Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team coach Shawn Cooper is banking on solid defensive organisation, versatility and flashes of dynamism on the ball as he leads the junior Soca Warriors to battle in the 2023 Concacaf Under-17 Championship in Guatemala this month. Cooper announced a 20-man squad today, which …
Read More »Dear Editor: St Benedict’s training ground shames its football teams and Dom Basil’s legacy
As we enter the new year, let me extend already mountainous congratulations to the St Benedict’s College senior and under-14 football teams. Theirs was an outstanding season. As a past student not that many moons ago, it is beyond heart-warming to see the fruits of the rebuilding of a once mighty and …
Read More »Cooper hails attitude of National U-17s as squad whittled down, still no friendlies announced
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper has credited the work ethic and competitiveness of his pool of players, as they come to the end of a residential training camp at the TTFA Home of Football in Couva. The young Soca Warriors are preparing for next …
Read More »Intercol 2022: “It’s been in South for too long!” Fatima punish St Benedict’s goalkeeping error in final
“Back in the North at last!” Those were the sentiments of Fatima College coach Hutson “Baba” Charles as his team got their first National Intercol title since 2005, after eking out a 1-nil win in the grand finale versus St Benedict’s College at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday. In this …
Read More »Intercol 2022: Tristan steals Prince’s crowning moment, as Fatima and St Benedict’s book appetizing National Final
The final of the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League’s (SSFL) National Intercol tournament is set and Fatima College and St Benedict’s College will meet on Wednesday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in what is a rematch of this year’s Big 4 Final. The SSFL Premier Division champs St Benedict’s cruised …
Read More »Intercol 2022: Niles dazzles, Lee and Grant double up as St Benedict’s hit Chaguanas for six
Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions St Benedict’s College marched into Saturday’s National Intercol semi-finals after thumping Chaguanas North Secondary 6-0 at Fatima Grounds on Mucurapo Road today. The National Intercol quarterfinal was an exercise in patience though, as the “Golden Lions” were defied for long stretches by …
Read More »Intercol 2022: Buckmire saves three penalties as Benedict’s beat “Pres” in epic shootout to claim South title
Whether you refer to them as the “Golden Lions” or the “La Romaine Lions”, St Benedict’s College lifted the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) South Zone Intercol title today, after an epic 4-3 penalty shootout win at the Ato Boldon Stadium—following a goalless stalemate through 90 minutes with defending champions, …
Read More »Intercol 2022: “South Zone is the most difficult!” Cooper braces for Pres-Naps derby, with Benedict’s lurking
For the first time in recent Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) memory, the Presentation College (San Fernando) versus Naparima College derby will be the appetizer rather than the main course in south Trinidad. On Wednesday 16 November, the “Pres Lions”, the defending South and National Intercol champions, face their old …
Read More »Fatima get 12 picks on T&T U-17 longlist, with 28 of 35 players from just four schools
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) yesterday revealed the current local-based longlist of Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper, with a remarkable 28 from his 35 member provisional squad coming from just four schools. Fatima College, the beaten Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big 4 finalists, account …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Tarik tricks Fatima, as St Benedict’s lift first national league title since 1967
St Benedict’s College captain Tarik Lee wrote his name into the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) book of champions today, as his hattrick against Fatima College led the “Golden Lions” to their first top flight national league title in 55 years. In 1967, St Benedict’s beat Fatima in the Colleges …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Boyce: “We want a win to top off things”; Charles: “We will find a way”
So, we meet again, old friend. The Trinidad and Tobago football community might not have been paying particular attention when St Benedict’s College hosted Fatima College in Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division group stage action on 14 September. In the previous SSFL top flight season, St Benedict’s finished …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Benedict’s go “Zoom”, as “Golden Lions” rest five on Pres in Big 4 semis
St Benedict’s College stormed to the final of the 2022 SSFL Premier Division this afternoon with a thoroughly deserving 5-3 win over their southern rivals Presentation College (San Fernando) in a frenetic game at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Presentation coach Shawn Cooper dubbed the matchup the “Clash of …
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