2018 T&T Super League Thread

[Deeks]

Pro-league should have a a reserve league.

[Tallman]

Pro-league should have a a reserve league.

The T&T Pro League used to have a Reserve League. It was started in 2007 and ran for a few years.

[amielisadore]

Pro-league should have a a reserve league.

The Pro League struggles to have a Pro League so...lol

[Cocorite]

WATCH: Trinidad and Tobago Super League President and TTFA Board Member, Keith Look Loy, talks about growing the league, and the controversial “Home of Football” project.

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Thank God for men of integrity like Look Loy. May his tribe increase.

I am reminded of the Scripture. . . Proverbs 11:10 "When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting."

[Flex]

Guaya gets back to winning ways.
By Nigel Si­mon (Guardian).

Three dif­fer­ent play­ers were on tar­get as hosts Guaya Unit­ed re­bound­ed from its shock League Cup last-16 ex­it with a 3-1 win over Pe­tit Val­ley Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed when the T&T Su­per League re­sumed on Sat­ur­day.

Play­ing in front of their home crowd at Guaya Recre­ation Ground, the hosts took the lead on the 15th minute through Ronal­do Mc In­tosh and four min­utes lat­er Jody All­sop made it 2-0 which the team ar­ried in­to the half-time break.

With nine min­utes left on the clock, Pe­tit Val­ley Diego Mar­tin sliced the lead in the half to set up an in­ter­est­ing fi­nal pe­ri­od.

How­ev­er, any hopes of steal­ing a point by the vis­i­tors soon fad­ed when Car­lon Hugh­es fired in the third item, his tenth of the cam­paign, for ti­tle-hold­ers Guaya Unit­ed in the 87th minute to seal all three points, and climb to 28 from 14 match­es, lev­el with FC San­ta Rosa and two adrift of lead­ers Queen's Park Crick­et Club, who were both in ac­tion yes­ter­day.

In Sat­ur­day's oth­er match, Mar­cus Grif­fith got a sec­ond-half dou­ble, in the 65th and 93rd to earn Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots Unit­ed a 2-0 win over Met­al X Erin FC at Dibe Recre­ation Ground, Long Cir­cu­lar.

RE­SULTS

Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots Utd 2 (Mar­cus Grif­fith 65th, 93rd) vs Erin FC 0

Guaya Unit­ed 3 (Ronal­do Mc In­tosh 15th, Jody All­sop 19th, Car­lon Hugh­es 87th) vs Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 1 (Ke­ston Bib­by-Cum­mings 81st)

Lat­est Stand­ings

Teams*P*W*D*L*GF*GA*Pts
1. QPCC*13*9*3*1*30*14*30
2. FC San­ta Rosa*13*9*1*3*36*11*28
3. Guaya Utd*14*8*4*2*27*14*28
4. Cunu­pia FC*13*7*5*1*28*11*26
5. Pris­ons Ser­vice*13*6*5*2*18*13*23
6. Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed*13*6*3*4*26*28*21
7. Po­lice FC*13*5*5*3*18*16*20
8. RSSR FC*13*3*6*4*16*18*15
9. UTT*13*5*2*6*20*21*14
10. Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots*14*3*3*8*11*21*12
11. Bethel Utd*12*1*5*6*14*26*8
12. Erin FC*14*1*4*9*13*29*7
13. P.V.D.M Utd*13*1*4*8*12*27*7
14. San F’do Gi­ants*13*0*6*7*9*29*6

[Flex]

FC Santa Rosa go top, Parkites, Matura in 10-goal thriller.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Newsday).

THE RACE for the TT Super League crown took another dramatic turn on Sunday as Queen’s Park were left to settle for a draw after a 10-goal thriller against Matura Reunited. FC Santa Rosa, however, returned to the summit yet again, recording a 3-1 away win over Bethel United in Tobago.

After both teams went into the break at 1-1, the Parkites and Matura took turns leading the scoring, but in the end, a goal from Matura’s Stevon Stoute in injury time meant both teams walked away with a share of the spoils. Jason Devonish, who scored a brace for Queen’s Park, and Kitwana Abosi, who bagged a hat-trick for Matura, were among the stand-out performers.

The draw was welcome news for FC Santa Rosa, who made their trip to Tobago count with a comfortable 3-1 win over Bethel United in Mt Pleasant.

Keron Clarke, who spent the first half of the season with Cunupia FC, scored his first goal since his return to FC Santa Rosa in the 42nd minute to give the “Big Cannons” their second lead of the match.

Andre Rampersad opened the scoring in the 11th minute for Santa Rosa, before his item was cancelled out by TeeJay Cadiz of Bethel in the 37th. Santa Rosa, after leading 2-1 at the half, added a third in the 56th minute through a Noel Williams effort.

Bethel had the opportunity to get back into the match following the dismissal of Santa Rosa defender Jesse Reyes in the 65th minute, but a subsequent missed penalty from Bethel dented their spirits.

Sunday’s results meant FC Santa Rosa overtook Queen’s Park as the league leaders with a superior goal-difference. Both sit on 31 points, four ahead of their nearest rivals Cunupia FC, who were held to a goalless draw by San Fernando Giants.

League action will continue this weekend.

Results:

Saturday –

Club Sando FC 2 (Marcus Griffith 65th, 90th+3) vs Metal X Erin FC 0

Guaya United FC 3 (Ronaldo McIntosh 15th, Jody Allsop 19th, Carlon Hughes 87th) vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin United 1 (Keston Bibby-Cummings 81st)

Sunday –

Cunupia FC 0 vs San Fernando Giants 0

Queen’s Park 5 (Jason Devenish 25th, 74th, Leslie Russell 45th, Sean De Silva 76th, Nasyir Rodriguez 78th) vs Matura Reunited 5 (Kitwana Abosi 32nd, 67th, 69th, Zavion Navarro Patron 73rd, Stevon Stoute 90th+1)

Bethel United 1 (TeeJay Cadiz 37th) vs FC Santa Rosa 3 (Andre Rampersad 11th, Kerron Clarke 42nd, Noel Williams 56th)

RSSR FC 2 (Tyrel Wilson 25th pen, Ikechukwu Uhuegbulem 50th) vs UTT 1 (Cyrano Glen 11th)

Police FC 0 vs Prison Service 2 (Tevin Garcia 10th, Nathan Julien 38th)

Saturday’s fixtures

FC Santa Rosa vs Police FC, Arima Velodrome, 6.30 pm

Matura Reunited vs Club Sando FC, Venue TBD, Time TBD

Metal X Erin FC vs Cunupia FC, Erin Recreation Ground, 6 pm

UTT vs Queen’s Park, UTT Ground, O’Meara, 7 pm

San Fernando Giants vs Bethel United, St Margaret’s Recreation Ground, 4 pm

Sunday’s fixtures

Petit Valley/Diego Martin United vs RSSR FC, St Anthony’s College Ground, 4 pm

Prison Service FC vs Guaya United, YTC Ground, Arouca, 3.30 pm

[Flex]

Santa Rosa, QPCC stay top in Super League.
T&T Guardian Reports.

