The Speyside Secondary football team will have an unscheduled overnight stay in Trinidad tonight, as they hope to end a tumultuous week and testing season on a bright note. The “Country Boys” need a win over East Mucurapo Secondary to leapfrog Trinity College East in the 16 team standings and …
Read More »Dear Editor: Why Colin Murray is wide of the mark in SSFL – St Benedict’s debacle
“[…] Colin Murray suggests that if St Benedict’s College [are] found guilty of breaching the rules, the punishment should not impact this year’s competition. Instead, the college should start the next season with a nine-point deficit. “[…] A decision to penalize next year’s team effectively shifts the consequences onto a …
Read More »Intercol 24: ‘Zoom Zoom’ bags hattrick in Benedict’s win; ‘Naps’ penalise ‘Pres Lions’
Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia continues to write the story of the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season with almost every move. Today, Garcia settled St Benedict’s College’s South Zone Intercol semifinal contest inside the first 45 minutes of play, with a first half hattrick as the “La Romaine Lions” …
Read More »‘I have something unique’: Fatima ace Caden Trestrail talks to Wired868
“[…] I think my creativity as well as my goal scoring ability makes me standout. It gives me something unique, that a lot of other players might not have. “[…] My ambition is to one day play in the Champions League—that is a big goal for me. I also want …
Read More »Intercol 24: Fatima hold off Malick in thriller; QRC edge St Anthony’s
Fatima College are still alive in the 2024 Coca Cola National Intercol competition, but they were pushed to the brink by Malick Secondary in a seven-goal thriller at Diego Martin Complex today. In the end, Fatima held on for a 4-3 win. They will meet Queen’s Royal College in next …
Read More »SSFL 24: Fresh delay in Garcia decision, plus how “Naps” avoided censure
What is the fate of St Benedict’s College in relation to the registration of captain and star attacker Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia? It is arguably the single most important matter on the pending tray of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee. Yet, the Disciplinary Committee ended its meeting …
Read More »“I want to be better than my father”: One-on-one with Malick standout Jordan Ferdinand
“[…] I want to be a professional footballer, but my first goal is to be better than my father (former FC Santa Rosa player Jeffrey Ferdinand). “People always tell me my father was a good player, so I always try to push myself to be better than him so the …
Read More »Intercol 24: San Juan cruise into East final; TCE KO Arima North
Trinity College East and San Juan North Secondary booked their places in the East Zone Intercol final in contrasting style today at the Arima Velodrome. San Juan North, the most dominant east Trinidad team of the Premier Division era, walloped second tier outfit El Dorado Secondary 5-0 to advance to …
Read More »Intercol 24: Miracle Ministries into Central final; Mason Hall punished for illegal player
Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School (MMPHS) will chase their first Central Zone Intercol title on Monday 18 November, after they whipped second tier outfit Presentation College (Chaguanas) 5-0 in zonal semifinal action at the Ato Boldon Stadium yesterday. Aaron Clement and Keon Codrington scored two goals apiece for MMPHS while …
Read More »Vaneisa: Heroes and deities—why Frank Worrell’s Caribbean story should resonate
In one of his final interviews, at the end of the tour of England in 1963, Frank Worrell laid out his plans for the future to Ian Wooldridge. I quoted some of it in my biography, Son of Grace, where he refers to the background of hostility he had faced. …
Read More »Intercol 24: Speyside High, Scarborough Sec take last zonal semifinal spots
Speyside High and Scarborough Secondary took up the last 2024 Coca Cola Intercol zonal semifinal spots yesterday, as the quarterfinal round ended with a double header in Shaw Park, Tobago. Defending Tobago champions, Speyside, cruised into the next phase with a 4-0 win over Pentecostal Light & Life. Attacker Riquelme …
Read More »Reds: CWI short of a good length on Alzarri suspension for “shocking indiscipline”
“[…] What they (Cricket West Indies) have given Alzarri Joseph is a couple days of rest [and] a slap on the wrist… This was coming for a long while… He has obvious problems with his anger and aggression. “The other point I would like to make is that he has …
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