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The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) secretariat today confirmed that two scheduled Premier Division matches for tomorrow—both involving Tobago schools, Signal Hill Secondary and Scarborough Secondary—have been postponed, as the 2025 season continues to reel from disruptions. St Mary’s College were due to travel to Signal Hill tomorrow, while Scarborough …

St Augustine Secondary have become the first team of the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season to incur a points deduction, after allegedly using an illegitimate player for their 1-1 draw against St Mary’s College on Wednesday 1 October. On Saturday night, the SSFL office administrator issued …

Five games into the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, and the standings are already telling a story about early front-runners, widening gaps, and desperate chases. For most of the 16 teams in the league, the campaign has settled into a weekly grind: match on Saturday, recovery on …

Arima North Secondary head coach Wayne Sheppard, St Augustine Secondary head coach Tacuma Jones and Fatima College manager Stephen ‘Bison’ Williams have called on the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive to overhaul its selection process for its All Star teams. Last Thursday, the SSFL executive, led by president Merere …

Ace St Benedict’s College forward Derrel ‘Zoom Zoom’ Garcia was crowned the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Player of the Year today, as the governing schools body held its annual prize giving ceremony at the Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce. Remarkably, Garcia finished as the SSFL Premier Division’s …

St Benedict’s College will continue their fight to overturn a 12-point deduction, as they filed for their matter to go before the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Arbitration Panel today. The “La Romaine Lions” were docked 12 points by the SSFL Disciplinary Panel for using captain Derrel Garcia in four …

St Benedict’s College have appealed the decision of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) to strip them of 12 points—and, effectively, the 2024 Premier Division title—due to their use of an invalid player, captain Derrel Garcia, for four matches. The appeal was lodged on Friday 3 January and Wired868 understands …

“[…] The bigger problem here, is twofold. Firstly, Signal Hill Secondary is a former footballing powerhouse since the days of its Senior Comprehensive moniker, has decades under its belt of producing dazzling football, and, arguably, the most successful Trinbagonian player to have ever taken the field: Dwight Yorke. “SSFL seems …

Article 16 of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Constitution explains the criteria for eligibility in its competitions. “Before students can be accepted by the League to be registered as players to represent any team playing in the League,” states the Constitution, “the following criteria must be fulfilled: “Students must …

St Benedict’s College are set to be stripped of 12 points and, by extension, their claim to the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title for their use of captain Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia. However, the “La Romaine Lions” will not face the ultimate sanction of being relegated …

The fate of the five teams chasing promotion to the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division competition will not be known until next year—as the competition will finish months behind schedule for the second straight year. There are three games outstanding in the 2024 Big Five competition and, …

Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Merere Gonzales has, uncharacteristically, kept a still tongue in the past two weeks. During that period, Gonzales has not taken or returned calls from Wired868 to address pertinent matters related to the competition he heads. There are multiple disciplinary matters from the current  season …