FC San­ta Rosa and Queen's Park Crick­et Club re­mained locked at the top of the T&T Su­per League af­ter both teams reg­is­tered 2-1 wins in their re­spec­tive match­es on the week­end.

At the Ari­ma Mu­nic­i­pal Sta­di­um, Ari­ma, Keron Clarke hand­ed San­ta Rosa 1-0 lead at the in­ter­val, two min­utes in­to time added on, but on the re­sump­tion, Dwayne Gon­za­les drew Po­lice FC lev­el, be­fore Kevon Corn­wall snatched all three points for the East­ern­ers in the 75th.

FC San­ta Rosa now has 34 points from 15 match­es, lev­el with the Parkites, but with a su­pe­ri­or goal dif­fer­ence.

The Parkites left it very late be­fore Ke­ston George 90th minute strike grabbed all three points, in a come-from-be­hind de­feat of the Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T at UTT Ground, O'Meara Road, Cam­pus, Ari­ma.

Cyra­no Glen had fired UTT in­to a 27th-minute ad­van­tage, but Rashard Grif­fith got the Parkites lev­el in the 69th, be­fore George hero­ics.

RE­SULTS

QPCC 2 (Rashard Grif­fith 69th, Ke­ston George 90th) vs UTT 1 (Cyra­no Glen 27th)

FC San­ta Rosa 2 (Keron Clarke 47th, Kevon Corn­wall 75th) vs Po­lice FC 1 (Dwayne Gon­za­les 61st)

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed 2 (Joel Hoyte 76th, Bren­don Figuera 79th) vs Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots Unit­ed 1 (An­drew Casano­va 34th o.g)

Erin FC 2 (Is­rael Williams 45th, Sylvester Tees­dale 88th) vs Cunu­pia FC 1 (Darieon Bernard 33rd)

QPCC 2 (Rashard Grif­fith 69th, Ke­ston George 90th) vs UTT 1 (Cyra­no Glen 27th)

San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 4 (Ju­ma Clarence 41st, An­drei Pacheco 47th, Isa­iah Mc In­tosh 81st, Dar­ron Alex­is 92nd) vs Bethel Unit­ed 1 (Den­syl James 2nd)

Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin 2 (Kaz­im Don­ald 42nd, Akiel Ma­tooram 52nd) vs RSSR FC 1 (Hakim Gul­ston 75th)

Prison Ser­vice 1 (Bren­don Cal­liste 45th) vs Guaya Unit­ed 1 (Glen­ton Wolfe 40th pen)

[Tallman]

WATCH: Highlights of Petit Valley/Diego Martin United’s 2-1 win over RSSR FA

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[lefty]

super league may have better management and organization, but is still T&T football, slow and disjointed......sadly

[Flex]

Guaya, Erin FC deducted three points each.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).

Al­ready out of con­tention to re­tain its knock­out ti­tle, reign­ing T&T Su­per League cham­pi­ons, Guaya Unit­ed bid for a sec­ond straight league crown suf­fered a blow off the field on Tues­day.

This af­ter the Dis­ci­pli­nary Com­mit­tee of the Su­per League took a de­ci­sion to deduct three points from Guaya Unit­ed as well as Met­al X Erin FC for not field­ing a youth team in any com­pe­ti­tion this sea­son.

Ear­li­er dur­ing the cam­paign, the Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T (UTT) suf­fered the same out­come.

With the three points tak­en away, Guaya Unit­ed dropped from third on the ta­ble and five points be­hind joint lead­ers FC San­ta Rosa and Queen's Park Crick­et Club to fifth spot and an ad­di­tion­al three points back as well.

The points de­duc­tion could al­so prove detri­men­tal to Erin FC at the end of the sea­son as it slipped to sec­ond from bot­tom with sev­en points, lev­el with cel­lar-placed Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed in the bat­tle to avoid rel­e­ga­tion.

Prison Ser­vice, mean­while was al­so award­ed three points for their up­com­ing clash with RSSR FC af­ter the lat­ter failed to in­form league of­fi­cials at a con­ve­nient time, the venue of their match which was card­ed for Sun­day.

How­ev­er, that de­ci­sion was then re­scind­ed by Pres­i­dent of the T&T Su­per Kei­th Look Loy at the match will now take place on Sun­day at Dibe Recre­ation Ground, Long Cir­cu­lar, St James from 4 pm.

[Flex]

Cornwall keeps Santa Rosa on top.
By Nigel Si­mon (Guardian).

Kevon Corn­wall scored with two min­utes left in reg­u­la­tion time to earn FC San­ta Rosa a come-from-be­hind 2-1 win over de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Guaya Unit­ed in the T&T Su­per League on Sat­ur­day.

Joseph Brown had the home crowd at Guaya Recre­ation Ground in a fren­zy when he fired in the go-ahead item in the 25th minute.

How­ev­er, that joy was short-lived as Kishun Seecha­ran drew San­ta Rosa lev­el three min­utes lat­er to send both teams in at the half-time in­ter­val lev­elled at 1-1.

The sec­ond-half was just as in­tense as the first 45 min­utes and with the match seem­ing­ly head­ing for a draw, Corn­wall con­jured up the win­ner for the vis­i­tors to si­lence the home crowd.

The win lift­ed San­ta Rosa to 37 points from 16 match­es, three ahead of Queen's Park Crick­et Club which played yes­ter­day while Guaya re­mained fifth with 26 points.

Al­so on Sat­ur­day, Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots Unit­ed moved clos­er to safe­ty with a 3-0 de­feat of the Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T at Dibe Recre­ation Ground, Long Cir­cu­lar, St James.

The trio of Du­ran Fe­li­cian, Ja­mal Burke and Ka­iron Joseph (penal­ty) were all on tar­get for the win­ners, now ninth with 15 points, one more than UTT.

