Roneil Walcott
Reigning Secondary Colleges Football League (SSFL) premier division champions Fatima Faculty and four-time premier division winners Naparima Faculty will shuffle head-to-head in Mucurapo from 3.30 pm on September 18 to highlight the third spherical of fits in the 2024 SSFL season.
Naparima started their season with support-to-support wins versus East Mucurapo Secondary and Trinity Faculty East (TCE), with Fatima starting up their league season with a thumping 8-0 receive towards the newly-promoted Miracle Ministries Pentecostal Excessive Faculty on September 14.
Having already clinched the curtain-elevating Nationwide Gasoline Company (NGC) Mountainous Cup towards last season’s nationwide intercol winners Presentation Faculty (San Fernando), the Fatima outfit reminded all teams of their wrath with their dismantling of Miracle Ministries.
The Hutson Charles-coached team will deserve to diagram without the companies and products of forward Jonathan Mason for the relaxation of the season, although, after the authorized nationwide below-15 participant suffered a hairline break of his fibula and tibia in the 2nd half of of their last bump into.
The marquee conflict between Fatima and Naparima could maybe be televised stay by SportsMax and must kick off 30 minutes old to the quite lots of fits which could maybe all open at 4 pm.
There could maybe be a few varied interesting fits that includes unbeaten teams, with joint-leaders St Anthony’s Faculty data superhighway hosting Arima North Secondary in Westmoorings and Malick Secondary data superhighway hosting the season’s early shock equipment Signal Hill Secondary at St Mary’s Faculty grounds, St Clair.
The “Westmoorings Tigers” started their season with a thumping 6-0 receive over competitors St Mary’s and followed it up with a 2-1 receive over East Mucurapo Secondary. As they hunt a third straight victory, the reigning north zone intercol champions are anticipated to face an excellent sterner take a look at from fresh east zone intercol holders Arima.
Arima hammered St Augustine Secondary by a 5-0 margin of their old fixture after taking part in to a goalless design with 2022 premier division champions St Benedict’s Faculty of their season-opener.
Signal Hill, one of four teams currently on six aspects from two fits, will aim to proceed their impressive start in the stay flight after gaining promotion last season.
San Juan North Secondary fell to a appropriate 3-2 loss away to Signal Hill in the last spherical, they in most cases’re going to hope to enhance to profitable techniques when they host Mucurapo at their Bourg Mulatresse home inferior.
At Mahaica Oval, Level Fortin, St Benedict’s will host a TCE team which is restful looking out for his or her first aspects of the season after losses to Signal Hill and Naparima.
At Edinburgh, Chaguanas, Miracle Ministries and St Mary’s Faculty will strive towards in a contest between the teams mentioning the rear of the 16-team table. After precise two fits, Miracle Ministries discover already conceded 14 dreams they in most cases’re going to are looking to finish the bleeding towards the “Saints” and hold their first aspects of the season.
In varied fits, Queen’s Royal Faculty will host Speyside Secondary at QRC grounds, with St Augustine data superhighway hosting Presentation at their Gordon Avenue, St Augustine compound.
Presentation currently part top teach on the table alongside St Anthony’s, and must love grabbing but one more three aspects on the facet road towards the “Inexperienced Machine.”
SSFL premier division standings
Personnel*GP*W*D*L*GF*GA*GD*Pts
1.Presentation (San Fernando)*2*2*0*0*8*1*7*6
2.St Anthony’s Faculty*2*2*0*0*8*1*7*6
3.Naparima*2*2*0*0*5*2*3*6
4.Signal Hill*2*2*0*0*6*4*2*6
5.Arima North*2*1*1*0*5*0*5*4
6.Malick*2*1*1*0*5*3*2*4
7.St Benedict’s*2*1*1*0*3*1*2*4
8.Fatima*1*1*0*0*8*0*8*3
9.San Juan North*2*1*0*1*4*4*0*3
10.Speyside*2*0*1*1*3*5*-2*1
11.Trinity East*2*0*0*2*4*6*-2*0
12.QRC*2*0*0*2*2*4*-2*0
13.East Mucurapo*2*0*0*2*1*4*-3*0
14.St Augustine*1*0*0*1*0*5*-5*0
15.St Mary’s Faculty*2*0*0*2*1*9*-8*0
16.Miracle Ministries PHS*2*0*0*2*0*14*-14*0
