Football PDL Season Starting This Weekend
The Bermuda Football Association’s Player Development League [PDL] will officially commence tomorrow [Nov 20].
In total, 8 Clubs will be vying for the league title at the end of the season. In addition, the PDL Martonmere Cup will once again serve as a Cup competition. In total, 17 weeks league competition will be played beginning this weekend, ending March 5th, 2011. Once the league season comes to an end, the PDL Martonmere Cup will follow, March 12th, with the finals being played March 25th.
Dandy Town Hornets are the defending champions of the PDL Martonmere Cup, when they defeated Boulevard Blazers on penalty kicks played at the National Sports Centre.
8 Teams competing in the PDL: Dandy Town Hornets, Somerset Trojans, Devonshire Cougars, PHC Zebras, St. Georges Colts, NVCC Rams, St. David’s Warriors and the YMSC Bluebirds.
The BFA says the “objective is to provide another division for those players not quite ready to break into the clubs Premier or First Division team or for those players too old to compete in the youth leagues. The PDL was also formed as an avenue for keeping players between the ages of 18 – 23 years involved in the game as we all can attest to the fact that it is generally accepted that this age group is more vulnerable to leaving football for a variety of reasons.”
