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Here comes a rant! Okay, I’m penning this in response to a tweet I got on Friday. I’m leaving out names and ‘@s’—my wife’s orders. I retweeted a fantastic piece by @Wired868 about San Juan North Secondary, the defending SSFL Intercol champions. A piece highlighting the wonderful work of great …

Defending National Intercol champions, San Juan North Secondary, open their doors to Wired868 in the first instalment of our Chasing Goal series, which takes you behind the scenes of our Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division teams:

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, …

On the same day that the new Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee unveiled its fixtures for the 2017 season came a decision that will force a do-over. San Juan North Secondary are back in the Premier Division, despite the drawn out process of their relegation from the top …

Almost seven months after the final ball was kicked in the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, the SSFL executive finally gave public confirmation of the most tumultuous end to the local schoolboy season in this millennium. And it meant good news for Queen’s Royal College (QRC) and …

A late protest threatened to produce a final unexpected twist to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division honour role, as a Shiva Boys Hindu College challenge against Presentation College (San Fernando) offered a glimmer of hope to relegation-threatened San Juan North Secondary. Presentation forward James Alex Lee Yaw …

New Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president William Wallace has vowed to take schools football into the digital age, introduce an office and full-time secretariat for the body and strengthen ties with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Wallace, the former SSFL first vice-president and a past Secondary Schools Cricket …

Presentation College (San Fernando) defender Kori Cupid turned out to be Queen’s Royal College’s most influential player in the 2016 season. But he is no god of love for San Juan North Secondary. Two months after the final 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division match was played, San …

The two schools which arguably share the fiercest rivalry in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) at present will close of the 2016 season on Monday, as Naparima College and Presentation College (San Fernando) square off in the Big Four Super Cup Final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. …

It had been a decade since the boys from Bourg Mulatresse tasted National Intercol success. And, today, the Jerry Moe-coached team put in a stubborn defensive display to eke out a 1-0 victory against their more fancied opponents before a 3,000-strong crowd. The eastern schools really did prove to be …

There may be an edge to the boys’ 2016 National Intercol final this afternoon as Presentation College (San Fernando) and San Juan North Secondary clash from 3.30pm at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella against a backdrop of disciplinary action in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) boardrooms. The match is …

Naparima College will compete in the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Four tournament, after their successful protest against Presentation College’s use of midfielder Kori Cupid during the regular season. Cupid, a Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team defender, played for the “Pres Lions” against Naparima as well as …