Barrackpore United SC's lead at the top of the T&T Football Association National Super League Championship Division has been reduced to two points after it was held to an entertaining 3-3 draw by T&T Prisons FC at Youth Training Centre ground, Arouca, on Saturday.
Coming off a 1-0 loss at home to the University of T&T (UTT), its first after three wins to start the season, Barrackpore was eager to get back to winning ways.
And the visitors got the perfect start when Curtis Carrington netted in the second minute followed by Keion La Rode nine minutes later for a 2-0 advantage.
Eight minutes into the second-half, Ricardo Alleyne pulled a goal back for T&T Prisons, but within six minutes Mikheil Peters got a third for the visitors to restore their two-goal cushion at 3-1.
Former Naparima College and national youth team standout Anthony Parris got a second item for T&T Prisons in the 64th to set up an interesting finish, and five minutes into time added on, Alleyne snatched share of the points for the home side to deny Barrackpore a fourth win this season.
Despite the drawn result, Barrackpore still lead the table with ten points from five matches, two ahead of UTT which has a match in hand, and was held to a 1-1 draw by Central 500 Spartans.
Isaiah Mejias opened the scoring for UTT in the 23rd, but his effort was cancelled out by Josiah Alleyne, six minutes from full-time at Edinburgh 500 Recreation Ground.
Elsewhere, goals were aplenty with Adrian Millette scoring a hat-trick to lead Petit Valley/Diego Martin United past Youth Stars 5-4 at Diego Martin and Carenage United beating Saddle Hill Hotspur 5-3 led by a brace from Micah Lansiquot. For Hotspur, former national striker and record T&T scorer, Stern John, was among the scorers.
Results
Saturday Results:
Central 500 Spartans 1 (Josiah Alleyne 84th) vs UTT 1 (Isaiah Mejias 23rd)
Petit Valley/Diego Martin Utd 5 (Adrian Millette 29th, 70th, 77th, Kieno Goodridge 75th, 84th) vs Youth Stars 4 (Raoul Trotman 10th, 38th, Hakeem Legall 16th, 52nd)
T&T Prisons FC 3 (Ricardo Alleyne 53rd, 90th, Anthony Parris 64th) vs Barrackpore United 3 (Curtis Carrington 2nd, Keion La Rode 11th, Mikheil Peters 59th)
Carenage United 5 (Micah Lansiquot 2nd, 5th, Kendell Baptiste 35th, Kathon St Hillaire 61st, Anthony Penn 71st) vs Saddle Hill Hotspur 3 (Cyrano Glen 45th, Hakeem King 46th, Stern John 86th)
Championship Division standings:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Barrackpore 5 3 1 1 14 8 10
2. UTT 4 2 2 0 8 4 8
3. Cunupia FC 4 2 0 2 9 7 6
4. T&T Prison 4 1 3 0 7 5 6
5. Youth Stars 4 2 0 2 10 10 6
6. Carenage Utd 3 1 2 0 8 6 5
7. Central 500 4 1 1 2 4 8 4
8. P.V/D.M Utd 4 1 1 2 5 9 4
9. Saddle Hill 4 0 0 4 5 13 0
Saturday's matches:
Carenage Ut vs Petit Valley/Diego Martin Utd, Diego Martin North Secondary ground, 4 pm
Youth Stars vs T&T Prisons FC, Cyd Gray Sports Complex, Roxborough, Tobago, 5 pm
Barrackpore Utd vs Central 500 Spartans, Barrackpore Recreational ground, 4 pm
Cunupia FC vs UTT, Ato Boldon Stadium, 4 pm