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Hoppers FC
Hoppers Football Club is an Antiguan football club playing in the Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division. It is based in Greenbay. History The Greenbay Hoppers FC is a nonprofit organization which was formed over 40 years ago. One of the founders, Mr. Londel Benjamin who was President until 2009, along with fathers, grandfathers and uncles of present players organized a football team from the Greenbay community. Greenbay Hoppers FC took part in the CFU Club Championship in an attempt to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Achievements *Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division: 2 ::2015–16, 2017–18 *CTV Warriors' Cup: 1 ::2005 Performance in CONCACAF competitions *CFU Club Championship: 2 appearances ::Best: 2005 Quarter-Finals – Lost against Portmore United Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. The team trains and plays home matches at the Prison Oval. History Hazard United The club was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigua Recreation Ground
Antigua Recreation Ground is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in St. John's, on the island of Antigua. The ground has been used by the West Indies cricket team and Antigua and Barbuda national football team. It had Test cricket status. It was also known as the Old Recreation Ground, or the Old Rec. against England in the ''"Blackwash"'' series of 1986 at the Recreation Ground. It was also where Brian Lara twice set the record for highest individual Test innings, scoring 375 in 1994 and the current record of 400 not out in 2004, both times against England. In May 2003 the West Indies completed the highest ever successful run chase in Test Cricket at the ARG, making 418/7 against Australia in their fourth innings to win by 3 wickets. Antigua is considered to be a good wicket on which to bat – hard and dry whilst not offering much bounce or movement to bowlers. This is colloquially known as a "featherbed". After the building of the Sir Vivian Richards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigua And Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two major islands, Antigua and Barbuda, approximately apart, and several smaller islands, including Great Bird, Green, Guiana, Long, Maiden, Prickly Pear, York, and Redonda. The permanent population is approximately 97,120 ( est.), 97% residing in Antigua. St. John's, Antigua, is the country's capital, major city, and largest port. Codrington is Barbuda's largest town. In 1493, Christopher Columbus reconnoitred the island of Antigua, which he named for the Church of Santa María La Antigua.Crocker, John. "Barbuda Eyes Statehood and Tourists". ''The Washington Post''. 28 January 1968. p. E11. Great Britain colonized Antigua in 1632 and Barbuda in 1678. A part of the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871, Antigua and Barbuda joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigua And Barbuda Premier Division
The Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division, currently known as the Digicel/Red Stripe Premier Division for sponsorship purposes, is the top football league in Antigua and Barbuda excludes Antigua Barracuda. History It was created in 1968 and is headed by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league. The winner of the league qualifies for the following year's CFU Club Championship. The 9th and 10th placed teams are relegated to the Antigua and Barbuda First Division. The championship is usually played between September and March. Clubs competing in the 2018–19 season *Aston Villa ( St. John's) * Five Islands ( Five Islands) *Grenades (Jennings) *Hoppers (Greenbay, St. John's) * Liberta (Liberta, Antigua and Barbuda) * Old Road ( Old Road) * Parham ( Parham) *SAP (Bolans Bolans is a community on the south-western end of the island of Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Antigua And Barbuda Premier Division
The 2018–19 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division was the 48th season of the Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division, the top division football competition in Antigua and Barbuda. The season began on 27 October 2018. RSSSF.com Liberta were the champions. Clubs League table References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenbay
Greenbay is a village in Antigua in Saint John Parish, known especially as the birthplace of the calypsonian A calypsonian, Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFU Club Championship
The Caribbean Club Championship, also known as the CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup, was an annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The Caribbean Club Championship served as a qualifying event for the CONCACAF Champions League tournament. The tournament was officially the Flow CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship for sponsorship reasons from 2018 to 2022. With the expansion of the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2024 edition, the 2022 edition of the Caribbean Club Championship was the last held. Instead, a regional cup tournament will be launched as a qualifying tournament of the CONCACAF Champions League for teams from the Caribbean, besides those which qualify directly through their professional leagues. Qualification Thirty-one national associations affiliated with the CFU were invited to participate, with each eligible to send two clubs, usually t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF Champions Cup
The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The winner of the CONCACAF Champions League automatically qualifies for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament currently uses a knockout format; it had a group stage prior to the 2018 competition. Unlike its European and South American counterparts, the winner of the CONCACAF Champions League does not automatically qualify for the following season's competition. When it was first organized in 1962, the competition was called the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The title has been won by 28 clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 36 titles in total. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV Warriors' Cup
CTV may refer to: Television * Connected TV, or Smart TV, a TV set with integrated internet North America and South America * CTV Television Network, a Canadian television network owned by Bell Media ** CTV 2, a secondary Canadian television network owned by Bell Media **CTV Atlantic, a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritime provinces ** CTV Comedy Channel ** CTV Drama Channel ** CTVglobemedia, now owned by Canadian telecom giant Bell Canada as Bell Media ** CTV Life Channel ** CTV News ** CTV News Channel (Canadian TV channel) ** CTV Sci-Fi Channel * C TV, a Trinidad and Tobago broadcast television station * Citizens Television, an American public access network in Connecticut * CTV: The Comedy Network, former name of Comedy Central, an American television channel Asia * China Television, a Taiwanese television company, established 1968 ** CTV Main Channel ** CTV News Channel (Taiwan) ** CTV Classic * CTV (Japan) or Chūkyō Television Broadcasting, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFU Club Championship 2005
2005 Caribbean Football Union Club Championship was an international club football competition held in the Caribbean to determine the region's qualifier to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The 2005 edition included 13 teams from 10 football associations, contested on a two-legged basis. Trinidad and Tobago champion North East Stars, which was only in its fourth year of existence, was given a bye to the quarterfinals. The club then withdrew before the quarterfinals due to a lack of financing. This allowed Surinamese champion Robinhood to eventually reach the final despite never playing a team from Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago. After Robinhood stunned Jamaican champion Portmore United with a first-leg victory, Portmore recovered to win the tournament with a decisive 4-0 win in the return leg, thereby advancing to the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ---- Portmore United 2005 CFU champions, advance to 2006 CONCACAF Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portmore United
Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. The team trains and plays home matches at the Prison Oval. History Hazard United The club was formed as ''Hazard United'' and has been around for more than 20 years. They started out in the Clarendon League in Division 2, then played two years in Division 1 when they qualified for Craven A Premier League. They have been in Jamaica National Premier League ever since. Hazard United were based in May Pen and won two league titles (1993 and 2003). Move to Portmore and rebranding as Portmore United Portmore United was founded in the late 20th century in Hazard as Hazard United. In the early 21st century, the club moved to Clarendon and renamed itself to honor its Clarendon home. JFF regulations stipulated that each club have stands with seating capacity of at least 1,500 persons, which Clarendon did not have. In order to honor this requirement, the team subsequently move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Bazaar (Dominica)
Grand Bazaar or Great Bazaar, may refer to: * Grand Bazaar, Isfahan, a historical market in Isfahan, Iran * Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world * Grand Bazaar, Tehran, a historical market situated in the capital of Iran, Tehran * Grand Bazaar (Ürümqi) The Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar ( zh, s=新疆国际大巴扎, t=新疆國際大巴扎, p=Xīnjiāng Guójì Dàbāzhā; ug, شىنجاڭ خەلقئارا چوڭ بازىرى, translit=Shinjang Xelq'ara Chong Baziri, ), also known as Int ..., an Islamic bazaar in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China * Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar, a farming game released for the Nintendo DS {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
