AC Port of Spain

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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

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.

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