Latest update April 8th, 2025 7:13 AM
GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition…Winners Connection could take sole possession of lead tonight
-Milerock in must win situation
Joint table toppers Winners Connection will have the opportunity to take sole possession of the lead when they face Region 4 Golden Grove in the feature clash of a double header tonight, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground
Maxton Adams and Kevon Barry
beginning at 20:00 hrs.
The Linden-based side leads Group ‘A’ with six points and is joint leaders with another Linden team Topp XX, who heads Group ‘B’ with a similar amount of points in the GTT Round Robin / Knockout Football Competition.
In the opening fixture, Milerock, also out of the Linden community and the only team not to score a point to date, will play hosts to East Coast Ann’s Grove who have three points so far.
In the feature game, Winners Connection, who recently withstood a strong challenge from Victoria Kings, before edging them 1-0 courtesy of a Keon Sears strike, will no doubt be aiming to stay unbeaten and those charged with ensuring that they do are Rawle ‘Boney’ Gittens, Marmalaque Davidson and defender Derrol Dainty.
Golden Grove on the other hand have only a draw against Rosignol United to show in their two previous matches and will have to improve immensely to topple the hosts.
Phillip Williams, the scorer of their only goal to date along with Akini Cameron are expected to spearhead the visitors’ quest for an upset win.
The opening game should be an interesting affair and one that Milerock must pull out all the stops to win.
They possess players on a high caliber in Clarence Higgins, Ron Fiedtkou and Jermain Grandison, but somehow they failed to exhibit the kind of cohesion and accuracy needed to win games.
Ann’s Grove, who started slowly have gradually built confidence and their win over New Amsterdam United have certainly bolstered their belief. Maxton Adams and Kevon Barry looked deadly in their clash against NA United with the former possessing a lot of power in his right-foot.
However, they will have to come prepared to withstand the usually hostile environment that visiting teams encounter when playing against teams from the community.
Milerock is a proud team and one thing is certain they will not go down without a fight so Ann’s Grove will have to brace for the onslaught.
It promises to be a sizzling pair of games.
The winning team will take home $500,000 and the championship trophy, runner-up $250,000, 3rd place $125,000 and 4th place $75,000.
Among the other sponsors are Limacol, Igloo Ice-Cream and the National Sports Commission.
Kick- off is 18:00 hrs.
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