Local Football

First Citizens Cup 2011 finalists Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA and T&TEC will face each other at the start of the 2012 edition after the two Trinidad and Tobago Pro League clubs were drawn in the opening quarterfinal round today. Caledonia AIA and T&TEC will meet from 8 pm on …

New Pro League head coach Angus Eve and his North East Stars squad threw out a challenge to Trinidad and Tobago’s established football order last night as the Sangre Grande stunned Caribbean champions, Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, en route to a 3-1 win at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port …

Thirty-four-year-old former UK-based striker Hector Sam rolled back the years with a brilliant strike for St Ann’s Rangers this evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. But it was not enough to peg back Defence Force who held on for a 2-1 in the 2012/13 Digicel Pro League …

Armchair and bar room football fans will have the chance for some fresh air this weekend as Trinidad and Tobago’s Digicel Pro League competition officially gets going with two days of action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. All eyes have been peeled on Parliament this week …

Charity begins in the dressing room at DirecTV W Connection. As Connection beat a 10-man Defence Force team 2-0 for the Digicel Charity Shield at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium this evening, announcer Wayne Cunningham informed the audience that the $10,000 charitable cash prize at stake would go to captain Jan-Michael …

Defending Digicel Pro League champions DirecTV W Connection and 2012 Digicel Pro Bowl  winners Defence Force will lift the curtain on the 2012/13 domestic top flight season today when they battle from 5 pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella for the Digicel Charity Shield. Today’s winner will be awarded …

Newly formed outfit, Central FC, is set to become the latest entrant to Trinidad and Tobago’s Pro League ranks after being accepted for the Digicel Pro League 2012/13 season. Central, which lists its address as 53 West Boundary Street, California, Couva, will be the 20th football club to take a stab …

Can you recall a day in your life that you wish you could take back? Jason “Scotty” Scotland, a former trainee electrician from a poor neighbourhood in Morvant, Trinidad, does. His mother, Ann, now lives in a comfortable and sizeable two-storey home in Barataria. He drives a Range Rover. This July, …

Whatever may be the Pro League’s perceived flaws, neither a poor work ethic nor a lack of transparency is ever included among them. League CEO Dexter Skeene is aided by an enthusiastic young staff knitted together by Corporate Secretary Julia Baptiste—whom he describes as a phenomenal person and asset—and press …

With little money, fewer friends and no sporting venues, the 2012/13 Trinidad and Tobago Digicel Pro League is preparing for another kick-off. The season is scheduled to start on 7 September with what is likely to be a Super Friday double-header. There is no word on who is playing yet, …

Wired868 is pleased to re-open its doors to the world today with a sleek and modern website that improves upon the vehicle initially launched on 12 January 2012. This re-launch comes as the world is enthralled with video and images from the London 2012 Olympic Games. All Trinidad and Tobago …

It is Monday morning in the Office of The Minister of Sport. The telephone rings. Sport Minister: “Good morning. The Minister of Spalk speaking.” Anthony Harford: “Ah, Minister, it’s Tony here.” Minister: “Tony, Tony, I’m so glad you called. I wanted to speak to you about your football funding.” Harford: …