tobago lost a giant of its youth football arena today, at roughly 3am. Former St Anthony’s College and Queen’s Royal College (QRC) football coach Nigel ‘Grovy’ Grosvenor passed away at the Couva Hospital this morning, more than a month after he was admitted there—following a positive test for …
Read More »Sancho saves stranded football trialists; Quintero, Rochford stuck in London
The Ministry of Sport was forced into a rescue operation today as two former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team players, Jean-Luc Rochford and Dwight Quintero, were among three footballers left alone in a hotel in London while their contingent moved on to trials in Turkey. The third player, Keon …
Read More »Fundraiser for Europe-bound trialists; 18 T&T players try their luck
Former 2009 Under-20 World Cup players Leston Paul, Jean-Luc Rochford, Qian Grosvenor and Curtis Gonzales are among 18 Trinidad and Tobago players who will try to land professional deals in Europe later this month, through an initiative by local scout Dion Sosa. The players are due to leave for Turkey …
Read More »Central clobbers Jabloteh; Point guns down Rangers
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 »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 »Central holds off Stars; Rangers edge Police
Central FC became the first team to qualify for the semifinal of the 2013/14 First Citizens Cup last night as the “Couva Sharks” held off fellow Pro League outfit North East Stars to claim a 2-1 win at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The Sharks are now …
Read More »Guaya goes top; Superstarz humbled in Guayaguayare
Pole position in the Blink/bMobile National Super League (NSL) changed hands this afternoon in Guayaguayare as host team, Guaya United, whipped Westside Superstarz 4-2 in the meeting between the League’s first and second placed teams at the Guaya Recreation Ground. The result saw Guaya leapfrog Superstarz to first place while …
Read More »Super-sub Williams helps Sando edge Public
It was not all doom and gloom in the Williams family this weekend. Trinidad and Tobago national goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams and the “Soca Warriors” were heartbroken in Atlanta after being edged out 1-0 by Mexico in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals yesterday. But the 28-year-old custodian may find some …
Read More »WASA held goalless by Public in rowdy affair
Defending Blink/bMobile National Super League (NSL) champion team, WASA FC, got its first point of the season yesterday afternoon but most of the fireworks occurred off the field in an ill-tempered goalless draw against Joe Public at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. At St Anthony’s College ground, Westside Superstarz …
Read More »Stylish Weedon inspires Superstarz to Phoenix rout
The panoramic backdrop of the Northern Range mountains that surrounds the home venue of Trinidad and Tobago secondary school champions, St.Anthony’s College, gives a similarly spectacular outlook to famous cricket venues in Queenstown, New Zealand and Dharmasala, India. And the football played at the Westmoorings venue by Westside Superstarz FC yesterday was …
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