Sat­ur­day's Re­sults

Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots 3 (Du­ran Fe­li­cian 14th, Ja­mal Burke 27th, Ka­iron Joseph 35th pen) vs UTT 0

FC San­ta Rosa 2 (Kishun Seecha­ran 28th, Kevon Corn­wall 88th) vs Guaya Unit­ed 1 (Joseph Brown 25th)

Lat­est League stand­ings

Teams*P*W*D*L*GF*GA*Pts
1. FC San­ta Rosa*16*12*1*3*43*14*37
2. QPCC*15*10*4*1*37*20*34
3. Cunu­pia FC*15*7*6*2*29*13*27
4. Prison Ser­vice*15*7*6*2*21*14*27
5. Guaya Utd*16*8*4*4*29*17*26
6. Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed*15*7*4*4*33*34*24
7. Po­lice FC*15*5*5*5*19*20*20
8. RSSR FC*15*4*6*5*19*21*18
9. Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots*16*4*3*9*15*23*15
10. UTT*16*5*2*9*22*28*14
11. San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants*15*2*7*6*15*27*13
12. Bethel Utd*14*1*5*8*16*33*8
13. Erin FC*15*2*4*9*15*30*7
14. P.V.D.M Utd*14*1*4*9*11*30*7

NB: Guaya Unit­ed, UTT and Met­al X Erin FC have been de­duct­ed three points for not field­ing a team in any Youth Com­pe­ti­tion.

[Tallman]

WATCH: Highlights - Guaya United 1-2 FC Santa Rosa; Bethel United 2-1 Cunupia FC; Queen’s Park CC 8-0 Petit Valley/Diego Martin United

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[Flex]

Modeste keeps Parkites title quest alive.
By Nigel Si­mon (Guardian).

De­von Mod­este helped him­self to a hat-trick of goals when Queen's Park Crick­et Club rout­ed Pe­tit Val­ley­Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 7-0 to re­main in a two-way bat­tle with FC San­ta Rosa for the T&T Su­per League crown on Sun­day.

With San­ta Rosa win­ning 2-1 away to de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Guaya Unit­ed on Sat­ur­day, the pres­sure was on the Parkites to re­spond at that they did in grand style at St Mary's Col­lege Ground, Ser­pen­tine Road, St Clair with Mod­este on tar­get as ear­ly as the eighth minute be­fore he added two more items in the 39th and 45th to com­plete his tre­ble.

Na­tion­al mid­field­er Sean De Sil­va (38th) and Ke­ston George (43rd) al­so net­ted for Queen's Park in the first half against the league's cel­lar-placed team while Kern Gar­diner got the lone sec­ond-half item in the 80th.

The win lift­ed QPCC to 37 points from 16 match­es, the same as San­ta Rosa.

How­ev­er, San­ta Rosa has a su­pe­ri­or goal dif­fer­ence of plus-29 to QPCC's plus-25 to sit atop the 14-club stand­ings

Prison Ser­vice is now in the third spot, sev­en points adrift of the top two af­ter a come-from-be­hind 3-1 tri­umph over RSSR FC at Dibe Recre­ation Ground, Long Cir­cu­lar, St James.

Hakim Gul­ston had giv­en RSSR the lead in the eighth minute, but Ky­lon Gray drew Prison Ser­vice lev­el in the 24th from the penal­ty-spot be­fore Shane Hospedales (64th) and Aaron Pe­ters (85th) added sec­ond-half items to snatch all three points for the vis­i­tors.

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed is fourth with 28 points thanks to a dou­ble from Steven Stoute ina 4-2 beat­ing of Met­al X Erin FC.

Stoute found the back of the net in the 24th and 53rd to twice put his team ahead while Bren­don Figuera and Joel Hoyte got sec­ond-half strikes to help can­cel of Dez Jones, dou­ble for Erin FC.

In the oth­er match­es on Sun­day, Bethel Unit­ed stunned Cunu­pia FC 2-1 and Po­lice FC held off San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 4-3.

Sun­day's Re­sults

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed 4 (Steven Stoute 24th, 53rd, Bren­don Figuera 57th, Joel Hoyte 62nd) vs Erin FC 2 (Dez Jones 25th, 75th)

Bethel Unit­ed 2 (Kem­ron George 13th o.g, Nko­sei Chance 78th) vs Cunu­pia FC 1 (Ha­keem Legall 24th)

Po­lice FC 4 (Joshua Leach 7th, 43rd, Akiel Phillip 30th, Col­in Williams 57th) vs San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 3 (Karim Gib­son 72nd, 88th, Dar­ron Alex­is 88th pen)

QPCC 7 (De­von Mod­este 8th, 39th, 45th, Jared Ben­nett 27th, Sean De Sil­va 38th, Ke­ston George 43rd, Kern Gar­diner 80th) vs Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 0

Prison Ser­vice 3 (Ky­lon Gay 24th pen, Shane Hospedales 64th, Aaron Pe­ters 85th) vs RSSR FC 1 (Hakim Gul­ston 8th)

Su­per League Top scorers:

15 - Kevon Wood­ley (Cunu­pia FC)

11 - Sean De Sil­va (QPCC)

10 - Car­lon Hugh­es (Guaya), Nathan Julien (Prison Ser­vice)

9 – Kheelon Mitchell (San­ta Rosa), Ja­son Boodram (Po­lice FC)

[Flex]

Stewart nets treble in Santa Rosa big win.
T&T Guardian Reports.

Ryan Stew­art net­ted a hat-trick, in­clu­sive of two penal­ties to help FC San­ta Rosa to a lop­sided 6-0 ham­mer­ing of RSSR FC in the T&T Su­per League Pre­mier Di­vi­sion at Ari­ma Mu­nic­i­pal Sta­di­um, Ari­ma on Sat­ur­day night.

Akeem Gar­cia opened the scor­ing for San­ta Rosa in the 26th minute and sev­en min­utes be­fore the half-time in­ter­val, Keron Clarke made it 2-0 be­fore Stew­art got his first from the penal­ty-spot minute lat­er for a com­fort­able 3-0 half-time cush­ion.

Eleven min­utes af­ter the restart, Stew­art dou­bled his tal­ly and ex­tend­ed the lead to 4-0 while Kevon Corn­wall added his name to the score-sheet in the 68th be­fore Stew­art com­plet­ed his hat-trick with six min­utes left in the match.

The win lift­ed San­ta Rosa to 40 points from 17 match­es, three more than Queen's Park Crick­et Club who faced third-placed Pris­ons Ser­vice yes­ter­day.

