The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five competition suffered another blow yesterday evening as a fixture between Pleasantville Secondary and Scarborough Secondary ended without a result in Shaw Park, Tobago, due to a lighting issue. The score was 1-1 at the time—but there were 20 minutes plus stoppage time …
Read More »SSFL 24: Schools, fans left reeling by late time change; games revert to 3.30pm
Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division schools were left scrambling this morning after a last-minute change in kick off times for match day ten. Yesterday evening, fixtures for today’s matches were sent out with kick off times given as 3.30pm. No explanation was given and there was no accompanying …
Read More »South Intercol finals to be held in POS, SSFL president explains move
The 2023 South Zone Intercol final will be held in Port of Spain. Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Merere Gonzales confirmed that the school body’s fixture committee did not make a misprint. A lack of suitable venues in south and central Trinidad, as far as the SSFL executive committee …
Read More »SSFL 23: Hold up, Webb! Malick’s Oba Samuel gets last shot at scoring title
The race for the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division scoring title may not be over yet, with Malick Secondary and Bishop’s High School both ready to do battle in Tobago. And with their rescheduled fixture comes an opportunity for Malick forward Oba Samuel, who has 14 league …
Read More »SSFL 2022: St Augustine awarded E/Mucurapo play-off, season could end with incomplete fixtures
St Augustine Secondary and East Mucurapo Secondary will meet on Monday 12 December in a play-off fixture from 3.30pm at the St Mary’s College ground, in what looks set to be the final act of the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season. The loser will join relegated outfit Moruga …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Arima host St Mary’s in key Big 5 clash, new date for Siparia/Arima fixture
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Fixtures Committee announced another amendment to the 2022 Big 5 tournament yesterday evening, with Arima North Secondary’s trip to Siparia West Secondary now shifted to Thursday 8 December. It will be the third attempt to play the fixture between the East and South Championship …
Read More »SSFL 2022: “Caps” dumped from Intercol as Rivers ruling runs deep, but Premier status still uncertain
Carapichaima East Secondary are out of the 2022 National Intercol competition, after the Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Disciplinary Committee upheld a protest by Chaguanas North Secondary against their use of goalkeeper Nicholai Rivers. Rivers saved a penalty in Carapichaima East’s 7-6 win over Chaguanas North via kicks from the …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Fixtures Committee brushes off Arima’s “no confidence motion”, after Big 5 confusion
“[…] 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 …
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