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Baptiste goal lifts Jabloteh over Rangers; Point and Stars in goalless draw.
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Kerry Baptiste notched his 8th 2013/2014 Digicel Pro League goal on Saturday to give San Juan Jabloteh a 1-0 win over bottom of the table St. Ann’s Rangers at the Larry Gomes Stadium.

While down at the Mahaica Oval, home side Point Fortin Civic and Sangre Grande club North East Stars played to a 0-0 draw to wrap up Round Two Match Day One.

The Stars moved up a spot into second on the standings with 14 points, 9 points behind undefeated leaders DIRECTV W Connection (23 points).

Behind them are Caledonia AIA, Police FC, Central FC and Defence Force in third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively, all with 13 points each.

Jabloteh meantime, with 10 points, moved up a spot into seventh on Saturday, only ahead of now eight positioned Point Fortin by goal difference, while the defeated Rangers, suffering its eight league defeat, remain slumped at the bottom with 3 points.

Jabloteh attacker Rennie Britto had a great opportunity to fire the San Juan club ahead in the 30th minute, when neat through-ball by Baptiste set him free against goalkeeper Akel Clarke, but lost his footing getting a slight advantage ahead of the Rangers goalie.

But Britto made up six minutes inside the second period with a well placed cross from the right, and Baptiste towered inside the area for a textbook header to beat a hapless Clarke for the 1-0 score.

Rangers’ Jelani Peters had a good opportunity to level the scores in the 55th minute, but to the disappointment of the technical area, the team captain fired wide.

The St. Ann’s club was close again in the 82nd minute, but Jabloteh goalkeeper Kevin Dodds was brilliant, gloving behind a curling effort by Kennedy Isles from above the area.

On Friday night, Connection held off Police FC 2-1 in the second match of a double header hosted at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. And in the second match, Caledonia AIA and Central played to a 1-1 draw.

Digicel Pro League 2013/2014 Round Two Match Day One Friday’s Results

Police FC 1—2 W Connection
Elijah Belgrave 14'  ;  Neil Benjamin Jr. 31', Gerard Williams 70' (PEN)

Caledonia AIA 1—1 Central FC
Jason Marcano 42'  ;  Densill Theobald 56' (PEN)

Saturday’s Results

St. Ann’s Rangers 0—1 San Juan Jabloteh
Kerry Baptiste 51’

Point Fortin Civic 0—0 North East Stars

Teams

St. Ann’s Rangers—1. Akel Clarke, 4. Jelani Peters (C), 6. Kareem Davidson, 14. Michael Yaw Darko (5. Duran Dilworth 69th), 16. Kennedy Isles, 18. Jemel Berot (36. Hakeem Legall 60th), 21. Jair Edwards (40. Mackesi Quashie 85th), 26. Josh Toussaint, 31. Jameel Antoine, 33. Isaiah Mc Intyre, 41. Kevin Carter

Unused substitutes—22. Christopher Biggette (GK), 30. Rickyl Morris, 32. Joshua Sylvester, 38. Jamil Young

Coach—Gilbert Bateau

San Juan Jabloteh—1. Kevin Dodds, 10. Kerry Baptiste (C), 25. Alfie James, 26. Keino Goodridge, 6. Dario Holmes (22. Shane Hospidales 46th), 12. Jamal Spencer, 16. Nyron Jones, 20. Dwane James (19. Dillon Kirton 80th), 18. Jevon Morris, 21. Neil Mitchell (14. Shaquille Bertrand 67th), 7. Rennie Britto

Unused substitutes—3. Lekion Elie, 11. Akel James, 13. Savion Kirton, 9. Jelani Felix

Coach—Keith Jeffrey

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They've got Biggotte as a Goalie substitute, but he has scored a couple in the SSFL. What's his position?

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Well done Kerry!!!!
BraveHart take notice.
Supportin' de Warriors right tru.

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Just wondering why there was no mention of the change in kick off time? Game was scheduled to kick off at 3.30pm, but  referee decided to kick off at 3pm. Even Fackery didn't know until he arrived just after 3pm!

Also, Rangers scored a decent goal to bring the game even, but it was disallowed for offside. There were several worrying offside decisions in the game of which that was one!

Both teams played the game without fear. The youngsters clearly enjoyed themselves and it was refreshing to see two teams play with freedom, although the actual standard of play was naive with many passes going astray. Baptiste was clearly the most outstanding player. Without his influence Jabloteh would struggle even against Rangers.

Rangers were unable to break through the six or seven strong Jabloteh defence. Other teams will find it difficult too, but will succeed.

