Defending Pro League champions Bankers Insurance Central FC stretched their lead atop the 2015/16 league standings to five points yesterday after playing to a hard fought 3-1 victory over cellar placed St Ann’s Rangers at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Second-place DIRECTV W Connection, Central’s fierce Couva rivals, fell …
Read More »Maturana, Fenwick, Eve, Hart? Glen aims at ex-coaches and his own legacy
“(Stephen Hart) is a coach who knows what he wants and he goes out and selects the exact players (with the specific characteristics he needs) to build his team,” said Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup attacker Cornell Glen. “There are coaches that select players who are in-form and work …
Read More »Dass deuce gives Naparima 2015 national double and seventh Intercol title
Naparima College clinched their seventh National Intercol title yesterday with a hard earned 2-0 win over fierce Northern rivals St Anthony’s College at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. Naparima held on to an Intercol grudge inflicted over a decade ago by St Anthony’s and, yesterday, Jarred Dass exacted some …
Read More »Rangers climb to fifth after M’vt/Caledonia win; Eve opens St Ann’s account
Angus Eve enjoyed his first triumph as St Ann’s Rangers coach last night as last season’s table proppers held off Morvant/Caledonia United 2-1 to climb to fifth spot in the 10-team Pro League standings. Sayid Freitas scored twice in the first half and, despite a second half item from Caledonia’s …
Read More »“Naps” squeeze past weary St Augustine; then deliver challenge to St Anthony’s
Naparima College will battle St Anthony’s College for the Coca Cola 2015 National Intercol title next Monday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, after they squeezed past a resilient St Augustine Secondary outfit 2-1 yesterday at the Marabella venue. Coach Michael Grayson’s “Green Machine”, which was playing its second game in …
Read More »Déjà vu: Naps stop Shiva to clinch 2nd SSFL Premier Division title
“North-South-East-West, Naparima is the best!” Naparima College students and supporters were in good voice yesterday as their team retained its SSFL Premier Division championship with the easiest of 1-0 victories over challengers Shiva Boys Hindu College at the Ato Boldon Stadium. For the second straight season, Naps have secured the …
Read More »Rangers’ Eve eyes First Citizens Cup; plus SSFL and NSL fixture changes
St Ann’s Rangers coach Angus Eve has set himself the ambitious task of a knock out trophy this season as last season’s Pro League table proppers enter Saturday’s First Citizens Cup quarterfinal contest against newly promoted Club Sando. Rangers meet Sando from 4 pm in the first of a double …
Read More »Berkeley thwarts Jorsling; Rangers and “Army” share opening day spoils
TT Pro League all-time leading goal scorer Devorn Jorsling failed to convert a second half penalty as Defence Force was held 1-1 by St Ann’s Rangers at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday in the first competitive match of the 2015/16 season. St Ann’s Rangers goalkeeper Stefan Berkeley, who followed new …
Read More »Last gasp Dass leaves CIC breathless; Naps win again to stay perfect
“The result is a cruel one for the boys and the team,” said St Mary’s College coach Ryan Shim yesterday afternoon. “But I think at the end of the day we did not do enough to win and Naparima did.” The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division is in …
Read More »SSFL: Naps hold off 10-man San Juan to keep up with front runners
Second half strikes by Shane Sandy and substitute Shobal Celestin ensured that reigning SSFL Premier Division champions Naparima College defeated 10-man San Juan North 3-1 and kept with pace with front runners St Mary’s College and Shiva Boys Hindu College. All three schools have a maximum of nine points from …
Read More »Central and Fenwick part ways; Vranes among possible new coaches
Caribbean and Pro League champions, Central FC, are on the hunt for a new head coach after failing to agree terms with Englishman, Terry Fenwick, who steered the “Couva Sharks” to the 2015 Caribbean Club Championship and Digicel Pro Bowl titles and led the team for their last three Pro League …
Read More »Stars replace ‘excellent Eve’; Clarke takes the reins at North East
North East Stars has parted ways with its former head coach Angus Eve in the first step of the Sangre Grande-based Pro League club’s financial restructuring. Stars gave Eve, who club owner Darryl Mahabir once referred to as “the Maestro”, his first opportunity as head coach at Stars. And, three …
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