Local Football

“As long as you have someone like a [Willis] Plaza in the team, he can make something out of nothing [for you],” said San Juan Jabloteh head coach Keith Jeffrey. “And anyone who sees the third goal [against Police FC] will know what I mean.” Yesterday’s Pro League fixture at …

St Anthony’s College head coach Nigel “Grovie” Grosvenor is crying foul at the results of this year’s first round draw for the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Coca Cola Intercol tournament. Grosvenor called the fixtures unfair after St Anthony’s and SSFL Premier Division champions Shiva Boys Hindu College were matched against …

The Pro League will need a new punchline if St Ann’s Rangers keep this up. For four of the last five seasons, the St Ann’s club finished dead last. The only exception came in the 2012/13 when T&TEC imploded and played half the season with a side so threadbare that …

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division 2016 came to a striking finish last week, and after a season of passionate play, Shiva Boys’ Hindu College produced an amazing Cinderella run to win their maiden title. Last year’s champs, Naparima College, were forced to settle for third place, and …

Defending Pro League champions, Central FC, dropped their first points of the season yesterday evening after a goalless draw with Ma Pau Stars at the Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin. The result saw Central’s lead atop the standings narrow to three points as DIRECTV W Connection defeated Defence Force 2-0 …

The final day of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season saw as many as six teams—East Mucurapo Secondary, San Juan North, QRC, Pleasantville Secondary, Fatima College and St Benedict’s College—embroiled in a heated relegation battle at the foot of the table. And remarkably, St Benedict’s, who were …

Shiva Boys Hindu College signed off on the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division regular season in style today, as a Junior Asson hattrick helped the newly crowned champions to a 4-2 come from behind 4-2 win over Fatima College at Mucurapo Road. The victory meant that the Penal-based school, …

All Central FC do is win. It is a fact that is open to multiple interpretations. Last night, the “Couva Sharks” maintained their 100 percent record in the truncated 2016/17 Pro League season with a 2-1 win over Morvant Caledonia United at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Style? Swagger? …

Despite being held to a 2-2 draw by bottom-placed club Marabella Family Crisis Centre, Sports and Games FC Santa Rosa saw their lead atop the National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division stretch to six points yesterday evening, as two of their nearest rivals succumbed to defeats. Rosa, who were ousted …

A 75th minute item from Jamal Gay—his first goal of the season—kept San Juan Jabloteh’s momentum going as they recorded their third win from four Pro League outings this term with a 1-0 triumph over Ma Pau Stars at the Barataria Recreation Ground, Barataria. Jabloteh are now on nine points …

Shiva Boys Hindu College are the new Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions, after the Penal-based school won 3-1 away to Pleasantville Secondary in today’s schoolboy action. Pleasantville, who are trying to avoid relegation, did their part to keep the league alive as Shane Baldeo gave the hosts …

The following story—written by Wired868 managing director Lasana Liburd—was first published by the Trinidad Express on 2 December 2008 and chronicles the ambitions and racial barriers faced by Trinidad and Tobago players, Jan-Michael Williams, Matthew Bartholomew and Aaron Downing, as they tried to break into the European professional leagues: “Williams, …