Naps strengthens title-defence campaign as Presentation slips

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Naps strengthens title-defence campaign as Presentation slips

By Paul-Andre Walker October 17, 2019

Naparima College, with three games to go in their Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title defence campaign have tightened their grip at the top of the table after Wednesday’s round of games.

Beginning the day with a four-point lead over Presentation College, Naparima did themselves a big favour with the 5-0 thrashing of Carapichaima East Secondary on Wednesday.

The result pushed Naps to 29 points from 11 games, six ahead of St Anthony’s College, who were comfortable 2-0 winners over Pleasantville Secondary.

That result helped St Anthony’s jump from third to second and may have put Presentation under pressure after their game against Queen’s Royal College was not played.

Presentation just needs to win their remaining games to keep pressure on Naps and to stave off St Anthony’s, who, while a point ahead,have a game in hand and could perceivably regain their second-place position. Without a mistake from the leaders, Presentation can finish at best, one point off the leaders.

Carapichaima are still fourth despite the heavy defeat with their 19 points, giving them one point more than fifth place East Mucurapo, who were clipped 1-0 by Trinity College East.

In other games played on Wednesday, San Juan North Secondary were 4-2 winners over Malick Secondary and Trinity College Moka were slammed 4-nil by St Benedict’s College.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+-	Pts
1	Naparima College	11	9	2	0	30	10	20	29
2	St Anthony's College	10	7	2	1	31	10	21	23
3	Presentation College	9	7	1	1	25	6	19	22
4	Carapichaima East Secondary	10	5	4	1	16	14	2	19
5	East Mucurapo Secondary	10	5	3	2	18	9	9	18
6	Queen's Royal College	9	5	1	3	18	20	-2	16
7	San Juan North Secondary	10	4	2	4	23	9	14	14
8	St Augustine Secondary	10	3	4	3	25	18	7	13
9	Trinity College East	9	3	2	4	13	16	-3	11
10	Pleasantville Secondary	10	3	1	6	12	16	-4	10
11	St Benedict's College	10	3	1	6	12	19	-7	10
12	Speyside Secondary	10	2	2	6	13	31	-18	8
13	Malick Secondary	10	2	1	7	15	22	-7	7
14	Trinity College Moka	10	1	1	8	11	33	-22	4
15	St Mary's College	10	1	1	8	5	34	-29	4

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Oftentimes, the reasons nations find themselves blacklisted by the sport’s global governing body are many and varied by the outcome is often the same.

The twin-island republic becomes the second Caribbean nation suspended by FIFA, following in the footsteps of Antigua and Barbuda who were banned in 2003 for one year after infighting broke out within the association.

In each case, the length of suspension dished out to the associations varies widely, with the ball often in the member association court as to how long it takes to rectify the affair that has caused them to fall afoul of FIFA’s statues in the first place. The list below features 24 countries that have been suspended in the last 17 years and some of the reasons provided.

List of country’s suspended

Country - Azerbaijan

Date - 15 April 2003 - 23 May 2003

Reason - External pressure, violations of

fundamental principles

Outcome - Parties agreed to respect a FIFA

moderated agreement

Country - Antigua and

Barbuda

Date - 20 May 2003 - 29 June 2005

Reason - Non-specified

Outcome- Suspension lifted after situation

had improved

Country - Guatemala

Date - 9 Jan. 2004 - 17 May 2004

Reason - Governmental interference: FA and

elected FA officials replaced

Outcome - Re-installment of elected FA

leadership, recognition of FAs’

competencies

Country - Kenya

Date - 2 June 2004 - 6 Aug. 2004

Reason - Governmental interference: FA

officials replaced due to

mismanagement and fraud

Outcome - Installment of a normalization

committee to improve

transparency and accountability

Country – Macau

Date - 15 Feb. 2005 - 6 March 2005

Reason - Governmental interference:

Non-specified

Outcome - Suspension lifted after

negotiations

Country -Yemen

Date -12 Aug. 2005 - 9 Nov. 2005

Reason - Governmental interference:

Non-specified

Outcome - Suspension lifted after concessions

by the government

Country - Greece

Date - 3 July 2006 - 12 July 2006

Reason - Governmental interference: National

legislation granting professional

league independence from FA

was not revoked

Outcome - Legislation amended according to

FIFA’s demands

Country - Kenya

Date - 25 Oct. 2006 - 9 March 2007

Reason - Governmental interference:

Non-implementation of

agreements, escalation of

internal conflicts

Outcome - Government agrees to abstain

from further intervention, legal

proceedings are withdrawn,

reinstallation of elected officials

Country – Iran

Date- 23 Nov. 2006 - 20 Dec. 2006

Reason - Governmental interference:

