Another Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) match day and another goal for bustling centre forward Kesean St Rose, as St Augustine Secondary maintained their unbeaten run this season with a 1-0 over Queen’s Royal College at Gordon Street, St Augustine. St Rose, a former Trinity College (Moka) stand-out, has been …
Read More »SSFL 18: East and Tobago take aim; Wired868 talks to Trinity East, St Augustine, Bishop’s and Valencia
In Wired868’s final chat with Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) coaches before the 2018 season gets underway, the attention shifts to the East Zone and the lone Tobago representative. And like their counterparts in the north, they hope to remove the southern schools’ firm grip on the Premier Division trophy. …
Read More »Presentation keep title hopes alive; Caps stun Shiva Boys, Speyside and Signal Hill relegated
Presentation College (San Fernando) kept their slim hopes of snatching the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title with a comfortable 3-nil victory over St Augustine Secondary at Guaracara Park today. At kick-off, the “Pres Lions” and the “Green Machine” had vastly different objectives. The hosts, sitting on 23 …
Read More »Green Machine roll over Benedict’s; St Augustine keep 100% record
St Augustine Secondary maintained their 100% record to start the 2017 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season, defeating St Benedict’s College 4-2 in a thrilling encounter in St Augustine this afternoon. It was a tale of two halves for coach Adrian Romain and his “Green Machine” team, who stormed to …
Read More »SSFL 2017: Will East Zone snatch the Premier crown? Or will Tobago ferry it over?
Time was when the “Green Machine” and the “Blue Thunder” were forces to be reckoned with in national schools’ football in Trinidad and Tobago. Back in the days of Dwight Yorke, Signal Hill too have had their 15 minutes of glory as have, in a later era, Arima Secondary. Nowadays, …
Read More »“Sprite” quenches San Juan’s Intercol thirst, Semper seals win over “Green Machine”
Better late than never right? Well, the footballers from San Juan North Secondary will certainly tell you so, as they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in their East Zone Intercol final against St Augustine Secondary yesterday afternoon at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The boys from Bourg …
Read More »QRC and Green Machine share spoils in goalless Premier clash at QRC Grounds
‘Goals win matches’, says the old adage. But Queen’s Royal College (QRC) and St Augustine Secondary were short on supply today, as the two teams battled to a nil-nil draw in Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action at QRC grounds. Scrappy may be the best word to describe …
Read More »Maloney matador: One on one with San Juan Jabloteh’s Sean Bonval
A love for football and a passion to succeed best describes 20 year old Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh player Sean Bonval, whose eyes light up and a big smile emerges as he talks about the game. Bonval grew up in Maloney and he explained that his grandparents, Grace and Ronald Bonval—especially his …
Read More »Grayson, Sarjeant and Cyrus speak out on shock dismissals at St Augustine and St Benedict’s
The former St Augustine Secondary coaching duo of Michael Grayson and Desiree Sarjeant and ex-St Benedict’s College coach Dexter Cyrus have spoken out on their controversial dismissals, as the upcoming Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season looks set to kick off with some drastic changes in the technical areas. In …
Read More »Green Machine has dropped the ball in sacking of coaches Grayson and Desiree
“(Michael) Grayson was, two weeks ago, summarily fired by school principal Ms Linda Francis, without any consultation, discussion or explanation and replaced by a coach who has never won a single title at the senior level and who was fired mid-season by another East Zone school after losing six consecutive …
Read More »SSFL: Regrouping Tigers pounce on struggling Trinity Hawks
St Anthony’s College produced an inspired second half performance yesterday afternoon to notch a 2-nil win over Trinity College East in a clash of two struggling SSFL Premier Division teams. Goals by substitute Shem Clauzel and winger Kathon St Hillaire were enough for St Anthony’s first home win this year …
Read More »NSL: QPCC overcome refereeing clanger to edge Malabar 2-1
Coaches and players raging at match officials is nothing new in football at any level. But when the infuriated team is the one that won the match, something more than the mortar is in the pestle. The Queen’s Park Cricket Club football team left the D’Abadie Recreational Ground with all …
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