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  • 1 year ago

Local football takes the spotlight now...

As their was a full slate of matches on Boxing Day in the TT Premier Football League...

There were wins for San Juan Jabloteh, Police, Morvant Caledonia United and Club Sando.

But our camera was in Arima where league leaders Defence Force trounced La Horquetta Rangers 6-2....

And Central FC couldn't maintain their win streak to start the season as they were pipped 2-1 by defending champions AC Port of Spain.

We have the action.
Transcript
00:00The Hokita Rangers and Defense Force ready made it a boxing day fixed here as they traded
00:05punches as Shaquille Bertrand responded to Josiah Edwards' 9th minute opener with the
00:13equalizer in the 11th.
00:18But the young and inexperienced Rangers squad couldn't really trade punches with the firepower
00:22of the league leaders as Kevin Molino followed Brent Sam's go-ahead goal with another to
00:29give the Army men a 3-1 halftime lead.
00:32And Sam would stretch the lead to 4-1 from the penalty spot early after the restart.
00:38Rangers were certainly not going to get their first win on the season despite Andrew Nickham
00:42scoring this beauty.
00:46Defense Force were too stacked for the young Rangers squad as Isaiah Leacock and Rivaldo
00:54Coy had scored within five minutes of the other to hand Rangers a tennis court defeat
00:59at 6-2.
01:01Central FC kicked off the doubleheader as they surprised co-leaders ahead of the boxing
01:05day schedule.
01:06But the Central Sharks went behind the defending champions A.C.
01:09Porter Spain thanks to a 13-minute strike from Haile Beckles.
01:15Central FC have shown they can score goals this season and would have a chance to equalize
01:20from the penalty spot.
01:22As their talisman Kevon Showtime Woodley delivered from the spot.
01:27But the defending champs would have the final say as C. Dale McLean snatched the match winner
01:31in the 74th.
01:32The 2-1 victory taking the reigning champions level on nine points with the Cougar Sharks.
01:37Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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