Fatima College capitalised on defeats to the top two teams entering Round Six of the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division on Saturday, Naparima College and San Juan North Secondary, to jump two spots to first in the 16-team standings. Fatima, Naparima and San Juan were the remaining …
Read More »SSFL 23: San Juan hold off Arima to stay perfect, “Naps” win again
Naparima College and San Juan North Secondary maintained their perfect starts in the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division after fifth round matches were contested on Wednesday. Naparima, San Juan and Fatima College each entered Wednesday’s action with identical records of four wins from as many matches. Naparima …
Read More »SSFL 23: Speyside High punish wasteful Malick to climb table
Speyside High Secondary picked up their second victory of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division this evening, as they snuck past the wasteful Malick Secondary 2-1 at St Mary’s College Ground in St Clair. The win saw Speyside join Malick on six points—along with Arima North Secondary, Queen’s …
Read More »SSFL 23: S/Juan, Fatima and “Naps” stay perfect; Arima rout CIC
San Juan North Secondary saw off Presentation College (San Fernando) 2-0 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium yesterday to keep pace with early Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division frontrunners, Naparima College and Fatima College. Midfielder Nathan Quashie scored in either half for the Bourg Mulatresse boys who are now …
Read More »SSFL 23: School football games get later kick-offs to combat humidity
From this afternoon, Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) matches in the Premier and Championship Divisions will kick off at 4pm—outside of a few exceptions—as the organising committee tries to blunt the impact of the ongoing hot spell. “Because of the directive from the Ministry of the Education, of which the …
Read More »SSFL 23: “Naps” wary of overconfidence after edging St Mary’s
Naparima College, with all their firepower, had to scrape past newly-promoted St Mary’s College 3-2 today in an entertaining but scrappy affair at Serpentine Road in St Clair. The win saw “Naps” join three other teams with a maximum of six points after two rounds of Secondary Schools Football League …
Read More »SSFL 23: Sween screamer helps San Juan to 4-3 upset over St Benedict’s
A spirited performance from coach Jerry Moe’s San Juan North Secondary ended with a deserved 4-3 victory over the reigning champions, St Benedict’s College, in a nail-biting first round Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership Division encounter at Bourg Mulatresse this afternoon. St Benedict’s College had just come off a …
Read More »SSFL 23: Benedict’s, “Pres” and “Naps” eye glory; Chaguanas want survival
St Benedict’s College are aiming to do the double in the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season. St Benedict’s, the 2022 SSFL Premier Division champions, downed reigning National Intercol kings Fatima College 4-3 in the NGC SSFL Super Cup at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Saturday. And the La …
Read More »SSFL 23: North teams cautiously optimistic, acknowledge threats from south
Hutson “Baba” Charles, head coach of Fatima College, doesn’t anticipate an easier going this season as he hopes to retain the North Zone and National Intercol titles. In fact, he said he’s well aware that the going is going to get much tougher as his team targets the Secondary Schools …
Read More »“Zoom Zoom” and Jones shine, as St Benedict’s shoot down Fatima in SSFL opener
St Benedict’s College kicked off the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season with an eye-raising show of strength at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday, as they beat Fatima College to the NGC SSFL Super Cup. The final score read 4-3 to the southern school and credit is due to …
Read More »SSFL 23 Premier fixtures in full: St Benedict’s start campaign in San Juan
Defending Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions, St Benedict’s College, will kick off their 2023 campaign on the road against eastern giants San Juan North Secondary on Wednesday 13 September, as the SSFL executive confirmed fixtures for the upcoming season. The draft fixtures suggested a home start for …
Read More »Cooper: “We should be competitive in 2025”; T&T U-15s close with 3-0 win over Qatar
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team closed off their 2023 Concacaf Championship adventure yesterday with a 3-0 whipping of Qatar in the Dominican Republic. The game was one of several playoff fixtures between teams who failed to advance to the quarterfinal round. In Group A, Qatar lost all …
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