Substitute Seon Shippley scored in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time to gift three-time Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division winners, Naparima College, a nervy 2-1 victory over a plucky Malick Secondary outfit in Trincity this afternoon. With the victory, ‘Naps’, who completed a League and National Intercol …
Read More »‘Naps’ retreat in Digicel SportsMax row in face of SSFL action, Benedict’s also anger sponsors
Naparima College have vowed to respect the Secondary School Football League’s (SSFL) stance on shirt sponsorship in a bid to stave off severe disciplinary sanction from the governing body. Naparima, the defending champions and winners of three of the Premier Division’s five seasons, rejected the SSFL’s new Joma uniform and …
Read More »Bacchanal in Lewis St as SportsMax walk out over jersey row during Naparima’s 3-0 win over CIC
The 2019 Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season got off to a dramatic start this afternoon at Lewis Street, San Fernando with the action on the field between hosts Naparima College and St Mary’s College being the least of the talking points. In a move with still undetermined …
Read More »Sexyman stings “Saints”; Sakal reveals strain of 2017 and why Shiva Boys withdrew Naps protest
“We are coming off a hard loss against Carapichaima [East],” Shiva Boys Hindu College head coach Hayden Ryan told Wired868. “The guys are mentally beaten [right now]… They were not at 100 today but we still pulled off a victory.” A late goal from ‘super sub’ Tyrell “Sexyman” Baptiste was …
Read More »Dear Editor: The Fyzabad Effect; an SSFL insider suggests how to clean up the League
“The Ministry of Education, TTFA and SSFL, embarrassed into action, may formulate rules and procedures that will affect all schools in Trinidad and Tobago… “The result may be a longer wait for approvals and possible later start for sixth form and repeaters.” The following blog, provided anonymously by a Secondary …
Read More »SSFL shuffle fixtures to postpone title decider; Shiva Boys protest Naps midfielder Murphy
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive has decided to shuffle its fixture list to ensure that the Premier Division’s potential title deciding games—involving St Anthony’s College, Naparima College and Presentation College (San Fernando)—are played on the final match day. St Anthony’s and Naparima are locked on 30 points each, …
Read More »St Anthony’s go top after Shiva Boys protest; Wallace ‘uncomfortable’ about SSFL’s direction
St Anthony’s College moved to the top of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division this morning, after a successful protest against Shiva Boys Hindu College. And the “Westmoorings Tigers” can wrap up the title by this weekend if they manage wins over Presentation College (San Fernando) and St …
Read More »Protest number five! St Anthony’s lodge new challenge over Shiva Boys’ use of Mason
Even as Shiva Boys Hindu College await adjudication over their use of 19-year-old midfielder Kierron Mason for seven Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division matches in September, another protest was lodged today with the SSFL executive over the former Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team utility player. This time, …
Read More »Another SSFL protest! Shiva Boys could plunge to bottom of table as Mason move targeted
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) has another massive decision to make with far -reaching implications for its 2017 Premier Division competition. And, once more, it centres around defending champions Shiva Boys Hindu College and their new recruit, lanky former National Under-20 Team utility player Kierron Mason. Last week, SSFL …
Read More »SSFL dumps Fyzabad! “Fyzo Tigers” suspended for “fraudulent” exam documents
Fyzabad Secondary will take no further part in the 2017 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division competition after the SSFL executive committee today took the decision to suspend the South Zone school today. The SSFL decision, according to a media release, is “directly related to the fraudulent January Caribbean …
Read More »San Juan survive! SSFL members defy executive and standings to keep Bourg boys in top flight
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 …
Read More »San Juan North ruling expected in midweek; new SSFL president vows to go digital
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 …
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