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: Benedict’s go “Zoom”, as “Golden Lions” rest five on Pres in Big 4 semis
St Benedict’s College stormed to the final of the 2022 SSFL Premier Division this afternoon with a thoroughly deserving 5-3 win over their southern rivals Presentation College (San Fernando) in a frenetic game at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Presentation coach Shawn Cooper dubbed the matchup the “Clash of …
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: Naparima dethroned! St Benedict’s knock champs out of Premier Division race
Reigning Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions Naparima College will not retain their crown this season after a 1-0 defeat to St Benedict’s College yesterday ruled them out of contention for a place in the Big 4 competition. Naparima, who lifted the last two successive Premier Division titles, …
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 »Form three St Benedict’s midfielder, Josiah Ochoa, wins SSFL Ball Juggling competition
St Benedict’s College midfielder Josiah Ochoa is the Secondary Schools Football League’s first trophy-holder in close to three years, after the 15-year-old form three student won the SSFL Online Ball Juggling Competition earlier this month. Ochoa emerged best of a field of 10 participants to cop the award. Nine entrants …
Read More »Rise of the schoolboys; De Leon, ‘Gally’, Archibald take the stage in ’70 WCQ
In the second instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, Lasana Liburd talks to iconic playmaker Leroy De Leon: The Trinidad and Tobago football team returned from Suriname on 15 March 1965 with red …
Read More »Dr Mahabir: ‘Black power agenda’ threatens ‘national treasures’; Gilkes: Colonial monuments carry offensive symbolism
Dr Kumar Mahabir: “[…] Despite the horrendous history of Columbus, his statue represents a tangible historical link to the Europe, Africa and Asia since 1498. It is one of the few statues of Columbus in the Caribbean and is a destination site for local and foreign tourists…” Corey Gilkes: “[…] …
Read More »SSFL 19: Lee doubles up as St Benedict’s trounce Trinity Moka to pull four points clear of relegation
St Benedict’s College improved their chances of escaping relegation from the Secondary School’s Football League (SSFL) Premier Division this afternoon, as they trounced Trinity College Moka 4-0 in Moka. St Benedict’s are still 13th in the 15-team table with the bottom two schools facing demotion to the Championship Division. However, …
Read More »SSFL Council censure and fine Naparima and St Benedict’s for Digicel sponsorship violation
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) General Council today drew a line under last week’s sponsorship violation by Naparima College and St Benedict’s College by voting to ‘caution, censure and fine’ the two schools. The fine, however, was just TT$500. The decision was made by school representatives at an emergency …
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