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In years gone by, supporting a football team was simple. You went to the match, cheered for your team and left the venue in a state of jubilation or disappointment. But the game has changed over time, and so have the fans and what unites them.
ST BENEDICT’S College football head coach Randolph Boyce said the coaching staff showed their players past tapes of the school’s illustrious days in an effort to ignite the fire in them for the 2022 season. It seemed to spark the players as St Benedict’s lifted the 2022 Tiger Tanks Secondary Schools Football League premiership division title, on Wednesday.
“MOVE over San Juan and let Fatima pass!” That was the cry of Fatima College students after the school’s premiership football team emerged with a narrow 1-0 win over San Juan North Secondary in the semifinals of the Secondary Schools Football League Premiership division on Saturday. Fatima had the lion’s share of support at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo as hundreds of students and parents attended the match.
There is no denying that Trinidad and Tobago football is nowhere near where it needs to be.
THE first finalist of this season’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership campaign is now known, as St Benedict’s booked their place in the championship fixture after whipping Presentation San Fernando 5-3 at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva on Friday evening.
Team captain Tarik Lee scored a hat-trick to lead St Benedict’s College to their first National League title since 1967 when they outplayed Fatima College 3-1 in an entertaining Tiger Tanks Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division “Big-Four” final at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, yesterday.
ST BENEDICT’S College and Presentation College, San Fernando will clash in the first semi-final of the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on Friday. The match kicks off at 3.30 pm.
Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Merere Gonzales is happy with the continued growth of secondary schools football in Trinidad and Tobago, suggesting that the quality of the league will only keep getting better with many former players returning to aid with the development of the next generation of stars.
St Benedict’s College and San Juan North Secondary will go into the Tiger Tanks-sponsored Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division National Semifinals as top seeds after finishing as winners of their respective eight-team round-robin groups, on Tuesday.