Aldwynable

L-R: Back:

David Fairholm, Tony Sargeant, Ronald Austin, Richard Daniel, Lawrence Glenn, Junior Braithwaite,

Keith McKoy.

Front:

Sean Bahadeosingh, (Player/coach) Aldwyn McGill, (GK) Auburn Baptiste, Fitroy Caesar,

Keith Mickie, Jaan Yewoon, Pernell Mason

MOST GOALS ‘87

. McGill 16, R. Coombs 4, J. Braithwaite 4, K. Mckie 4, A. Loney 4, K. McKoy 2, S. Cole 2,

L. Glynn 1, D. Modeste 1, P. Mason 1, S. Bahadeosingh 1, R. Nedd 1, Prince 1.

Aldwyn McGill was the

coach of Iere club in the

Toronto and District (T&D)

Soccer League in 1987.

It was also two seasons

after the club won the First

division and registered their

best seasons in the league.

The first real test for McGill

was the popular Iere

tournament. With a young

team Iere reached the final

and lost on a botched

call when the (Iere) referee

awarded a penalty with no

time left on the clock.

It was a bitter sweet

moment in that the team

lost but the future looked

bright.

However,

the

bitterness returned as the

young Iere team struggled

to find its way in the first

half of the T&D season.

The team won just 1 of 13

games with 7 losses and 5

ties.

He signed defender Dixon Modeste, midfielder Prince

Owasu, forwards Sam Cole and Rocky Coombs. The

turnaround saw the club lost just two games in its last

eleven and finished the league with a record of nine

wins, eight loses

and seven ties.

McGill left Iere

the next season

because he felt

that he was

asked to take the

coaching job and

it was not just

offered up for

election

but

his

players

were told that

he did not want

to coach and

just wanted to

play which was

false. To add

insult to injury

the new coach

was the reason

he initially left

the club in New

York in ’78.

“I’ve been through this

before with Players in

1980” McGill said. With a

young team the drawn

games could’ve easily

been wins and the losses

were games that slipped

away in the late stages

Goalkeeper

Auburn

Baptiste, Ronald Austin,

Richard

Daniel,

and

Lawrence Glynn were the

only experienced T&D

players on my roster and

unfortunately goalkeeper

Baptiste suffered a season

ending injury in a 3-1 loss

against Richmond Hill in

the 7th game of the

season.” Mcgill concluded

To silence the critics who

thought that his function as

player/coach was a part of

the problem McGill brought

in Roland Braithwaite as

his assistant coach and

signed four players he

recruited.

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