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Yea a formation as defensive as Jabloteh's can be incredibly hard to break down without good overlapping wing play and a good target man

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Rangers Lose Again
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2014, 04:53:10 PM »
Rangers lose again
Source: T&T Express (Ian Prescott)
St Ann’s club fight for survival through youth

St Ann’s Rangers have been on a long losing run.
Not just matches, but players as well. The problem? Rangers do not have the money to pay big bucks. The club’s latest on-the-field setback was a 1-0 defeat against San Juan Jabloteh, the team nearest to them at the bottom of the 2013-2014 Digicel Pro League table. Veteran T&T striker Kerry Baptiste scored Jabloteh’s 51st minute winner, as Rangers went down minus their first-round captain Clevon Mc Fee. Several notable players of yesteryear have passed through Rangers, including 2006 World Cup midfielder Aurtis Whitley, Clayton Morris, Errol Mc Farlane, Clayton Ince, Kerwin Jemmott, Anton Pierre and Colin Roberts among them. Now Rangers develop young players, who ultimately depart for more money.

At youth level, the St Ann’s team still makes a huge impact, winning the 2013 Youth Pro League Under-15 and Under-17 divisions, while five of their women players were called to the T&T national U-20 team, including keeper Tenesha Palmer, who started in the 2-0 win over Honduras on Friday night. The latest departure for the financially-challenged St Ann’s Club is recent best player Mc Fee, who made a second half substitute appearance for Police on Friday against W Connection. Four other Rangers players moved elsewhere in the December-January transfer window. Kurdell Bishop joined Mc Fee at Police, Kerron Cummings went to North East Stars and Dwayne James, who started the season at central defence, to San Juan Jabloteh.

Similarly, during the 2012- 2013 season, Rangers lost nine players to the new Central FC team, including Jason Marcano, promising, young Shaquille Nesbitt, goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams, Shane Mattis, Hector Sam, Jamal Jack and Shem Alexander. Police took Elijah Belgrave, Jevon Morris, Christon Thomas and another four went to San Juan Jabloteh. Long-time Rangers captain Devon Modeste also departed at the end of last season, and now plays with promotion-bound Super League leaders Club Sando, who he is attempting to bring to the top flight. That Police could take the Rangers captain Mc Fee is testimony in itself to the transient nature of the St Ann’s team’s operations. Like Rangers, Police have struggled for years until this season’s revival, which saw them climb to second in the League before losing a top-of-the-table clash 2-1 to W Connection on Friday. Rangers have become a truck stop to many footballers. They come to get “gas” and recover, but few of the good ones stay.

Case in point, Trinidad and Tobago national keeper Williams, who briefly made a stop at Rangers following his fallout with his long-time club W Connection. Williams needed playing time to be considered for Trinidad and Tobago’s 2013 Gold Cup squad and got that at Rangers. In August, he moved to Central FC. “We lose our players because they are getting better offers,” admitted Rangers’ director of operations manager Richard Piper. “Jan-Michael is getting $9,000 from Central. How can we keep him? James was getting $3,500 by us, and Jabloteh promise him $6,000, so he’s gone; and Mc Fee is guaranteed $7,000 (as a policeman). We simply cannot afford to keep them.”

Rangers have generally only been able to sign senior players on short contracts, but the plan is to sign their youth stars to three-year deals and build for the future. “This way we hope that in the next three years we can build a strong and very competitive squad,” Piper said, Meanwhile, on the field, there was no repeat of September’s mad shootout between Rangers and Jabloteh on Saturday at Larry Gomes Stadium. Just Baptiste’s second half winner.

Jabloteh and Rangers set the Pro League alight three months ago when the season-opening match produced 11 goals. The St Ann’s team comfortably led 3-1 at the half before losing by a 6-5 margin. Jabloteh did not even have a team three weeks before the start of the season. Four-time professional league champions, they only made a late decision to rejoin the Pro League having fallen into financial difficulty in 2012 after the financial collapse of main sponsors CLICO and withdrew from the competition. But, despite picking up some “greenhorns”, Jabloteh still retained enough financial clout to attract a couple players with Pro League-experience, quality players like Rennie Britto and proven goal-scorer Baptiste.  Once again, Jabloteh depended heavily on Baptiste and Britto to make the difference on Saturday. On the half hour, Baptiste’s through ball set Britto free, but the wide midfielder lost his footing at a crucial time with Rangers keeper Akel Clarke at his mercy. However, Britto provided the cross which Baptiste headed home early in the second half to win the match.

Despite their problems, Rangers are always competitive. Soon after going behind, their left midfielder Jelani Peters hit wide from a good position, and Kennedy Isle also tested Jabloteh’s former T&T youth keeper Kevin Dodds with a curling shot, but could not beat him.

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Baptiste bags Jabloteh winner
T&T Guardian Reports.