Non-independence of

decision-making and election

processes

Outcome - Implementation of FIFA’s

demands

Country - Kuwait

Date - 29 Oct. 2007 - 20 Dec. 2008

Reason - Governmental interference: FA

officials replaced

Outcome - Suspension provisionally lifted

after new elections are

announced, reinstallation of

FIFA’s transition committee,

amendment of FA’s statutes

Country - Albania

Date -14 March 2008 - 26 April 2008

Reason - Governmental interference:

Government initiated legal

proceedings against new FA

statutes

Outcome - Legal proceedings stopped,

creation of a working-group

Country - Madagascar

Date - 19 March 2008 - 19 May 2008 Governmental interference:

Ministerial decree dissolved FA

Outcome - Madagascan Supreme Court

declared decree null and void,

re-installment of FA

Country - Chad

Date - 28 March 2008 - 7 May 2008

Reason - Governmental interference:

Government replaced FA

officials and intended to hold

new elections

Outcome - Decree revoked, reinstallation of

elected FA officials

Country - Iraq

Date - 26 May 2008 - 29 May 2008

Reason - Governmental interference:

Governmental decree dissolved

all sport organizations

Outcome - Exclusion of FA from dissolution

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Country – Ethiopia

Date - 29 July 2008 – July 22 2009

Reason - Governmental interference:

Dismissal of elected officials,

non-compliance with FIFA

roadmap

Outcome - New leaders elected for the country's soccer federation.

Country – Samoa

Date - 24 Oct. 2008 - 20 Dec. 2008

Reason -Repeated management problems

Outcome - Resolved

Country - Peru

Date - 25 Nov. 2008 - 20 Dec. 2008

Reason -Governmental interference:

Non-specified

Outcome- Resolved

Country - Brunei Darussalam

Date -29 Sept. 2009 - 1 June 2011 Governmental interference:

Dissolution of FA and creation

of new government-controlled

body

Outcome - FIFA’s conditions fulfilled and

statues amended according to

FIFA Statutes

Country - Iraq

Date - 20 Nov. 2009 - 19 March 2010

Reason - Governmental interference: Government

controlled NOC dissolved FA

Outcome - Dissolution of FA withdrawn

Country - El Salvador

Date - 11 May 2010 - 27 May 2010

Reason - Governmental interference: Government

did not accept FIFA’s normalization

committee and new FA statutes

Outcome - Legitimacy of normalization

committee and new statutes

recognized

Country – Nigeria

Date - 4 Oct. 2010 - 8 Oct. 2010

Reason - Governmental interference: Court actions

against FA officials, government

forced resignation of officials,

government started league without

relegation from previous season

Outcome - Suspension provisionally lifted

after claimant withdrew legal

actions and FA leadership and

FA control over league were

reinstalled

Country – Bosnia

Date -1 April 2011 1 - Jun 2011

Reason - Mismanagement due to ethnic

divisions

Outcome - FA statutes amended according to

FIFA’s demands

Country - Belize

17 June 2011 7- July 2011

Reason - Failure of government to provide

security for national team matches

Outcome - Suspension provisionally lifted

due to positive developments,

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Country – Cameroon

Date - 4 July 2013 - 22 July 2013

Reason - Governmental interference: Government refused to accept results of FA

elections

Outcome - New elections organized, finally

reinstallation of elected FA officials

Country – Nigeria

Jul 9, 2014 - Jul 18, 2014

Reason – Government interference:

Court proceedings and an order preventing the president of the NFF, the NFF executive committee members, and the NFF Congress from running the affairs of Nigerian football

Outcome – Orders rescinded

Country – Kuwait

Date - Oct 16, 2015 - Dec 6, 2017

Reason – Government interference

Outcome – Gulf state's parliament adopted a law meant to end government interference in the sport.

Country - Guatemala

Date – Oct 28, 2016 - May 31, 2018

Reason – Government interference: Local authorities had intervened with Normalisation Committee

Outcome – Normalisation Committee recognized

Country - Sierra Leone

Date - Oct 5, 2018 - Jun 3, 2019

Reason - Government interference.

Third-party interference in the running of the country's FA.

Outcome – Resolved

Country – Trinidad and Tobago

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Reason – Refusal to acknowledge normalization committee by the previous board. Issue was taken to High Court.

Outcome - Unknown
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“The Bureau took note that this course of action breached art. 59 of the FIFA Statutes, which expressly stipulates the prohibition on recourse to ordinary courts of law unless specifically provided for in the FIFA regulations,” the letter read.

“Additionally, the Bureau was informed that the institution and maintenance of those proceedings by these individuals, purporting to act in the name of the TTFA, in complete disregard for the FIFA Statutes threatens the stability of the structure of football governance, both in Trinidad and Tobago and globally.”

The letter also pointed out that FIFA had given the TTFA until September 16, to withdraw the case before the court and subsequently given a final deadline of September 23 at 3:00 pm, which was also not met.

As a result of the suspension, the TTFA will be deprived of its rights as a member, which means that neither its clubs nor national teams will be allowed to compete in any international competitions. Funding for development programs will also immediately be cut.

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