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Almost seven months after the final ball was kicked in the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, the SSFL executive finally gave public confirmation of the most tumultuous end to the local schoolboy season in this millennium.
And it meant good news for Queen’s Royal College (QRC) and Fatima College but heartbreak for San Juan Secondary and East Mucurapo Secondary, who thought they had escaped the drop only to be relegated after a late recalibration of the standings due to rule violations by Mucurapo and Presentation College (San Fernando).
(Courtesy Chevaughn Christopher/Wired868)
With the bottom three schools relegated to the Championship Division, Mucurapo, San Juan, QRC and Fatima where in 10th, 12th, 13th and 15th place respectively at the end of the season.
However, the improper use of illegitimate players Kori Cupid (Presentation) and Abdus Ramcharan (Mucurapo) prompted a late adjustment of the standings. Ramcharan had three subjects in Lower Six, which made him ineligible to play, while Cupid was also ineligible since it was his ninth year in high school.
The infractions meant Fatima climbed four places to 11th and QRC moved from 13th to 10th while East Mucurapo plunged five spots to 15th and San Juan slipped one crucial spot from 12th to 13th.
(Courtesy Annalicia Caruth/Wired868)
Previous 2016 SSFL Premier Division standings
(Tabulated as Played-Won-Drew-Lost-Goals For-Goals Against-Points)
Shiva Boys HC 14-12-1-1-35-12-37
Presentation SF 14-10-2-2-32-11-32
Naparima 14-10-2-2-27-12-32
St Anthony’s 14-9-1-4-38-21-28
Signal Hill 14-6-2-6-16-13-20
St Augustine 14-5-5-4-15-12-20
Fyzabad Sec 14-6-2-6-26-25-20
St Mary’s 14-5-5-4-14-25-20
Trinity Moka 14-5-3-6-7-17-18
East Mucurapo 14-4-3-7-13-19-15
St Benedict’s 14-3-3-8-7-21-12
San Juan North 14-3-2-9-21-24-11
QRC 14-2-4-8-8-20-10
Pleasantville 14-2-4-8-12-26-10
Fatima College 14-2-3-9-15-27-9
(Courtesy Nicholas Bhajan/Wired868)
Final 2016 SSFL Premier Division standings
(Tabulated as Played-Won-Drew-Lost-Goals For-Goals Against-Points)
Shiva Boys HC 14-12-1-1-35-12-37
Naparima 14-10-2-2-28-12-32
St Anthony’s 14-9-1-4-38-21-28
Presentation SF 14-7-2-5-27-20-23
Fyzabad Sec 14-7-2-5-28-23-23
Signal Hill 14-6-2-6-16-13-20
St Augustine 14-5-5-4-15-12-20
Trinity Moka 14-6-2-6-10-17-20
St Mary’s 14-5-5-4-14-25-20
QRC 14-4-3-7-14-19-15
Fatima College 14-4-3-7-18-25-15
St Benedict’s 14-4-3-7-9-18-15
San Juan North 14-3-2-9-21-24-11
Pleasantville 14-2-4-8-12-26-10
East Mucurapo 14-2-1-11-10-26-7
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Lasana Liburd is the managing director and chief editor at Wired868.com and a journalist with over 20 years experience at several Trinidad and Tobago and international publications including Play the Game, World Soccer, UK Guardian and the Trinidad Express.
I hope it is a mistake but how can a student spend 9 years in high school?
And the SSFL still get the final table wrong they only gave Fatima 3 goals instead of 6 for the two games so that would mean they finish 10th QRC 11th better goal difference….they still cant get things right….
Yeah. That table came straight from the SSFL.
..no wonder the SSFL in such a mess
Just like thema schools should sue when the league doesn’t do its work properly
The system works for who they want it to work for imagine one of the sides who at fault stayed up and the side who fight whole season to stay up went down now tell me how could that be fear bull shit
Good news my brother! Joel Julien
Cant keep we down dan
San Juan and East Mucurapo should take this to the court. This is a an easy case to Win.
Interesting view, how come you think they have a case when the SSFL proved that they broke the rules?
San Juan North did not break any rules. The penalties against Presentation College (San Fernando) and East Mucurapo gave points to teams below them and San Juan ended up in relegation zone as a result.
Aaron Doyle where the SSFL proved that San Juan break any rules ?
Lasana Liburd in your opinion what you think should have been the best decision ?
Personally, I think the SSFL could have moved a motion to keep San Juan North up and play with 16 teams next season. I think that would have been the most fair thing from a moral standpoint.
But the SSFL decided to follow the letter of the law and that’s their right.
Presentation should be demoted for breaking the rules ….but as they say in this country it’s all about who you know….I am sure if San Juan was a prestigious school like Presentation they would have never gotten demoted…San Juan needs to take this to court.
