AC Port of Spain

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Athletic Club Port of Spain (previously known as North East Stars FC) is a Trinidad and Tobago professional football club, based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, that plays in the TT Premier Football League. The team plays its home games at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

A.C. Port of Spain
Full nameAthletic Club Port of Spain
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
GroundArima Velodrome
Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
Capacity17,000 Standing and seated (20,000 seated)[citation needed]
ChairmanDarryl Mahabir
ManagerDerek King
LeagueTT Premier Football League
20232nd

History edit

The team joined the Professional Football League as North East Stars F.C.[1][2] beginning in the 2002 season, having previously played in Trinidad's ECFU league. The team joined the league with the explicit intention of representing the north-east of Trinidad, previously underrepresented in football circles.

The team was terrible in their first season, finishing last in the league with a dismal record of 4 wins, 2 ties, and 22 losses. They improved dramatically in 2003, however, jumping from last to third, as they went 19–7–10. They improved even further in 2004, surprising everyone by winning the league with a dominant 14–5–2 performance. They finished 5th in 2005.

The club's Jerren Nixon finished the 2004 season as the league's leading scorer with a staggering 31 goals, 17 in front of second place Randolph Jerome's 14.

In 2020, the club moved to Port of Spain and changed its name.[3]

Club honours edit

League honours edit

Cups and trophies edit

Team management edit

  • Owner and President: Terrence Elvis
  • Technical Director:LeRoy Samuels
  • Manager: Malik Henderson
  • Head coach: Ronin Bruce
  • Goal keeper coach: Taylor Turnbull
  • Assistant coach:Ashok Kumar
  • Equipment manager: Donald Kenny
  • Physio therapist/ Trainer: Rashad Farrell

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   TRI Russell Devarly
2 DF   TRI Safari Winslow
3 DF   TRI Theodore Buck
6 DF   TRI Rajiv Singh
17 DF   TRI Hakeem Taylor
10 MF   TRI Tyrone Grimslow
18 MF   TRI Jameel Gordon
30 FW   TRI Dwayne Sandy
7 MF   TRI Jabari Humphreys
20 MF   TRI Joshua Snow
19 FW   TRI Melvin Clancy
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   TRI Augustine Ramsgate
16 MF   TRI Carmayne Jarvis
21 MF   TRI Colin Aidan
23 FW   TRI Andre Turing

References edit

  1. ^ "North East centred on creating Stars". guardian.co.tt. The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Sporting Clube de Goa held by Churchill to goalless draw". Sporting Clube de Goa. 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Moved to Port of Spain".
  4. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago – List of Champions". Radek Jelínekm, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-07-31.