Down South, de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons Guaya Unit­ed got a dou­ble from tal­is­man, Car­lon Hugh­es in a 4-1 whip­ping of San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants.

Hugh­es fired Guaya in­to the lead in the 33rd minute, but with­in ten min­utes Dar­ron Alex­is put Gi­ants back on even terms at the Man­nie Ramjohn Sta­di­um, Mara­bel­la.

On the re­sump­tion, Shaquille Fer­ri­er fired in a quick dou­ble, in the 55th and 59th to take the game away from Gi­ants while Hugh­es net­ted his 12th of the sea­son to seal the is­sue in the 89th to car­ry Guaya to 29 points, one be­hind Pris­ons Ser­vice, and one ahead of Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed.

At the Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T, O'Meara Road, Cam­pus, Ari­ma, the hosts squan­dered a 4-1 lead be­fore hang­ing on for a 5-4 thrilling win over Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed.

Ak­il Clarke put UTT in front as ear­ly as the eighth minute fol­lowed by strikes from Cyra­no Glen (12th) and Michael Hold­er in the 22nd for a 3-0 ad­van­tage.

How­ev­er, Irvin Reyes pro­vid­ed Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed with some hope with a 25th item, on­ly for Hold­er to score again in the 44th for a 4-1 lead at the break.

Two min­utes in­to the sec­ond-half, Stevon Soute got a sec­ond for Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed and less than 60 sec­onds af­ter, Reyes notched his sec­ond for the vis­i­tors to trail 4-3.

With six min­utes left on the clock, Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed stunned the host by draw­ing lev­el through Kern Di­az.

But all their hard work was un­done two min­utes in­to time added-on as UTT forced an own goal from the vis­i­tors to snatch all three points in a top­sy-turvy bat­tle.

And in the day's oth­er match at Diego Mar­tin North Sec­ondary Ground, Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed got a much-need­ed win, 2-1 over Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots Unit­ed.

Er­ic Charles and Ke­ston Bib­by-Cum­ming got a goal each to put Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin ahead be­fore Chris­ton Fre­itas net­ted a late con­so­la­tion for the vis­i­tors.

Sat­ur­day's Re­sults

FC San­ta Rosa 6 (Ryan Stew­art 39th pen, 56th pen, 84th, Akeem Gar­cia 26th, Keron Clarke 38th, Kevon Corn­wall 63rd) vs RSSR FC 0

UTT 5 (Michael Hold­er 22nd, 44th, Ak­il Clarke 8th, Cyra­no Glen 12th, o.g 92nd) vs Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed 4 (Irvin Reyes 25th, 48th, Stevon Stoute 47th, Kern Di­az 84th)

Guaya Unit­ed 4 (Car­lon Hugh­es 33rd, 89th, Shaquille Fer­ri­er 55th, 59th) vs San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 1 (Dar­ron Alex­is 43rd)

Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 2 (Er­ic Charles 33rd, Ke­ston Bib­by-Cum­mings 55th) vs Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots 1 (Chris­ton Fre­itas 93rd)

[Flex]

Julien beaver dents Parkites title hope.
By Nigel Si­mon (Guardian).

Nathan Julien reg­is­tered a beaver-trick as Prison Ser­vice FC twice came from be­hind to beat Queen’s Park Crick­et Club, 4-2 when com­pe­ti­tion in the T&T Su­per League con­tin­ued at Youth Train­ing Cen­tre, Ground, Arou­ca on Sun­day af­ter­noon.

With FC San­ta Rosa win­ning on Sat­ur­day, the onus was on the Parkites to pick up max­i­mum points as well to stay lev­el at the top.

In an ef­fort to keep pace the vis­i­tors got the per­fect start when Ke­ston George net­ted in the 18th minute for a 1-0 half-time lead.

Two min­utes af­ter the restart Julien drew his team lev­el with his first of his four, on­ly for Bene­dict Bar­rett to re­store the Parkites ad­van­tage in the 63rd.

How­ev­er, Julien would get his team even once more in the 69th minute and in the 73rd he com­plet­ed his hat-trick to put the hosts ahead 3-2.

Sev­en min­utes from full-time, Julien banged in a fourth item, his 14th of the sea­son to push the lead to 4-2, but with three min­utes left De­von Mod­este con­vert­ed a penal­ty to give the Parkites hopes of sal­vaging a point.

In the end, Prison Ser­vice held on for the stun­ning win to climb to 33 points from 17 match­es, in third spot, four be­hind Queen’s Park while its op­po­nent on Sun­day, FC San­ta Rosa leads with 40 points.

At the Lar­ry Gomes Sta­di­um, Mal­abar, Cunu­pia Fc got sec­ond-half strikes from Mikheil Pe­ters (75th) and Kevon Wood­ley, his league-lead­ing 16th in the 78th minute to blank Po­lice FC and move up to fourth with 30 points.

And over at Mt Gomery Ground, To­ba­go, Bethel Unit­ed got a goal each from Den­syl James, Jabari Mc Mil­lan and Kaleb Dou­glas in a 3-1 de­feat of Erin FC in a clash of cel­lar-placed teams.

The win lift­ed Bethel three places while Erin stayed root­ed at the base of the 14-team stand­ings.

Sun­day’s Re­sults

Cunu­pia 2 ( Mikheil Pe­ters 75th, Kevon Wood­ley 78th) vs Po­lice FC 0

Prison Ser­vice FC 4 (Nathan Julien 47th, 69th, 73rd, 83rd) vs QPCC 3 (Ke­ston George 18th, Bene­dict Bar­rett 63rd, De­von Mod­este 87th pen)

Bethel Unit­ed 3 (Den­syl James 25th, Jabari Mc Mil­lan 76th, Kaleb Dou­glas 81st) vs Erin FC 1 (Frae Ger­vais 42nd)

Up­com­ing Match­es

On Sat­ur­day

Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots vs Prison Ser­vice, Dibe Recre­ation Ground, Long Cir­cu­lar, 6pm
Guaya Unit­ed vs Cunu­pia FC, Guaya Recre­ation Ground, 5pm
Erin FC vs UTT, Erin Recre­ation Ground, 6pm

On Sun­day

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed vs Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed, Venue to be de­ter­mined
Po­lice FC vs Bethel Unit­ed, St James Po­lice Bar­racks, 4pm
RSSR FC vs San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants, Venue to be de­ter­mined
QPCC vs FC San­ta Rosa, St Mary’s Col­lege Ground, Ser­pen­tine Road, St Clair, 4pm

[Tallman]

Prison Service continues title push
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)

Bran­don Cal­liste and Tevin Gar­cia net­ted late sec­ond-half goals to lead Prison Ser­vice FC to a 2-0 win over Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots Unit­ed in the T&T Su­per League at Dibe Recre­ation Ground, Long Cir­cu­lar, St James on Sat­ur­day.