Interesting view, how come you think they have a case when the SSFL proved that they broke the rules?
San Juan didn’t break any rules….read the article
Presentation and Mucuarapo used ineligible players.
In most leagues when this happens they expunge the results of games played with ineligible players so presentation would have lost the points from the games played with ineligible players and their opponents would have lost those points if they had won. This is the standard way most leagues operate and will be be written in the rules. Wired868 should have really stated the rules to see if this is what happened. If these are the rules then teams will have to accept them. I think it’s a shitty system as through no fault of your own you can lose points but I understand the logic behind it.
I agree with the Pres part…
Dawgg… this one was a sceneeeee
Ut is interesting how we look at things. When i played college league if you played 1 illigitimate player you were disqualified totally. I remember Holy Cross College losing under 14 championship because 1 boy was over the age and he played 5 min in 1 game. In later years that was changed and it was decided that once this happened the team loses the matches in which the player played. That rule is so for everyone. While that would result in people gaining or losing points that id the rule
It seem like some ppl want to do the workings wrong but get marks for the right answer. The league, like everything else has rules, which all teams would be aware of before the start of the competition
LOLL Father and dem wasn’t taking da championship!! smh …once there is a will there is a way too Cj O’Brien
,2 teams broke d rules one stays up while d other demoted! Still scratching my head! This cannot be right! Hmm!
How many teams in the league Lasana Liburd I forget
15 teams.
The league lucky those two schools don’t sue
Lol
It have players who have more titles than passes and in form 6
Like Manure Dion. LMAO.
Dion Sosa I know a player in my time played for 3 of these prestige schools in 1 season
In your time. Maybe the rules have changed since then Calvin. But I hear you.
I understand that can be the case Timothy Rochford but it also looks like they also penalize the “ghetto” schools so to speak and those other schools are doing the same
Call them nah man so that Mr Live Wire can further investigate and write his stories. Them really good yes
Mango like you want me go missing
Well inbox me the information nah man because you know I doh business about all of those corrupted folks in our sweet country eh. Them really good yes
OK
Sound like just speculations then Dion!
He won’t call the names because he probably doesn’t have real data. Too often people say “I know this and that happening ….. but proof. Hard to come”.. I see no danger in calling the names
St Anthony’s. Presentation, and Naps…….Them really good yes steeuuppss
Nah some of these schools have legitimate transfer students from San Juan, Arima and Valencia
Ask Dion
Doh need to eh meh police investigative reporting skills always on point eh. Them really good yes.
I can call 4 schools running real racket right now
Call them….lol
Hassan everybody knows it is not new information is like when the police know where and who running drug block and doing nothing
Ah just teasing yuh breds. I know…..hahaha
Yeah I know
Dion Sosa and they do the same thing with players but it gets overlooked sad
Hahahaha take no prisoners eh. Them really good yes
That’s why when I faced them it was extra blade pelting
They always protect and pamper the prestige schools
Them really good yes.
This is unfair to San Juan
Are you saying the rules if school football is unfair Dion?
It’s very biased even since in my time San Juan did nothing wrong but to beat presentation who played with a illegal player that game why do they have forfeit that points makes no sense
…last time a situation like this occurred they forfeited the goals from the other teams who played them, not the points.
Did San Juan alone forfeit points Dion?
Adam in your mind is that fair?
I’m not sure what is a ‘fair’ solution….it a compromise of sorts.
The thing is, a case can be made that any team having played against that ‘illegal player’ can have recourse. But the fact that he was on the field can render the total result null and void…..so in the case I’m referring to, rather than render the whole result n/v they only rescinded the goals. In another competition they gave all teams affected 3pts and 3 goals.
That last part may be acceptable, though it may yield similar situations
Administrators at schools who allowed this to happen should be fired. But this is sweet T&T. You wonder why there are problems at schools? And administrators cannot deal with the indiscipline?
Simple answer, DEVIL CANNOT CORRECT SIN. AMEN.
Seems like it was ‘inadvertently’ done so they think they should get a bligh
This has bing going on for yrs and it’s a double standard when it come to these colleges but we will be back up soon ….. Come on Mucurapo
QRC oi! QRC, QRC, oi-oi?
Fatima and QRC need to be playing n the Savannah.
Hahaha
Pres should be playing in senior div for breaking the rules along with E .Mucurapo
Shhhh…I played in the Savannah when Fatima got relegated way back when, not fun lol
Lol
Why the Savannah Brian?
That’s where senior division football is played.
Why should they be playing there if other institutions breaking the rules to gain whatever advantages they can ! These rules were not hidden prior to the season! So clearly they knew exactly what they doing was wrong ! It’s unfortunate for SAN JUAN it really is but rules are rules! Don’t be angry because Fatima and QRC benefited from other teams/managers not doing the right things
Smh.