Lejandro Williams scored a pair of goals as 1976 Angostura Phoenix edged M&M Harvard 3–2 to relegate the St James-based club from the bmobile National Super League on Sunday. Prior to kickoff at the Dibe Ground, Long Circular, Harvard needed a win over Phoenix to stay ahead of fellow Northern Football Association club, St Francois Nationals and keep alive its survival dreams. It seemed to be going according to script early on for Harvard, when Eric Charles fired in the opening goal after seven minutes. But Williams hit back with a double in the 12th and 20th minutes for Phoenix to lead 2–1 at the interval. Dominique Kerr extended Phoenix’s lead to 3–1 in the 56th minute before Glen Walker netted in the 78th minute to pull Harvard with a goal at 3–2. That was as close as Harvard got though, as it joined fellow NFA club and neighbour Queen’s Park, and Eastern Football Association’s Valtrin FC as the three teams relegated ending a five-year run in the competition.
The trio of last year’s winner, bmobile Joe Public (28 points), Stokely Vale (27) and Defence Force (26) complete the top six clubs which qualify to compete in the Toyota Classic competition, along with the Digicel Pro League clubs with the first round set to begin on February 4. Next season’s Super League will comprise ten clubs with Harvard, QPCC and Valtrin relegated to their association league and the top two teams in the T&T Football Federation Champion of Champions competition, which takes place in January, being promoted.
Results
Phoenix 3 (Lejandro Williams 12th, 20th, Dominique 56th) vs Harvard 2 (Eric Charles 7th, Glen Walker 78th).
St Francois Nationals 3 vs Valtrin 0 - By Default
Joe Public 2 (Deon King 75th, Donovan Derrick 90th) vs Stokely Vale 0.
T&TEC 1 (own goal 25th) vs WASA 0.
Club Sando 4 (Andy London 35th, Stefon Brereton 61st, Ronnie Forbes 68th, Lester Edwards 83rd) vs Defence Force 2 (Sherman Phillip 39th, Keston Williams 79th)
Current Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
T&TEC 19 15 4 0 56 13 49
Phoenix 20 10 6 4 33 22 36
WASA 19 11 2 6 33 20 35
Joe Public 19 8 4 7 30 24 28
D/Force 20 7 6 7 34 28 27
Stokely Vale 19 8 2 9 34 44 26
Club Sando 20 7 3 10 29 34 24
St Francois 19 6 4 9 26 32 22
Harvard 20 5 5 10 23 37 20
QPCC 20 4 4 11 28 40 17
Valtrin 20 5 1 14 22 54 16
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