With the hosts Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots des­per­ate to pick up points to en­sure its league sur­vival, Pris­ons Ser­vice was kept at bay dur­ing the first half as both teams went in­to 0-0.

How­ev­er, with 14 min­utes left in the clash, Prison Ser­vice fi­nal­ly broke the dead­lock through Cal­liste and with the hosts chas­ing a late equalis­er, Gar­cia added the dag­ger in the 90th to push his team to 36 points from 18 match­es, one be­hind sec­ond-placed Queen's Park Crick­et Club and four adrift of lead­ers FC San­ta Rosa, with the top two fac­ing off yes­ter­day.

At Guaya Recre­ation Ground, Cunu­pia FC led by a dou­ble from Ha­keem Legall out­played last year's dou­ble crown cham­pi­ons Guaya Unit­ed 4-2 to so­lid­i­fy its hold on the fourth spot.

Legall fired Cunu­pia FC ahead as ear­ly as the ninth minute, but six min­utes be­fore the half-time whis­tle Garvin Sama­roo drew the hosts lev­el.

A min­utes af­ter the restart Leroy Jones had the home sup­port­ers in a glee when he got the go-ahead item, but that joy was short-lived as Legall com­plet­ed his brace to even up the match at 2-2.

Marko Darko then put Cunu­pia back in front at 3-2 in the 54th be­fore Kevon Wood­ley, sealed the win for the vis­i­tors with his league-lead­ing 17th item of the sea­son in the 87th minute.

In Sat­ur­day's oth­er match, Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T edged Met­al X Erin FC 2-1.

Reinal­do Atwell (53rd) and Liam Burns (69th) had giv­en UTT a 2-0 lead at Erin Recre­ation Ground, while for­mer na­tion­al strik­er, Sylvester Tees­dale got the 75th-minute strike for Erin FC to set up an in­ter­est­ing fi­nal quar­ter of the match.

In the end, UTT held on for the win to climb to 20 points and away from the rel­e­ga­tion zone.

Sat­ur­day’s Re­sults

Club San­do Cul­tur­al Roots 0 vs Prison Ser­vice 2 (Bran­don Cal­liste 76th, Tevin Gar­cia 90th)

Guaya Unit­ed 2 (Garvin Sama­roo 39th, Leroy Jones 46th) vs Cunu­pia FC 4 (Ha­keem Legall 9th, 47th, Michael Darko 54th, Kevon Wood­ley 87th)

Erin FC 1 (Sylvester Tees­dale 75th) vs UTT 2 (Reinal­do Atwell 53rd, Liam Burns 69th)

[Flex]

Leaders Santa Rosa, Queen’s Park share spoils.
By Yohance Simonette (Newsday).

FC SANTA Rosa maintained its three-point advantage atop the TT Super League standings,on Sunday, after being held to a 1-1 draw against title contenders Queen’s Park at St Mary’s College Ground, St Clair.

Kishun Seecharan gave FC Santa Rosa the advantage in the 17th minute, before Queen’s Park went level via a penalty from the team’s leading scorer Sean De Silva in the 54th minute.

The draw was enough to keep FC Santa Rosa, who have by far the best goal-differential among the 16 teams, with a healthy advantage as the end of the league competition draw nearer.

Meanwhile, Prison Service, which has had an exceptional season inched closer to the leaders in with a 2-0 away win over Club Sando in Belle Vue/Debe on Saturday.

Prisons remained third but closed the gap between themselves and FC Santa Rosa to five points with eight matches remaining.

League action will resume on Friday with FC Santa Rosa hoping to extend their lead, at least temporarily when the host Club Sando at the Arima Velodrome, from 8 pm.

The round will continue on Saturday and close on Sunday.

Results

Saturday

Club Sando 0 vs Prison Service 2 (Brandon Calliste 76th, Tevin Garcia 90th+5)

Guaya United 2 (Garvin Samaroo 39th, Leroy Jones 46th) vs Cunupia FC 4 (Hakeem Legall 9th, 47th, Michael Darko 54th, Kevon Woodley 87th)

Metal X Erin FC 1 (Sylvester Teesdale 79th) vs UTT 2 (Reinaldo Atwell 53rd, Liam Burns 69th)

Sunday

Matura Reunited FC 2 (Kitwana Abosi 28th, Brendon Figuera 75th) vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin United 3 (Josiah Alleyne 44th pen, Karamo Samuel 72nd, Akiel Thomas 88th)

Police FC 3 (Joshua Leach 15th, 33rd, 42nd) vs Bethel United 1 (Jabari McMillan 77th)

RSSR FC 2 (Hakim Gulston 74th, Jovon Vincent 90th) vs San Fernando Giants (Jeron Melville own goal 4th, Arvid Applewhite 49th)

QPCC 1 (Sean De Silva pen 54th) vs FC Santa Rosa 1 (Kishun Seecharan 17th)

[Tallman]

WATCH: Highlights of Prison Service FC's 2-0 win over Club Sando

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WATCH: Highlights of RSSR FA's 2-2 draw with San Fernando Giants

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[Flex]

Santa Rosa inch closer to TTSL title.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Newsday).

FC SANTA Rosa inched closer to a first TT Super League title, on Tuesday night, following a 5-2 win over Club Sando in a rescheduled Match Day 19 fixture at the Arima Velodrome.

The fixture was originally carded for last Friday but was postponed because of the flooding.

After the extended break, the “Big Cannons” came out with all guns blazing with former national midfielder Kishun Seecharan scoring a double, one goal in each half, while Akeem Garcia, Kevon Cornwall and Ryan Stewart all added one each to complete the rout.

Stephon Jack and Marcus Griffith both scored second half items for Club Sando.

Seecharan and Cornwall’s goals moved them up to ten a piece for the season.

The win saw Santa Rosa move six points above Queen’s Park, who were back in action last evening against San Fernando Giants. That fixture ended after press time.

Third placed Prisons FC also got back in action against Matura Reunited yesterday.

Action will resume today with the concluding fixtures of Match Day 19.

Petit Valley/Diego Martin United will host UTT at Diego Martin North Secondary School Ground from 3.45 pm, before Police FC and Metal X Erin FC clash at Dibe Ground, Long Circular at 7 pm.

