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In looking back it’s still
beyond me where the
disrespect towards the
TCSL came from when
TCSL All-Stars defeated
top leagues in Toronto.
Some people looked at
TCSL as a minor league
to T&D but I’m sure they
can’t explain how
Players won the TCSL
Open knockout and the
Invitational matches
against top T&D teams
such as Magic and
West Indies.
I know players form
teams and teams form
Leagues, so what
determines which
league is better without
looking at the players
and the teams. We all
agree that T&D was the
better organized and
structured league.
I returned to Iere in ‘91 for the
sole purpose of retiring from
the Toronto and District Soccer
League. Retiring from the T&D
league was something I had
planned to do with Iere at the
end of the ’88 season to
coincide with the number of
jersey, however, due to
circumstances beyond my
control I had to leave the club;
That is, until my friend Anthony
Loney took over Iere coaching
job in 1991 and it seemed like
the perfect time to bid the T&D
league farewell.
Not that it was the end of my
playing days but it was time to
get away from the rigors of the
league.
I did not announce my
intentions because I did not
think it was something worth
announcing after having
learned valuable lessons there
However, I could not have
script it any better since
Loney was the person who
convinced me to join Iere
and was also instrumental in
my success as a player.
The ‘91 T&D season turn out
to be a lot of fun beyond the
soccer since I was not
operating in any official
capacity and that worked
well for me.
The fun really overlapped
from the Flemingdon league
since Spoilers was on the
verge of winning its third
consecutive league title in the
Toronto Caribbean Soccer
League (TCSL) and the
Spoilers-Iere relationship was
revamped under Loney.
Dixon Modeste and Wesley
Wickham set the tone for the
‘91 season by hosting BBQs
after the Iere games.
However, as one who
played against national
players in community
leagues, I know every-
one wanted to play
there and it was the
same with the TCSL
over the years; so, with
success of the TCSL
All-stars, Players &
Spoilers and the influx
of new teams, the only
difference seems to be
the travelling for away
games in T&D vs TCSL
Aldwyn McGill Desmond Marcial
Winston Haywood
Victor Haywood
Ian Ottley John Benjamin
Pedro Haywood
Neville “Bertis” Bell Auburn Baptiste Calvin “Offstick” Lewis Ronald Austin
Aldwyn McGill