Tag Archives: 2025 SSFL Premier Division

SSFL 26: Members vote to exclude Tobago schools from Premier Div, due to travel costs; Speyside, Signal Hill and North Zone chime in

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) is set for a sensational departure from its top flight schedule in 2026, after the general membership voted to run the Premier Division competition without Tobago schools—for the first time since 2014. As it stands, 17 schools, rather than the usual 16, are due …

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Clement and Gosine are SSFL 2025 MVPs; but Riquelme leads head-scratching All Star omissions

Naparima College goalkeeper Mikhail Clement and Pleasantville Secondary attacker Nikita Gosine were crowned the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Boys and Girls Player of the Year respectively for the 2025 season. The SSFL Awards Ceremony was held yesterday at the Couva/ Point Lisa Chamber of Commerce in Couva. Clement, who …

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Seepersad nabs promotion, SSFL execs want term extensions, plus possible Scarborough cover-up

Controversial Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) administrator Laurence Seepersad should have resigned his post in shame, according to Scarborough Secondary representative and school teacher Salisha James, after Seepersad’s alleged misdirection led to sanctions and, ultimately, relegation from the Premier Division for the Tobago school. Instead, Seepersad has risen, unopposed, to …

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SSFL abandons outstanding 2025 games; St Augustine and Malick stay up after controversial ruling

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee has abandoned four outstanding games from the 2025 season, with a significant impact on the respective divisions. The abandoned matches are: the Boys U-14 and U-16 National finals (both involving Naparima College and Signal Hill Secondary); the Girls Big Five final between …

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Three SSFL finals still undecided, three exec posts could be contested—plus another constitutional tangle

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) completed its first general council meeting of 2026 yesterday, with still no date set for three outstanding schools finals or a pivotal Premier Division contest between Signal Hill Secondary and St Augustine Secondary. At present, Wired868 understands that St Augustine are trying to book …

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SSFL Appeals Committee uphold Scarborough’s relegation; embattled Seepersad requests promotion

Scarborough Secondary failed to convince the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Appeals Committee that they were unfairly sanctioned for using an unauthorised player, midfielder Johan Elliot, in their final game of the 2025 Premier Division season against San Juan North Secondary. And, as a result, the “Blue Marlins” will be …

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Barney’s Bible: Recruiting has replaced coaching at youth level; that’s why T&T football is struggling

I wasn’t at last night’s Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Qualifiers game. I took it for granted that we would get past Barbados and the other Caribbean nations, so I was planning to go to the Mexico game only. I guessed wrong. But something I’ve been pointing to comes to the fore …

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SSFL 25: Scarborough appeal disciplinary ruling; SSFL VP resigns—but Seepersad still mum

Scarborough Secondary have appealed against the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Disciplinary Committee’s decision to overturn their 1-0 win over San Juan North Secondary and instead give the East Zone school a win by three clear goals. The Disciplinary Committee’s ruling effectively relegated Scarborough to the Championship Division, just a …

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Seepersad must resign! Distraught Scarborough open up on SSFL ‘betrayal’

The Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Disciplinary Committee’s ruling to penalise Scarborough Secondary for fielding sixth form student Johan Elliot in their final Premier Division fixture against San Juan North Secondary left the Tobago school distraught for multiple reasons. First, it spoiled a remarkable comeback. When Scarborough Secondary replaced head …

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SSFL 25: San Juan North survive! Scarborough relegated after losing protest over invalid player

San Juan North Secondary will compete in the 2026 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division competition, after the Disciplinary Committee found substance in the Bourg Mulatresse-based school’s protest against Scarborough Secondary last month. Scarborough Secondary edged San Juan North 1-0 at Shaw Park on 15 December, with Jaheim Toney …

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SSFL Disciplinary Committee misses own meeting, as S/ Juan protest unheard; refs no-show for Girls Big Five semifinal

Another Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) match day, another postponement. There was more farce today in the 2025 schools football competition as referees did not show for a Girls Big Five semifinal fixture between defending champions Pleasantville Secondary and North Zone champions St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) at the …

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