‘Chubby’ halts North East Stars.
By: Nigel Simon (Guardian).[/size]
Lyndon “Chubby” Andrews got the only goal of the match as Joe Public moved to a two-point lead in the T&T Pro League Senior Division standings,in the game against North East Stars yesterday. The Eastern Lions went into the match at the Sangre Grande Recreation Ground, trailing Juan Jabloteh by one point. The San Juan club had won on Saturday. But Andrews scored the decisive goal in the 69th minute to silence the “Grande” crowd in an evenly contested match. The Eastern Lions now have 41 ponts, two more than Jabloteh, while Stars, who had won their last two matches, remains on 37 points.
Baptiste nets Jabloteh winner.
On Saturday night, previous leaders San Juan Jabloteh ended a two- match winless streak with a less than impressive 1-0 triumph over Starworld Strikers, in the second match of a double- header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar. National midfielder Kerry Baptiste converted a penalty in the 81st minute for Jabloteh, after his team-mate and fellow national player, Anthony Wolfe, had squandered a handful of chances.
Defence Force stop Caledonia.[/color]
In the night’s first match at Malabar, striker Akudu Goodridge scored a goal and made another, as Defence Force stunned fifth placed Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA 2-1. Goodridge opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time on a sluggish surface. The burly Goodridge later won the ball from AIA defender Radanfah Abu Bakr on the right corner and whipped in a pinpoint cross that was met by the head of midfielder Ronald “Sharky” St Louis, who smartly glanced it into the far corner in the 55th minute. Second-half substitute Conrad Smith got AIA back into the match when he volleyed in his first of the season off a Kareem Joseph feed, but Defence Force held out for the win.
Bartholomew scores hat-trick.[/color]
A hat-trick from St Benedict’s College student Matthew Bartholomew propelled defending league champions W Connection to a 7-0 thrashing of United Petrotrin, at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. Bartholomew got his goals in the 12th, 27th and 64th minutes, while William De Oliveira (20th), George Isaac (32nd), Hughton Hector (79th) and team captain Earl Jean (84th) had one each in the demolition.
