Local Football

There were two Pro League football fixtures today but three contests. Defence Force, Point Fortin Civic, Caledonia AIA and San Juan Jabloteh were battling for places within the middle to lower order of Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic top flight competition. The Army/Coast Guard combination cemented their third place with a …

“I’m a very confident person,” San Juan goalkeeper Shane Mattis told Wired868. “I know that anytime I touch the pitch, you have to come good to score against me.” Shane Mattis, Jabloteh’s 34-year-old Jamaica-born goalkeeper, has been playing football since he was seven. He spent much of his adult life in Trinidad where …

Say what you like about Terry Fenwick—and most do—but never let it be said that the Englishman does not know how to make an entrance. Central FC’s new old coach began his second term at the “Couva Sharks” with a 3-0 triumph over his former employer, San Juan Jabloteh that …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Disciplinary Committee is expected to meet on April 7 to rule on a TTFA FA Trophy protest lodged by 2015 runners-up, DIRECTV W Connection. Connection lost on penalty kicks to North East Stars in the March 29 final at the Ato Boldon Stadium …

After a two and a half year drought, North East Stars returned to winners’ row last night with a 5-4 penalty shootout triumph over defending champions, DIRECTV W Connection, in the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. There were roughly 1,000 fans at the …

Call him the unsinkable Terry Fenwick. The former England World Cup defender left Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club, Central FC, last year for greener pastures with Belgium lower division club, CS Visé, and took three of Couva-based team’s best players with him. The Visé dream turned into a nightmare …

A debut league goal for Defence Force’s teenaged winger, Akeem Roach, put the skids on Pro League leaders, Central FC, as the two outfits battled to a 1-1 draw at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. The result cut Central’s lead atop the standings to three points although second place DIRECTV …

Police FC defender Kaaron Foster today received a record nine match ban from the TT Pro League for his role in a brawl between the “Lawmen” and Point Fortin Civic that brought their league fixture to a premature end on Friday 27 February 2015. Foster was one of five Police …

Seven points separate second place DIRECTV W Connection from third place North East Stars in the Pro League at present and bear in mind that Connection also has a game in hand. Yesterday evening that potential 10-point gap seemed to flatter Stars. San Juan Jabloteh and Point Fortin Civic have …

“Obviously it is at the Prime Minister’s will to deliver what he or she sees as a just reward (for Olympic athletes),” Sport Minister Brent Sancho told Wired868. “As much as I would like to standardise it, it will always come down to what they want and the emotions of …

Defence Force was unable to replicate its goal scoring heroics from a week ago as they were ousted by fellow Pro League club North East Stars yesterday evening in their FA Trophy quarter final matchup at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The Army/Coast Guard combination slammed 17 goals past …

San Juan North schoolboy Brent Sam created one goal and scored one himself as San Juan Jabloteh advanced to the 2015 TTFA FA Trophy semifinals yesterday evening with a 3-2 win over Club Sando at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Jabloteh, who are three time winners of the FA competition, …