Cunupia FC celebrated its capture of the $16,000 CRIL-sponsored Central Football Association Premier Division with a 4-0 bashing of Xtrafoods Chaguanas at the Hugo Francis Recreation Ground on Saturday.
The quartet of Nickal Stepphens (20th), Stevon Stoute (35th), Duane Baptiste (75th) and Kerry Daniel (80th) were all on target for Cunupia which ended its 16 match schedule with 45 points, nine more than Edinburgh 500 FC which has a match in hand, but is also assure of second spot.
Cunupia which qualified as the first team to the T&T Football Federation “Champion of Champions” Tournament, a qualifier to the National Super League competition has also captured the CFA FA Tropy and Hugo Francis Memorial Cup this season and will now focus on the Sanitank Cup semifinals clash on Wednesday with the same Xtrafoods Chaguanas while Enterprise Life Sport and Enterprise Youths meet in the other.
CFA Premier Division standings:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Cunupia 16 15 0 1 6 9 45
Edinburgh 15 12 0 3 45 21 36
Ent’ Youths 16 10 2 4 31 23 32
Perseverance 14 7 2 5 30 17 23
Chaguanas 15 4 3 8 24 30 15
Harlem 13 4 3 6 19 26 15
Ent’ LS 14 4 2 8 19 25 14
Arawak 16 2 1 13 16 53 7
Leeds 15 2 1 12 17 57 4
Saturday’s CRIL CFA Premier Division Results:
Leeds FC 3 vs Arawak Combined 0 - By Default
Cunupia 4 (Nickal Stephens 20th, Stevon Stoute 35th, Duane Baptiste 75th, Kerry Daniel 80th) vs Xtrafoods Chaguanas 0
Enterprise Youths 3 (Taurean Sobers 38th, 73rd, Dwayne Leon 52nd) vs Perseverance Utd 2 (Rick Lyder 32nd, Akil London 54th)
Harlem Strikers vs Enterprise Life Sports - Did Not Play
Sanitank Cup semifinals:
Wednesday December 3
Xtrafoods Chaguanas vs Cunupia FC
Enterprise Life Sport vs Enterprise Youths
Final: Saturday December 6 (Rescheduled Premier League matches)
Thursday December 4:
Harlem Strikers vs Edinburgh 500, Frederick Settlement Rec. Ground, 7pm
Perseverance United vs Leeds FC, Hugo Francis Rec. Ground, 7pm
Date to be deterimed:
Harlem Strikers vs Enterprise Life Sports