The next round will start tomorrow when FC Santa Rosa take on Matura Reunited again at the Arima Velodrome at 8 pm. All other matches will be played between Saturday and Sunday.

[Tallman]

WATCH: FC Santa Rosa opens up a six-point lead over QPCC with a convincing 5-2 win over Club Sando. Kishun Seecharan led the way with a brace, and was supported by goals from Akeem Garcia, Ryan Stewart, and Kevon Cornwall. Club Sando's goals were scored by Stephon Jack and Marcus Griffith.

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[Tallman]

WATCH: In the T&T Super League, Police FC thrash Erin FC 6-1. Getting amongst the goals were Isaiah Pryce (2), Joshua Leach, Neil Marcano, Jason Boodram, and Ricardo Peltier. Erin's lone item was scored by Alleric Williams.

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[Tallman]

Super League race heats up with Parkites victory
By Andrew Gioannetti (T&T Newsday)

THE race for the TT Super League crown flew wide open on Sunday evening following a 2-1 come-from-behind win for title challengers Queen's Park over Cunupia FC.

The Parkites' win saw them move within a point of league leaders FC Santa Rosa which scraped by a 1-1 draw two days prior.

Queen's Park took a trip to Cunupia on Sunday and found themselves trailing by the 20th minute when Gerald Meloney scored the home team's opening goal.

Queen's Park, however, rallied back in the second half and found an equaliser when Benedict Barrett netted his seventh goal of the campaign just after the hour mark.

The Parkites then sealed all three crucial points after Jason Devenish bagged the winning goal in the 81st minute.

With just six matches remaining for the title contenders, FC Santa Rosa and Queen's Park practically enter each with a must-win approach.

Action will continue on Thursday with a rescheduled meeting between Bethel United and Guaya United FC–both of whom are out of the title race–at Montgomery Recreation Ground, Tobago, from 6 pm.

The next round will start on Saturday with the key match-up featuring FC Santa Rosa and UTT at Arima Velodrome from 7.30 pm.

On Sunday, Queen's Park will host second-from-bottom Bethel United at St Mary's College Ground, St Clair from 3.30 pm.

Results

Friday
FC Santa Rosa 1 (Ryan Stewart 90th+5 pen) vs Matura Reunited 1 (Kitwana Abosi 25th)

Saturday
Metal X Erin FC 2 (Sylvester Teesdale 1st, Akinola Williams 85th) vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin United 3 (Kerwin Bonnette 49th, Josiah Alleyne 67th pen, Karamo Samuel90th+2)
San Fernando Giants vs Club Sando–San Fernando Giants won 3-0 by default

Sunday
Police FC vs Guaya United–Match rescheduled to November 15
Prison Service 2 (Nathan Julien 27th, Kylon Gay 44th pen) vs UTT 2 (Dillon Bartholomew 57th, Glen Walker 88th)
Bethel Untied 2 (Tee Jay Cadiz 54th, 69th) vs RSSR FC 3 (goal 45th, Hakim Gulston 83rd, Marvin Oliver 90th+3)
Cunupia FC 1 (Gerald Meloney 20th) vs QPCC 2 (Benedict Barrett 63rd, Jason Devenish 81st)

Standings

Teams*Pld*W*D*L*F*A*Pts
FC Santa Rosa*20*14*3*3*56*18*45
QPCC*20*13*5*2*57*26*44
Prison Service*20*10*8*2*34*22*38
Cunupia FC*19*9*6*4*37*19*33
Matura Reunited*29*8*6*6*46*47*30
+Guaya United*18*9*5*4*35*22*29
Police FC*19*8*5*6*32*27*29
+UTT*20*8*3*9*32*35*24
RSSR FC*19*5*6*6*25*34*22
Petit Val/DM Utd*20*5*4*11*22*46*19
San F'do Giants*20*3*8*9*24*43*17
Club Sando*20*4*3*13*18*35*15
Bethel Utd*19*3*5*11*26*44*14
+Metal X Erin FC*20*2*4*14*22*48*7

+ indicates teams docked three points for not fielding a youth team in any competition this season.

Fixtures

Thursday - Rescheduled from Match Day 19
Bethel United vs Guaya United FC, Montgomery Recreation Ground, 6 pm

Match Day 21

Saturday
Club Sando vs Cunupia FC, Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular Road, 6 pm
Guaya United vs Metal X Erin FC, Guaya Recreation Ground, 5 pm
FC Santa Rosa vs UTT, Arima Velodrome, 7.30 pm

Sunday
Matura Reunited vs San Fernando Giants, venue and time to be announced
Petit Valley/Diego Martin United vs Prison Service FC, St Anthony's College, 3.30 pm
RSSR FC vs Police FC, venue and time to be announced
QPCC vs Bethel United, St Mary's College Ground, 3.30 pm

[Flex]

Santa Rosa FC stays out front.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).

Parkites ham­mer Bethel 8 zip

FC San­ta Rosa main­tained its lead in the T&T Su­per League af­ter a slim but im­pres­sive 3-2 win over the Uni­ver­si­ty of T&T on Sat­ur­day night at the Ari­ma Velo­drome.

The 'Big Can­nons' jumped to a 2-0 ad­van­tage when Os­ei Sandy fired them in­to a lead af­ter 17 min­utes and Ryan Stew­art got an­oth­er sev­en min­utes lat­er. The home team en­joyed a 2-0 lead at the half-time in­ter­val, be­fore the vis­i­tors stormed by soon af­ter, by scor­ing the equal­iz­ing goals.

Anselm Jack­son first pulled a goal back in the 53rd minute, be­fore Dil­lon Bartholomew put his team on lev­el terms in the 58th to give the Uni­ver­si­ty men hope of a come-from-be­hind win.

In­stead, how­ev­er, the Big Can­nons got a late item in the 90th minute from An­dre Ram­per­sad to se­cure the win and main­tain their sum­mit po­si­tion with 48 points.

A day lat­er Queen's Park Crick­et Club men who went in­to their en­counter with Bethel Unit­ed in the sec­ond po­si­tion, en­sured they stay on the heels of the Ari­ma club by ham­mer­ing Bethel Unit­ed 8-0 at St Mary's Col­lege Ground, St Clair.

The win came cour­tesy a hat-trick by Bene­dict Bar­rett in the 24th, 32nd and 49th min­utes, as well as a dou­ble from De­von Mod­este in the 77th and 80th. The oth­er goals came from Kern Gar­diner 45th, Sean De Sil­va 52nd and Yohance Mar­shall in the 84th.

