Athletic Club of Port of Spain (previously known as North East Stars FC ) is a Trinidad and Tobago professional football club based in Port of Spain , Trinidad , that plays in the TT Premier Football League . The team plays its home games at the Hasely Crawford Stadium .
5-721: The team joined the Professional Football League as North East Stars F.C. beginning in the 2002 season, having previously played in Trinidad's ECFU league. The team joined the league with the explicit intention of representing the north-east of Trinidad, previously underrepresented in football circles. The team was terrible in their first season, finishing last in the league with a dismal record of 4 wins, 2 ties, and 22 losses. They improved dramatically in 2003, however, jumping from last to third, as they went 19–7–10. They improved even further in 2004, surprising everyone by winning
10-754: A Trinidad and Tobago football club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jerren Nixon Jerren Kendall Nixon (born 25 June 1973) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a forward . After beginning his career with Trinidadian clubs Airport Authority and ECM Motown, Nixon signed for Dundee United in 1993, where he won the Scottish Cup in his first season. In 1995, he joined FC Zürich and went on to spend eight years playing in Switzerland, where he also had spells with Yverdon-Sport and FC St. Gallen . He ended his career back in Trinidad with North East Stars , where he
15-576: The club to win the 1993–94 Scottish Cup , but left a year later for £200,000 after they were relegated from the Premier Division . He spent the next eight years of his career in Swiss football, with FC Zürich , Yverdon-Sport FC and FC St. Gallen . In 2003 Nixon returned to Trinidad after a trial with Dallas Burn failed to lead to a contract. He joined North East Stars , winning the league title in 2004, and finishing as top scorer. In September 2005, he
20-467: The league with a dominant 14–5–2 performance. They finished 5th in 2005. The club's Jerren Nixon finished the 2004 season as the league's leading scorer with a staggering 31 goals, 17 in front of second place Randolph Jerome 's 14. In 2020, the club moved to Port of Spain and changed its name. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. This article about
25-695: Was also interim head coach for a time. Nixon made 38 international appearances for Trinidad and Tobago between 1993 and 2004, twice playing at the CONCACAF Gold Cup . Born in the village of Morvant , just outside Port of Spain , Nixon began his career in Trinidad playing for ECM Motown before moving to Scotland in 1993, joining Dundee United . Impressive early form for the Tannadice Park side prompted then manager Ivan Golac to declare he would one day be worth £20 million. Nixon later said that Golac's inflated valuation of him hampered his career. He helped
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