“[…] I see John-Paul Rochford playing in between the lines like Judah Garcia, as an inverted winger. He shoots the ball well for a little fellah. I don’t think we shoot enough from outside. “He is a tenacious player and has a great eye for a pass and a tremendous …
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: Super sub Sutherland dismantles ‘Green Machine’ as San Juan retains East title
San Juan North Secondary attacker Tyrique Sutherland had 10 minutes to remember at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar this afternoon, as he came off the bench to dismantle a stubborn St Augustine Secondary team in the East Zone Intercol final. By the final whistle, San Juan North had run …
Read More »SSFL 19: Trinity Moka rout ‘Saints’ at Serpentine Road in farewell affair for relegated pair
Trinity College Moka said goodbye to the Secondary School’s Football League’s Premier Division with an emphatic 4-0 victory over St Mary’s College on the final day of the league season. Both sides began the match rooted to the bottom of the 15-team table, already knowing of their relegation before the …
Read More »SSFL 19: Set piece troubles; Bourg Boys put three past Green Machine in east derby
No Renaldo Boyce. No Jerry Morris. No problem for coach Jerry Moe’s San Juan North Secondary outfit. The ‘Bourg Boys’ consolidated seventh spot in the Premier Division of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) today with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over longtime eastern rivals St Augustine Secondary in Bourg Mulatresse. …
Read More »The ‘Saint of Speed’: One on One with St Mary’s College’s Tyrese Spicer
Standing at six-foot-one, St Mary’s College attacker Tyrese Spicer can be likened to a gentle giant. In 2018, St Mary’s had mixed fortunes, as they conceded their North Zone Intercol title and barely avoided relegation. However, Spicer led his school from the front with eight goals—the joint fourth highest in …
Read More »SSFL 18: St Mary’s hit St Augustine for four to leapfrog Valencia out of relegation zone
St Mary’s College will have their fate in their own hands on the final day of the Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division on Wednesday, as they thumped St Augustine Secondary 4-nil in a rescheduled fixture this afternoon. The resounding win for the “Saints” was inspired by a classy …
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 …
Read More »Judah, Jordan, Tyrese, Yohannes… Wired868 selects its 2017 SSFL All-Star team
So by now we know the best Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) teams for 2017—Monday’s Coca Cola National Intercol final notwithstanding—but what about the best players? Once more, Wired868’s SSFL writers take on the thankless task of selecting the best performing players—not necessarily the most talented players, mind you!—in the …
Read More »Intercol 2017: Sugar and Spice for St Mary’s as Tyrese shocks St Anthony’s in North final
It was sugar and Spice for St Mary’s College this afternoon as they secured their first Coca Cola North Zone Intercol title in 10 years with an 89th minute strike by attacker Tyrese Spicer at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. It was enough to edge favourites St Anthony’s College 1-0 for …
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 »Extra Spicey! QRC sink to bottom of SSFL standings after 3-1 loss to rivals St Mary’s College
St Mary’s College recovered from an early goal to swat arch-rivals Queen’s Royal College aside 3-1 in SSFL Premier Division action at the latter’s Maraval Road ground this afternoon. Long gone are the days when the “Saints” versus QRC clash was a rivalry fuelled by title ambitions. Nowadays, it is …
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