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Colts Club was a major part of my football development. I was with
Colts in the Port of Spain Football League (POSFL) when I was
called by the national selectors to undergo specialized training for
the 74 world cup qualifiers for Germany. My older brother Victor was
the captain of Colts at the time and a member of the national team.
Dennis Yhip was the coach and under his teachings I matured as a
person and as a player. Gwenwyn Cust (God rest his soul) was my
inspiration at Colts. He was a former national player and although he
left the team for Teachers Training College he was a leader and a
teacher in every sense of the word. To me he is a national icon.
L-R: Aldwyn McGill with Coach Dennis Yhip (RIP) in NY
(L-R): Aldwyn McGill, Gwenwyn Cust, & Victor McGill
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Colts scored their first win in the
Port of Spain Football League
group “A” competition when
they downed Harvard 3-0 on the
“A” field on King George V Park
before a fair crowd.
The “Belmont Blues” looked
very business-like from the first
blast of the whistle of referee
Tommy Nathaniel. They moved
into the open spaces and
controlled the pace of the game.
They were rewarded in the eight
minute when Keith Daniel
scored with a good shot from
close up.
Colts continued to press and 10
minutes later Gregory Trujillo
made it 2-0, after a defence
blunder by Gordon Husbands,
saw a shot from Daniel only
partly stopped by Harvard
keeper, Ian Garcia.
In the second session, Colts
continued to have the better of
the game, finding their players
at will.
The star of this session was
17-year-old Aldwyn McGill,
brother of Colts skipper,
Victor McGill.
He was rewarded in the 35th
minute following another
blunder by Husbands, he
received the ball just outside the
penalty area and beat keeper
Garcia with a neat placement
McGill scores first goal