The 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division has so far thrown up arguably the most competitive title race in recent memory. With seven games left in the 15-match regular season, the top three schools (San Juan North Secondary, Fatima College and Naparima College) are within three points of …
Read More »SSFL 23: Sween nets treble as leaders San Juan hit Bishop’s for six
Gifted attacker Lindell Sween netted a treble to guide leaders San Juan North Secondary to a 6-0 thrashing of Bishop’s High School yesterday, in an eighth round fixture of the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division. Sween got his name on the scoresheet in the 45th, 83rd and …
Read More »Dear Editor: The answers to T&T’s sport woes are not in Jamaica!
“[…] Why do we have to partner with the GC Foster College (of Jamaica) when we have the Sport and Physical Education Centre /SPEC at UWI? Under the leadership of Dr Iva Gloudon, dozens of physical education teachers and coaches generally benefited from accredited diploma courses leading to full degrees. …
Read More »SSFL 23: “Pres” end Fatima’s unbeaten run, San Juan move top
Midfielder Levi Jones’ headed goal, midway into the second half, was enough to guarantee Presentation College (San Fernando) a 1-0 victory over the previously unbeaten Fatima College in a Round Seven encounter, as the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division continued on Wednesday. That result, at the Fatima …
Read More »SSFL 23: Kyle tricks QRC in remarkable “Saints” revival; Fatima jump to first
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 …
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