Joe Public Super League team head coach Dale Saunders was a satisfied man at the end of 90 minutes in the recent TTFF/BMobile Super League knockout final at the Dwight Yorke Stadium.
He had just witnessed his team score a narrow 2-1 win over Stokely Vale. His side included national trio Carlyle Mitchell, Hayden Tinto and Andre Toussaint and other players who had been hoping for the opportunity to enter professional football prior to the team’s pull out from the 2011/2012 Pro League season.
“Winning is a massive boost for the club and the players,” Saunders said. “Winning trophies and generally playing football is what these players dream about and some of them are very thankful for this opportunity to participate in the Super League and to come out here and win the final in Tobago.
“Overall I thought the competition was well organised and the games were very interesting. This final was not an easy one but we stuck it out and the players really gave it their all. “We will now be aiming to take the League to keep Joe Public on the map,” said Saunders, a former midfielder who has two goals in 48 appearances for T&T.
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