WEEK­END'S RE­SULTS

Sat­ur­day

Club San­do F.C. 1 (Damien Pom­pey) vs Cunu­pia F.C. 2 (Kevon Wood­ley 17th, Michael Darko 38th)

Guaya Unit­ed F.C. 3 vs Met­al X Erin F.C. 0 (By De­fault)

FC San­ta Rosa 3 (Os­ei Sandy 17th, Ryan Stew­art 24th, Anselm Jack­son 53rd (Pk) vs UTT 2 (Dil­lon Bartholomew 58th, An­dre Ram­per­sad 90th)

Sun­day

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed F.C. 2 (Za­vion Navar­ro Pa­tron 38th, Ke­ston Jones 76th) vs San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 5 (Arvid Ap­ple­white 6th & 56th, Je­re­my Primus 8th, Ke­ston Grant 42nd , Isa­iah Mc In­tosh 53rd)

Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 1 (Ker­win Bon­nette 90th) vs Prison Ser­vice F.C. 3 (Jor­dan De­von­ish 32nd & 65th, An­to­nio Au­guste 38th)

RSSR F.C. 2 (Hakim Gul­ston 30th, Jovon Vin­cent 53rd) vs Po­lice F.C. 0

QPCC 8 (Bene­dict Bar­rett 24th, 32nd & 49th, Kern Gar­diner 45th, Sean De Sil­va 52nd, De­von Mod­este 77th & 80th, Yohance Mar­shall 84th) vs Bethel Unit­ed F.C. 0

LAT­EST STAND­INGS:

TEAMS   P   W   D   L   F   A   GD   PTS
1   FC San­ta Rosa   21   15   3   3   59   20   39   48
2   QPCC   21   14   5   2   65   26   39   47
3   Prison Ser­vice F.C.   21   11   8   2   37   23   14   41
4   Cunu­pia F.C.   20   10   6   4   39   20   19   36
5   Guaya Unit­ed F.C.   20   11   5   4   40   23   17   35
6   Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed F.C.   21   8   6   7   48   52   -4   30
7   Po­lice F.C.   20   8   5   7   32   29   3   29
8   RSSR F.C.   20   6   7   7   27   34   -7   25
9   UTT   21   8   3   10   34   38   -4   24
10   San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants F.C.   21   4   8   9   29   45   -16   20
11   Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Utd.   21   5   4   12   23   49   -26   19
12   Club San­do F.C. 21   4   3   14   19   37   -18   15
13   Bethel Unit­ed F.C.   21   3   5   13   27   54   -27   14
14   Met­al X Erin F.C.   21   2   4   15   22   51   -29   7

[Tallman]

WATCH: T&T Super League Highlights - RSSR FA 2-0 Police FC; Club Sando 1-2 Cunupia FC.

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[Tallman]

WATCH: Highlights of Cunupia FC's 3-3 draw with Matura ReUnited

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[Tallman]

WATCH: QPCC 2-2 Guaya United; UTT 2-2 Cunupia FC

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[Flex]

FC Santa Rosa stays on title course.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).

FC San­ta Rosa has been clos­ing in on its sec­ond T&T Su­per League ti­tle with just two round of match­es to be played.

On Sat­ur­day, the team nick­named the 'Big Can­nons' opened up a three-point mar­gin on its clos­est ri­vals Queen's Park Crick­et Club (QPCC) fol­low­ing a con­vinc­ing 5-1 thrash­ing of Prison Ser­vices FC at the Ari­ma Velo­drome, tak­ing it fur­ther in the lead to 54 points in 23 match­es.

Queen's Park, the on­ly team ca­pa­ble of catch­ing San­ta Rosa, gave them­selves a shot in the leg the day af­ter (Sun­day) by drop­ping two valid points in a 2-2 tie with the de­fend­ing cham­pi­on team Guaya Unit­ed at St Mary's Col­lege Ground in St Clair.

How­ev­er, at the Velo­drome, the home team made sure of max­i­mum points cour­tesy a dou­ble from in­stru­men­tal strik­er Keron Clarke in the space of two min­utes, 92nd and 93rd.

How­ev­er, it was the vis­i­tors who scored first when Nathan Julien found the nets in the 31st minute. There­after, it was all San­ta Rosa with Noel Williams find­ing the equalis­er in the 56th minute. Sev­en­teen min­utes lat­er the home team took the lead and ex­tend­ed it in the space of a minute. First An­dre Ram­per­sad found the back of the net in the 73rd minute to knot the scores up, and be­fore the Prison Ser­vice's de­fence could have re­grouped, Ryan Stew­art added an­oth­er for a 3-1 ad­van­tage.

With the loss, the Pris­ons' of­fi­cers main­tained third on the stand­ings with 44 points. At St Clair 'the Parkites' had to come from be­hind to share the points with Guaya. They got goals from Bene­dict Bar­rett in the 74th and De­von Mod­este in the 84th.

Guaya, the 2017 cham­pi­on team is dis­tant fourth on the stand­ings with 39 points, scored through Ke­ston Fron­tin (39th) and Glen­ton Wolfe on the stroke of half-time.

San­ta Rosa will next face Met­al X Erin F.C on Sat­ur­day at the Erin Recre­ation Ground from 6 pm, while the Parkites will jump in­to ac­tion a day lat­er at the Knowles Street Recre­ation Ground in Curepe against RSSR FC from 3:30 pm.

RE­SULTS

Club San­do F.C. 0 vs Po­lice F.C 2 (Dwayne Gon­za­les - 9th & 82nd)

Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed F.C. 1 (Bren­don Figuera - 40th) vs Bethel Unit­ed F.C 2 (Akeilon Mur­phy 43rd, Ro­han Se­bro 70th)

UTT 2 (J'Deem Par­ris 21st, Moses Jaikaran 24th) vs Cunu­pia F.C 2 (Kevon Wood­ley 6th & 73rd)

FC San­ta Rosa 5 (Noel Williams 56th, An­dre Ram­per­sad 73rd, Ryan Stew­art 73rd, Keron Clarke 92 & 93rd) vs Prison Ser­vice F.C 1 (Nathan Julien 31st)

QPCC 2 (Bene­dict Bar­rett 74th, De­von Mod­este 84th) vs Guaya Unit­ed F.C 2 (Ke­ston Fron­tin 39th, Glen­ton Wolffe 45th)

Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Unit­ed 3 (Own Goal (Ke­ston Grant) 62nd, Akeil Thomas 83rd, Chris­tain Vin­cent 90th) vs San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants 2 (Je­re­my Primus 42nd, Cory Cyrus 87th)

RSSR F.C. 0 vs Met­al X Erin F.C 0 (RSSR wins by de­fault)

LAT­EST STAND­ING

TEAMS*P*W*D*L*F*A*GD*PTS
1*FC San­ta Rosa*23*17*3*3*66*22*44*54
2*QPCC*23*15*6*2*69*28*41*51
3*Prison Ser­vice F.C.*23*12*8*3*41*29*12*44
4*Guaya Unit­ed F.C.*22*12*6*4*44*26*18*39
5*Cunu­pia F.C.*22*10*8*4*44*25*19*38
6*Po­lice F.C.*22*9*5*8*34*31*3*32
7*Matu­ra Re­Unit­ed F.C.*23*8*7*8*52*57*-5*31
8*RSSR F.C.*22*7*7*8*31*36*-5*28
9*UTT*23*8*5*10*36*40*-4*26
10*Pe­tit Val­ley/Diego Mar­tin Utd.*23*6*4*13*27*51*-24*22
11*San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants F.C.*23*4*9*10*31*48*-17*21
12*Bethel Unit­ed F.C.*23*5*5*13*32*57*-25*20
13*Club San­do F.C.*23*4*3*16*21*42*-21*15
14*Met­al X Erin F.C.*23*2*4*17*23*57*-34*7

[Flex]

Guaya back in action today.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Newsday).

A QUICK-FIRE brace from Leroy Jones in the first half was enough to see Guaya through to a 2-1 victory over Police FC in a rescheduled TT Super League fixture on Thursday evening.

Jones scored in the 20th minute and followed up with his second four minutes later, before Police pulled one back through Chris Collins in the 61st minute.

Despite being out of contention for the title at this point, Guaya United, the reigning league champions moved within two points of third place currently occupied by Prisons with two three match days remaining.

Guaya will return to action in today's lone fixture.

They will host Club Sando at Guaya Recreation Ground, from 5 pm.

Five other matches will be played tomorrow.

FC Santa Rosa will pick up an automatic three points, given the recent defaulting and withdrawal of Metal X Erin FC.

Erin FC will not play their remainder of their matches due to apparent internal issues. It means FC Santa Rosa and Queen's Park will secure 3-0 default wins in their upcoming fixtures.

Queen's Park, therefore, will have to win this weekend to stand a serious chance of catching Santa Rosa.

The Parkites will take on an improved RSSR FC away from home at Curepe Recreation Ground from 4.30 pm.

They will be seeking to win by a wide margin as well to close the gap between themselves and FC Santa Rosa on goal-difference, which will determine the league winner if all are tied at the end.

Standings

Teams*Pld*W*D*L*F*A*Pts
FC Santa Rosa*23*17*3*3*66*22*54
Queen's Park*23*15*6*2*69*28*51
Prison Service*23*12*8*3*41*29*44
Guaya United*23*13*6*4*46*27*42
Cunupia FC*22*10*8*4*44*25*38
Police FC*23*9*5*9*35*33*32
Matura*23*8*7*8*52*57*31
RSSR FC*22*7*7*8*31*36*28
UTT*23*8*5*10*36*40*26
PV/DM Utd*23*6*4*13*27*51*22
San F'do Giants*23*4*9*10*31*48*21
Bethel Utd*23*5*5*13*32*57*20
Club Sando*23*4*3*16*21*42*15
Metal X Erin FC*23*2*4*17*23*57*7

Fixtures:

Today:

Guaya United vs Club Sando, Guaya Recreation Ground, 5 pm

Tomorrow:

San Fernando Giants vs Prison Service, Guaracara Park, 4 pm

RSSR FC vs Queen's Park, Curepe Recreation Ground, 4.30 pm

Cunupia FC vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin United, Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, 3.30 pm

Police FC vs Matura Reunited, Dibe Recreation Ground, 3.30 pm

Bethel United vs UTT, Montgomery Recreation Ground, 6 pm

Thursday (Nov 22):

Cunupia FC vs RSSR FC, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 7 pm

[Tallman]

WATCH: Second-placed Queen's Park Cricket Club, stayed in touch with leaders FC Santa Rosa when they hammered RSSR FA 5-0 to climb to 54 points, three adrift of the leaders.

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[Flex]

Modeste keeps Parkites on FC Santa Rosa heels.
By Rachael Thompson-King (Guardian).

De­von Mod­este siz­zled on Sun­day, strik­ing four goals to see Queen's Park Crick­et Club (QPCC) cruised to a 5-0 vic­to­ry over RSSR FC in the T&T Su­per League (TTSL).

This was at Curepe recre­ation ground on Knowles Street and it was all about Mod­este, who kept sec­ond-place QPCC with 54 points, with­in range of leader FC San­ta Rosa (57 points).

FC San­ta Rosa re­mained in charge of the 14-team com­pe­ti­tion, get­ting its 18th win from 24 rounds of match­es with­out tak­ing the field on Sat­ur­day af­ter host Met­al X Erin for­feit­ed the match which was sched­uled at Erin Recre­ation ground.

Back in Curepe, Mod­este opened the scor­ing the 30th minute and de­spite a num­ber of chances RSSR did not get the equalis­er and trailed 1-0 at half-time.

On the re­sump­tion, it didn't take long for QPCC to in­crease its lead as Mod­este again came in­to play and gave his team a 2-0 lead with a goal in the 53rd minute. His team­mate Jared Ben­nett (58th) joined him on the score­sheet some five min­utes lat­er with QPCC's third item.

Mod­este con­tin­ued his ram­page and re­turned in the 68th minute, to put QPCC fur­ther ahead, 4-0, and sealed the deal in the lop­sided with an 81st-minute item.

At Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre, Nathan Julien was in good scor­ing form for fourth-place Prison Ser­vice, which was look­ing to get among the top three teams team in the stand­ings.

He net­ted a pair of goals but his team was held to a 3-3 draw with San Fer­nan­do Gi­ants. An­to­nio Au­gus­ta (38th) scored the oth­er goal for Prison while Phil­voughn Jones (63rd), Arki­do Joseph (83rd) and Arvid Ap­ple­white (86th) were the goal-scor­ers for the Gi­ants.

Prison re­mains be­hind third-place Guaya Unit­ed, which led by four goals from Leroy Jones on Sat­ur­day, com­fort­ably de­feat­ed Club San­do, 7-2 at home.