Defending Pro League champions Bankers Insurance Central FC lost consecutive league matches for only the second time this season yesterday, as the “Couva Sharks” were edged 1-0 by DIRECTV W Connection at the Ato Boldon Stadium. Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder Hughtun Hector got a late winner in the 89th …
Read More »April Fools: Police and Stars upset Central and Connection, as Pro League resumes
A flawless performance by Police FC custodian Adrian Foncette and clinical finishing by Japs North East Stars striker Gorean “Ratty” Highley left Pro League defending champions Bankers Insurance Central FC and second placed DIRECTV W Connection with red faces on April 1 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. On …
Read More »Pro League rules for Oliver! Central FC ordered to compensate ex-captain
The Pro League’s Players Status Committee today ruled against its own board member, Central FC, as it declared that the defending Caribbean and Pro League champions had improperly dismissed their former captain and ace midfielder Marvin Oliver. Central, which is headed by former Sport Minister and 2006 World Cup player …
Read More »Central shake off stubborn Rangers to go five points clear at Pro League helm
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 »We helped build Oliver’s house! Sancho fires back at ex-Central captain
The Central FC board, which is headed by ex-Sport Minister Brent Sancho and includes his former advisor Kevin Harrison, responded to the furore over the sacking of its former captain Marvin Oliver with a 983-word press release, published on the Soca Warriors Online website, that both confirmed and denied releasing …
Read More »Central shake off controversy with five star performance against Jabloteh
Not for the first time, the Bankers Insurance Central Football Club is awash with tales of mismanagement, treachery and deceit. Earlier this week, head coach Dale Saunders sacked former captain Marvin Oliver, who managing director Brent Sancho bizarrely threatened to fine on top of that, while goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams said …
Read More »Sancho threatens Oliver; Central FC vow to fine player they already sacked
Central FC managing director Brent Sancho has threatened to fine his former club captain, Marvin Oliver, just 48 hours after the Pro League club sacked him. The 41 year old Oliver, who was the club’s outstanding player last season when the “Couva Sharks” won seven trophies including the Pro League …
Read More »Central sack Marvin Oliver; veteran playmaker lifts lid on “toxic” Sharks
Pro League defending champions, Central FC, parted company with their veteran midfield star and former captain, Marvin Oliver, in controversial fashion this morning at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The evergreen Oliver, who turns 41 in August and was the club’s best player last season, was handed an oddly …
Read More »Guerra penalises Connection; Couva rivals fail to close gap on “Army”
DIRECTV W Connection and defending TT Pro League champions Bankers Insurance Central FC failed to make much ground on 2015/16 Pro League leaders Defence Force yesterday, as the second and third-placed teams finished the “Couva Clásico” in a 1-1 draw at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force coach …
Read More »Pro League: Central brush aside Rangers; Sando shock W Connection
Defending TT Pro League champions Bankers Central FC stayed within three points of table toppers Defence Force yesterday with a 3-1 victory over St Ann’s Rangers at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The Army/Coast Guard combination wrapped up the Rawle Fletcher Trophy—the $50,000 reward for the winner of the …
Read More »Central sack Russell; Sancho fires coach after North East Stars loss
Former Defence Force coach and two-time Pro League champion, Ross Russell, lasted just under five months as head coach at Central FC. Wired868 understands Russell, a former Trinidad and Tobago stand-out goalkeeper and national youth team coach, was fired within an hour of last night’s 1-0 Pro League defeat to …
Read More »Dr Dre drops the beat on Connection; Central lifts Charity Shield
A 68th minute strike by Central FC defender Andre “Dr Dre” Ettienne was enough to settle the Digicel Charity Shield match against W Connection in Couva last evening. The bruising Central centre-half, formerly of Point Fortin Civic FC, took some time off from manhandling opposing attackers to arrow a powerful right-footed …
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