Kerry Baptiste notched his eighth goal of the 2013/2014 Digicel Pro League on Saturday, the lone item of the match to hand San Juan Jabloteh a 1-0 win over bottom-of-the-table St Ann’s Rangers, at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.
 
Meanwhile, down at the Mahaica Oval, home team Point Fortin Civic and Sangre Grande-based club North East Stars played to a 0-0 draw to wrap up Round Two Match Day One.
 
The Stars moved up a spot into second on the standings with 14 points, nine points behind undefeated leader DirecTV W Connection (23 points).
 
Behind them are Caledonia AIA, Police FC, Central FC and Defence Force in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth positions, respectively, all with 13 points each.
 
Jabloteh with 10 points, moved up a spot into seventh on Saturday, only ahead of now eighth-positioned Point Fortin on goal difference, while the defeated Rangers, suffering its eighth league defeat, remain slumped at the bottom with a mere three points.
 
Jabloteh attacker Rennie Britto had a great opportunity to fire the San Juan club ahead in the 30th minute, when neat through-ball by Baptiste set him free against goalkeeper Akel Clarke, but lost his footing getting a slight advantage ahead of the Rangers goalie.
 
But, Britto made up six minutes inside the second period with a well placed cross from the right, and Baptiste towered inside the area for a textbook header to beat a hapless Clarke for the 1-0 score.
 
Rangers’ Jelani Peters had a good opportunity to level the scores in the 55th minute, but to the disappointment of the technical area, the team captain fired wide.
 
The St Ann’s club was close again in the 82nd minute, but Jabloteh goalkeeper Kevin Dodds was brilliant, gloving behind a curling effort by Kennedy Isles from above the area.
 
On Friday night, Connection held off Police FC, 2-1, in the second match of a double header hosted at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Wrightson Road. And, in the second match, Caledonia AIA and Central played to a 1-1 draw.
 
Friday’s Results:

W Connection 2 (Neil Benjamin Jr 31st, Gerard Williams 70th pen) v Police FC 1 (Elijah Belgrave 14th)

Central FC 1 (Jason Marcano 42nd) v Caledonia AIA 1 (Densill Theobald 56th pen)

Saturday

San Juan Jabloteh 1 (Kerry Baptiste 51st) v St Ann’s Rangers 0

Point Fortin Civic 0 v North East Stars 0
 
Standings:

Teams    Pld    W    D    L    F    A    Pts
W Connection    9    7    2    0    19    4    23
N’East Stars      9    4    2    3    9    6    14
Defence Force    8    4    1    3    15    14    13
Caledonia AIA    9    3    4    2    16    11    13
Police FC           9    4    1    4    15    13    13
Central FC        9    3    4    2    13    11    13
Jabloteh           9    3    1    5    16    21    10
Pt Fortin Civic    9    3    1    5    9    14    10
Rangers           9    1    0    8    11    29    3​
 
« Last Edit: January 13, 2014, 05:41:45 PM by Flex »

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This table real funny.Jab and PF in relegation zone, yet they just 3 pts from 3rd place and 4 pts from 2nd place.

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Yea it's tight except 1st and last!

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Case in point, Trinidad and Tobago national keeper Williams, who briefly made a stop at Rangers following his fallout with his long-time club W Connection. Williams needed playing time to be considered for Trinidad and Tobago’s 2013 Gold Cup squad and got that at Rangers. In August, he moved to Central FC. “We lose our players because they are getting better offers,” admitted Rangers’ director of operations manager Richard Piper. “Jan-Michael is getting $9,000 from Central. How can we keep him? James was getting $3,500 by us, and Jabloteh promise him $6,000, so he’s gone; and Mc Fee is guaranteed $7,000 (as a policeman). We simply cannot afford to keep them.”

Interesting how a club official can publicly state incorrect facts and a journalist does not bother to check if it's true before going to print. These players mentioned will be none too pleased to have their personal finances distributed throughout the nation in a time of high crime. Especially as, in the case of Williams, the figure quoted is higher than what he actually earns.

This will also make it harder for Rangers as other players will now be expecting to earn these kind of salaries as well!

Funny thing is, Piper is complaining about something that happens everywhere in football. Messi will never play for Central because we can't afford to pay the same wages as Barcelona.
But Rangers receive a govt subvention (as do all teams except Central, Police and Army) so they already start with between 50k-80k more than Central. So if Piper made the same kind of effort as Central and attracted sponsors, they could afford to pay better salaries.
« Last Edit: January 13, 2014, 07:11:01 PM by Football supporter »

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Yea it's tight except 1st and last!

A team needs to win 3 in a row to break away. But there are still 45 points to play for (unless Army & Police drop out)

 

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