The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) yesterday revealed the current local-based longlist of Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper, with a remarkable 28 from his 35 member provisional squad coming from just four schools. Fatima College, the beaten Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big 4 finalists, account …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Tarik tricks Fatima, as St Benedict’s lift first national league title since 1967
St Benedict’s College captain Tarik Lee wrote his name into the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) book of champions today, as his hattrick against Fatima College led the “Golden Lions” to their first top flight national league title in 55 years. In 1967, St Benedict’s beat Fatima in the Colleges …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Boyce: “We want a win to top off things”; Charles: “We will find a way”
So, we meet again, old friend. The Trinidad and Tobago football community might not have been paying particular attention when St Benedict’s College hosted Fatima College in Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division group stage action on 14 September. In the previous SSFL top flight season, St Benedict’s finished …
Read More »SSFL 2022: He’s a keeper! Inspired Tristan helps Fatima to Big 4 Final after Nunes’ wonder goal
Fatima College advanced to the Big 4 Finals in the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division today after edging San Juan North Secondary 1-0 in a scrappy affair at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain today. They will battle St Benedict’s College for the title on …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Nothing to lose! S/Juan held by “Pres” as Big 4 matchups confirmed
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division’s top four schools were decided on the weekend, when St Benedict’s College eclipsed defending champions, Naparima College. Today, it was a matter of sorting out the top two finishers in Groups A and B and the resulting Big 4 matchups. At the …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Fatima say “happy anniversary” to “Baba” with 8-0 rout of Speyside
Fatima College dished out a footballing lesson to the visiting Speyside High School today in the form of a thumping 8-nil win in 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action at Mucurapo Road. Fatima have now played five games in the truncated Premier Division season, and their draw …
Read More »Déjà vu as “Naps” record unbeaten run halted by Fatima, while “Caps” clobbered 8-0 in Benedict’s “Zoom” session
Saturday 16 September 2017. That was the last time two-time reigning Premier Division champions Naparima College tasted defeat in the Secondary Schools Football league (SSFL) top flight—barring the Intercol knockout competition. Yesterday, on Saturday 17 September 2022, “Naps” were dealt a Premier Division defeat for the first time in five …
Read More »From T&T to Taiwan: Sheppard on quarantine, certification and Mandarin—after moving to Taoyuan FC
Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …
Read More »Lyndersay: Where’s Brian? A review of 501 Not Out
“[501 Not Out is] a romantic reminiscence of the closing of a golden era in West Indies cricket, a sparkling reminder of the power of the region’s cricketers and the stunning individual achievement of [Brian] Lara at the wicket. “It’s also an odd little film, one that focuses almost determinedly …
Read More »Big Five 19: Arima win battle but lose war, as Moruga clinch title while Chaguanas promoted
On a dramatic closing day of the 2019 SSFL Big 5 competition, Arima North Secondary won 1-0 yet left the field in tears while the defeated Moruga Secondary danced around the pitch. Call it the ‘Arima Old Road Paradox’. The difference between first and fourth place on the standings was …
Read More »Big Five 19: Fatima edge Signal Hill to seal promotion, Arima North win to stay alive
Fatima College will reclaim their position in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division in 2020, as the North Zone outfit sealed promotion from the Big Five competition today with a 1-0 win away to Signal Hill Secondary. Attacker Joshua Mason got the vital item for Fatima with a …
Read More »Big Five 19: Fatima cruise past sloppy Arima; Moruga down Signal Hill to clinch promotion
Fatima College moved to second place in the Shell/FCB Big Five playoff competition after defeating Arima North Secondary by a 3-0 margin at Mucurapo Road this afternoon. Relegated from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division in the 2018 season, Fatima took an important step towards rejoining the top …
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