Local Football

The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League has confirmed that their clubs will go it alone this season, after a board meeting this morning. The decision, relayed via a press statement by CEO Julia Baptiste, means curtains for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s proposed T-League, which should have been an …

San Juan Jabloteh head coach Keith Jeffrey is abroad at present and his assistant, Marvin Gordon, was in charge as the ‘San Juan Kings’ faced Prison Service FC at Bourg Mulatresse yesterday afternoon. Perhaps someone should have informed versatile ex-National Under-17 Team midfielder Jodel Brown of such. By the final …

The much anticipated Ascension Invitational Tournament encounter between pre-tournament favourites Defence Force and Terminix La Horquetta Rangers (LHR) ended in somewhat anticlimactic fashion last night, with the teams playing to a goalless stalemate at the Phase Two La Horquetta Recreation Ground. Last night’s tussle was a stark contrast to LHR’s …

Commission member and Central FC managing director Brent Sancho has reiterated that the proposed ‘T-League’ competition—the much-touted Trinidad and Tobago Football Association-run domestic competition that seeks to unify the Pro League and Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) competitions—will not clash with the ongoing Ascension Invitational Tournament. The Ascension Invitational …

“[Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier] has spoken now about things that need to change but those things should have been changed two years ago. That means they didn’t have the required experience or weren’t sure about what is supposed to happen at that age group. …

Police FC striker Jameel Perry got his second consecutive double yesterday afternoon and it meant back to back Ascension Invitational wins for the ‘Lawmen’ as they downed FC Santa Rosa 4-1 at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The tall, menacing frontman gave Police the early ascendancy and, after Rosa …

Terminix La Horquetta Rangers FC’s official start to their Ascension Invitational season against Matura ReUnited on Saturday at the La Horquetta Recreational Ground was well worth the wait for the eastern community. For the team’s players, bench, backroom staff, owners and fans alike, it may have been an evening where …

Terminix La Horquetta Rangers (LHR) made their belated debut in the Ascension Invitational Tournament one to remember last night as they utterly demolished Matura Re-United 10-2 at the opening of the renovated Phase 2 La Horquetta Ground. “We wanted to score ten—it wasn’t by guess,” LHR head coach Dave Quamina …

The much-vaunted T-League, a FIFA-approved and TTFA-run football league involving Trinidad and Tobago’s two top domestic competitions, appears to be on the verge of collapse before a ball is kicked, with leaked correspondence suggesting an about-turn by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams. Today, Commission chairman Lindsay …

Defence Force held another football pitch under siege in Division One of the Ascension Invitational League, emerging 5-1 victors over a hapless QPCC at St Mary’s College grounds on Sunday. “Today was easy,” Hutson ‘Barber’ Charles, Defence Force assistant coach, chuckled after the match. “I don’t think QPCC offered us …

And they’re off! After consecutive defeats to Guaya United and San Juan Jabloteh, Police FC finally opened their account in the Ascension Invitational Tournament, thumping Matura ReUnited by a 6-nil margin at the Police Academy in St James Saturday evening. Both teams entered yesterday’s encounter winless. And it did not …

Morvant Caledonia AIA maintained their perfect record early in the Ascension Invitational Tournament as they defeated rivals San Juan Jabloteh by a 2-1 margin in Bourg Mulatresse yesterday. Coach Jerry Moe’s Caledonia outfit have now racked up three straight wins in the Ascension top flight and are second only to …