Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team forward Willis Plaza will spend the next month focused on winning a plane ticket to Lithuania, rather than Qatar, after he was selected in the 14-man National Futsal Team to compete in the May Concacaf Futsal Championship in Guatemala City. The Futsal Team, …
Read More »Jaiye, Shoaib, Tyrese, ‘Hulk’… Wired868 highlights the 2019 SSFL All-Star players
Excitement, drama, goals… The 2019 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) was not short of memorable moments. But who were the individual success stories? Wired868 asked its main SSFL reporters Roneil Walcott, Amiel Mohammed and Jovan Ravello to pick 11 starters, seven substitutes and one MVP apiece in any formation they …
Read More »Intercol 19: Ramdeen bags a hattrick as ‘Naps’ rout Rio Claro 8-0, Benedict’s down Fyzabad Anglican
2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) MVP, Mark Ramdeen, got his first treble of the season this afternoon as champions Naparima College kicked off their 2019 Intercol campaign with a 8-0 stroll past Rio Claro West Secondary in a South Zone quarterfinal fixture at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. …
Read More »SSFL 19: ‘Naps’ inch closer to title defence after stalemate with ‘Pres’; St Mary’s relegated
Defending SSFL Premier Division champions, Naparima College, are two triumphs away from retaining their title after a 0-0 draw with Presentation College (San Fernando) in the latest edition of the south derby at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella this afternoon. ‘Naps’ have 30 points from 12 matches with two outstanding …
Read More »“A perfect role model!” Hislop honoured to be SSFL’s first ambassador; plus 2018 award list
Former England Premier League standout and World Cup 2006 goalkeeper Shaka Hislop is ‘honoured’ to serve as the Secondary Schools Football League’s first ambassador, after he was unveiled at a press conference in the Hyatt Hotel in Port of Spain yesterday evening. Hislop, a former St Mary’s College student who …
Read More »SSFL 2018: Ode to Naparima juggernauts; and three cheers to our Premier Division stars
The curtain has fallen on the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) with the juggernauts of Naparima College claiming a historic treble of titles in a season that offered exciting twists at the end. Coach Angus Eve’s team never tasted the bitterness of defeat, as they claimed an unbeaten 2018—an …
Read More »Intercol 18: ‘Naps’ and ‘P-ville’ rule as Levi and Alexcia bring SSFL season to exciting climax
Naparima College and Pleasantville Secondary each capped off historic unbeaten 2018 seasons after claiming the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) National Boys and Girls Intercol titles respectively at the expense of San Juan North Secondary and Signal Hill Secondary at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva yesterday. While Pleasantville romped …
Read More »Intercol 18: Living on a prayer, ‘Naps’ eliminate ‘Pres Lions’ after marathon penalty shoot-out
Naparima College consigned their fierce rivals, Presentation College (San Fernando), to a trophy-less 2018 season, after eking out a 4-3 win via kicks from the penalty mark in the South Zone Intercol final this evening at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. Neither team managed a goal in regulation time …
Read More »Intercol 18: Naparima and Presentation win to set up South Clasico final
Naparima College and Presentation College (San Fernando) will resume their arch rivalry in next Monday’s 2018 National Intercol South Zone finals, after wins over Pleasantville and St Benedict’s College respectively in Marabella today. It means a final tasty ‘South Clasico’ for the 2018 season, after ‘Naps’ pipped the ‘Pres Lions’ …
Read More »Ramdeen inspires late show, as T&T U-20s edge St Vincent 3-2 in Concacaf tourney
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team scored twice in stoppage time to snatch a last gasp 3-2 win over St Vincent and the Grenadines this afternoon in their opening Concacaf Championship fixture at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The junior Soca Warriors trailed for 75 minutes out …
Read More »“I want to be a complete attacker!” One-on-One with Naparima’s Mark Ramdeen
Mark Ramdeen, a Lower Six Form student at Naparima College, stands at five foot two and splits his focus this term between his school’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title chase and Trinidad and Tobago’s push for a Poland 2019 Under-20 World Cup place. The jovial, soft-spoken “Marky”, …
Read More »SSFL 18: St Mary’s earn praise but not points, as Ramdeen helps “Naps” to winning start
Two-time Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions Naparima College opened their 2018 account this afternoon with a 3-1 win over St Mary’s College at Serpentine Road in St Clair. Defending champions Presentation College (San Fernando) enjoyed a similar triumph at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, as they …
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