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Fontenoy United F.C.
Fontenoy United F.C. is a Grenadian football club from the neighborhood of Fontenoy St. George's, Grenada St. George's (Grenadian Creole French: ''Sen Jòj'') is the capital of Grenada. The town is surrounded by a hillside of an old volcano crater and is located on a horseshoe-shaped harbour. St. George's is a popular Caribbean tourist destinatio ... that plays in the Grenada Premier Division. Honours * Grenada Premier Division: ** Champions (1): 1998 References External links Fontenoy {{Grenada-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirani James Athletic Stadium
Police Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in St. George's, Grenada. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 8,000 people. It was renamed to Kirani James Athletic Stadium in April 2017, in honour for the first olympic medallist of Grenada, Kirani James. Uses The stadium hosted six games in the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. It is home to the Grenada national football team The Grenada national football team represents Grenada in international football and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association, a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed ''The Spice Boys'', a reference .... References Football venues in Grenada Athletics (track and field) venues in Grenada Multi-purpose stadiums National stadiums Buildings and structures in St. George's, Grenada {{Caribbean-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouyave
Gouyave is the capital and largest town in the parish of St John, Grenada. It is located on the west coast of the Grenada. History Originally called Charlotte Town after Queen Charlotte of Britain, it was renamed Gouyave by the French because of its guava trees. Culture One of the town's annual celebrations is Fisherman's Birthday. On 29 June fishermen come from all over Grenada for competitive boat racing, entertainment, fish foods, and many other activities. Also, every Friday the town celebrates "Fish Friday," a weekly festival that offers a wide range of fish dishes and entertainment. Fish Friday was founded to promote community development in Gouyave and the overall Parish of St. John's by promoting it as a fishing village. The town is also famous for its nutmeg Nutmeg is the seed or ground spice of several species of the genus ''Myristica''. ''Myristica fragrans'' (fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg) is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices derived from i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GFA First Division
The GFA First Division is the second tier of football in Grenada. The top two teams at the end of each season are promoted to the GFA Premier Division The GFA Premier League is the top football league in Grenada. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the Grenada Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league. The 10th-placed team is relegated to the Grenada First Division, wh ... while the third and fourth place teams play the 7th and 8th placed Premier Division teams for advancement via playoffs. The bottom two teams at the end of the season are relegated to the GFA Second Division. External links GFA First Division 2 Grenada {{NorthAm-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 GFA Premier Division
The 2016 GFA Premier Division was the 33rd season of top-division football in Grenada. The regular season competition began on 10 June 2016 and concluded on 23 October 2016. The playoffs were scheduled to begin in December 2016, with the first legs of the semifinals being held on 11 December 2016 and the second legs on 14 December 2016. The final and consolation matches were scheduled for 18 December 2016, but were not played. This was due to a double forfeit between Mount Rich and Paradise FC International as both their games were unplayed. By default, Hard Rock won the league title after beating St. John's Sports 4–0 on aggregate in their semifinal series. St. John's was the default runner-up. Both St. John's and Hard Rock earned berths into the 2017 CFU Club Championship, but ended up not participating in the competition. Teams A total of 10 teams are taking part in the league. New Hampshire United and GBSS were relegated to the GFA First Division. The two clubs that r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and several small islands which lie to the north of the main island and are a part of the Grenadines. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its size is , and it had an estimated population of 112,523 in July 2020. Its capital is St. George's. Grenada is also known as the "Island of Spice" due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops. Before the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, Grenada was inhabited by the indigenous peoples from South America. Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the Americas. Following several unsuccessful attempts by Europeans to colonise the island due to resistance from res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenada League
The GFA Premier League is the top football league in Grenada. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the Grenada Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league. The 10th-placed team is relegated to the Grenada First Division, while the 9th-placed team plays a play-off with the 2nd-placed team of the second level. Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Grenadan teams ever played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Some of the matches are played at the 9,000 capacity Grenada National Stadium. In 2014, the match between PetroCaribe Queens Park Rangers and Nixon's Electrical Happy Hill FC was the first live broadcast of a Premier Division match. Current teams ' * Eagles Super Strikers *FC Camerhogne *Spartans * Hard Rock *Hurricanes * Mount Rich *Paradise *Queens Park Rangers * St. John's * Chantimelle 2021–22 stadiums Previous winners *1983: ''unknown'' *1984: Queens Park Rangers *1985: ''unknown'' *1986: Carenage * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. History This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and contributors from all around the world and has spawned seven spin-off projects to more closely follow the leagues of that project's home country. The spin-off projects are dedicated to Albania, Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Poland (90minut.pl), Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
