The old adage “there is no rest for the weary” would probably surmise the thoughts of the Bassa players as the former champions prepare to fight even further for their place in the country’s top football division.

A 4-2 defeat for Special Security Services All Saints United at the hands of Sugar Ridge Sap on Sunday meant that LIME Old Road are the new champions of football in Antigua & Barbuda.

Special Security Services All Saints United remained in tow of leaders LIME Old Road in the imobile Premier Division football competition on Sunday when they recorded a late one-nil victory over neighbours Bassa at Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG).

Championship hopefuls LIME Old Road, widened the gap at the top of the standings in the imobile Premier Division football competition on Sunday with a one-nil victory over Bassa but all eyes seemed fixed on defending champions Asot’s Arcade Parham who won their fourth straight contest since the season’s second and final national transfer window.

Hospitality Services Sea View Farm moved within two points of front-runners Special Security Services All Saints United in the imobile Premier Division football competition on Tuesday following a 2-1 victory over Champion Footwear Greenbay Hoppers at Antigua Recreation Grounds.

The two newcomers to the imobile Premier Division football competition – La Bussola Willikies and Pigotts Bullets – continue to struggle at the bottom of the standings as they battle to break the demotion curse associated with newly promoted teams to the top flight.

Bassa FC and its young energetic squad continue to defy the odds in local football, racking up a third victory in their last four outings.

Postponements in the imobile Premier Division, First Division and Second Division competitions have already set the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) programme back by almost two months.

It is hardly a week into the Antigua & Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) two-week transfer window that runs from December 1 to 14, and already a number of top players have declared their intentions of heading to what they believe to be greener pastures.

For the third time in seven days, consistent rains coupled with an already aggravated playing surface at Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG), forced the postponement of matches in the country’s imobile & OBSERVER Media Group Premier Division football competition.