The fans coming out on weekends and midweek for the Tobago Premier League football, can tell you how competitive the league is, where the favorites tag is quickly thrown out the door from the opening whistle. That argument was on display when Sidey’s met the improving Stokely Vale.
With the exception of Roxborough to the top and Eagles to the bottom, the 10-team Tobago Premier Football League is a very compact league giving teams incentive to go for three points in their encounters.
Last Match day was no exception in Courland when second to last Stokely Vale faced off against 5th place Sidey’s with Sidey’s eyeing a temporary jump to third on the standings with a big win.
But it would be Stokely Vale who got the opener when Kwame Mc Dougal puts away the rebound from a corner that was poorly dealt with. Vale lead in the 7th minute
And they should have extended their lead with the opportunities coming their way. Sidey’s seemed shell-shocked.
Stokely Vale weren’t deterred and kept pressing. Mc Dougal turned provider and whipped in a delightful cross for Shannon Sandy to head home at the far post. 2-0 in first half injury time to see Stokely Vale take full command of this game
Most fans in attendance would have thought that Sidey’s would be the one taking the game to Stokely Vale, instead they had to depend on a mistake which Keiron Wright pounced upon to race to goal and score. 2-1 now on the hour mark.
However, it was Stokely Vale who were looking the more likely team to score, if they can get their coordinates right.
Sideys though, fought right down to the end with even their goalkeeper coming forward with the outrageous attempt.
You couldn’t leave early to avoid traffic with action taking place down to the wire. This time the men in blue found the outside of the upright.
A draw with Goal City last week and now a 2-1 win over Sideys FC, Stokely Vale looking like the bogey team in the Premiership.