Local Football

Defending champions DirecTV W Connection and North East Stars preserved unbeaten records in the Digicel Pro League tonight but it could hardly mask a poor evening for football. It has been a day stuffed with notable events. An estimated 20,000 persons marched through Port of Spain just after lunch while, …

Central FC Anthony Wolfe got his second goal from as many matches as the newly formed outfit kept its 100 percent Digicel Pro League record with a 2-1 triumph over T&TEC FC at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar. The result saw the “Sharks” end the weekend in pole position after North …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA produced a scintillating performance against a familiar foe last night as the “Eastern Stallions” spanked Defence Force 4-2 in Digicel Pro League action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Caledonia found room for a quartet of offensive midfielders in its starting line-up—Conrod Smith, …

A late goal from substitute Rennie Britto lifted DirecTV W Connection to a successful recovery tonight as the “Savonetta Boys” edged St Ann’s Rangers 2-1 in 2012/13 Digicel Pro League football action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. The result was Connection’s first win of the season after …

By the closing minutes of last night’s Digicel Pro League fixture between Defence Force and North East Stars, the two football coaches were reduced to the role of helpless spectators at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Defence Force coach Ross Russell jumped up and down while waving …

Bevon Bass grabbed the first hattrick of the season this evening as T&TEC flickered back to life with a 3-2 win over St Ann’s Rangers at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. The lone striker in a 4-5-1 formation, the 24-year-old Bass gave a good all-round display with efficient …

DirecTV W Connection and Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA settled for one point each last night as the Digicel Pro League’s two most illustrious teams, at the moment, played to a 1-1 draw at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. There was probably satisfaction in both camps at the result. For …

Former Trinidad and Tobago utility player Anthony Wolfe enjoyed a piece of history for new Digicel Pro League club, Central FC, this evening with the first ever competitive goal for the “Sharks” as the Couva-based outfit edged Police FC 1-0 at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. It was a nervy …

“I think that in both games, if you go over the tapes, you would realise we were in a better position to win,” DirecTV W Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier told Wired868. “That doesn’t mean Caledonia played badly; they played well. But we haven’t been taking our chances.” Neal & Massy …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA made its first significant deposit of the 2012/13 season on Friday night as the “Eastern Stallions” captured the First Citizens Cup at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain after a 2-1 win over Defence Force. If the outcome was predictable for the Caribbean champions, …

When Devorn Jorsling and Kareem “Tiny” Joseph first laid eyes on each other, Facebook was not yet invented and berries were a delicious snack not an omnipresent communication tool. If they didn’t quite complete each other’s sentences, the Malick schoolboys and Morvant villagers certainly meshed on the football field. The …

Scene: Port of Spain General Hospital. Wired868 Journalist (to camera): “Today we have seen extraordinary scenes here in Port of Spain, after Trinidad and Tobago Football was found abused and battered at an undisclosed location in the capital. The authorities are treating this as a case of an attempted murder. …