Chaguanas grabs last SSFL Premiership spot

This af­ter Ch­agua­nas pulled off a 1-0 win over the al­ready pro­mot­ed Fa­ti­ma Col­lege in their fi­nal match at Ed­in­burgh 500 Recre­ation, Ch­agua­nas, on Sat­ur­day.

With the win, Ch­agua­nas North fin­ished with six points from four match­es, one be­hind Fa­ti­ma, while Moru­ga Sec­ondary end­ed atop the stand­ings with sev­en points as well and a bet­ter goal-dif­fer­ence of plus-six to Fa­ti­ma’s plus-four, de­spite a 1-0 loss at Ari­ma North Sec­ondary yes­ter­day.

The win im­proved Ari­ma North to six points as well, lev­el with Ch­agua­nas and gave them a fight­ing chance to clinch the fi­nal qual­i­fy­ing spot for the top flight. How­ev­er, with their win over Fa­ti­ma, Ch­agua­nas North end­ed with an even goal ag­gre­gate hav­ing scored and al­lowed sev­en goals each, while Ari­ma North fin­ished with a mi­nus-two ag­gre­gate.

This meant the three pro­mot­ed teams at the end of the com­pe­ti­tion were Moru­ga Sec­ondary, Fa­ti­ma Col­lege and Ch­agua­nas North. These teams will re­place the North Zone duo Trin­i­ty Col­lege Mo­ka and St Mary’s Col­lege in the Pre­mier­ship next sea­son af­ter they were de­mot­ed at the end of this sea­son’s com­pe­ti­tion.

Yes­ter­day’s scores

CH­AGUA­NAS NORTH SEC­ONDARY 1 v FA­TI­MA COL­LEGE 0

ARI­MA NORTH SEC­ONDARY 1 v MORU­GA SEC­ONDARY 0

Stand­ings

Teams P W L D GF GA GD PTS
Moru­ga Sec­ondary 4 2 1 1 11 5 +6 7
Fa­ti­ma Col­lege 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
Ch­agua­nas North Sec­ondary 4 2 2 0 7 7 0 6
Ari­ma North Sec­ondary 4 2 2 0 5 7 -2 6
Sig­nal Hill Sec­ondary 4 1 3 0 3 10 -7 3