The following are this week’s fixtures for the various Trinidad and Tobago football competitions covered by Wired868: Tuesday January 5 (TT Pro League) Club Sando v Morvant Caledonia United, 6 pm, Ato Boldon Stadium; Thursday January 7 (CNG National Super League Premiership) Siparia Spurs v La Horquetta SA, 4 pm, …
Read More »Warriors lose Hoyte to injury; Hart and Abu Bakr wary of Haitian challenge
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart suffered another withdrawal yesterday, as veteran right back Justin Hoyte pulled out of Friday’s 2016 Copa America Centenario play off clash against Haiti with a hamstring injury. Hoyte’s pull-out means the “Soca Warriors”—already without midfielders Kevin Molino and Hughtun Hector, as …
Read More »Snap: Darin, Glasgow, Leonson and the Wired868 Football Festival IV in photos!
Steups! For the second straight year, the Wired868 XI lost in its Football Festival by a solitary goal. The Darin Lewis Invitational XI stole bragging rights yesterday with a 6-5 win over a decidedly more mature Wired line-up at the UWI SPEC ground in St Augustine. Darin “Speng” Lewis turned …
Read More »Keithos, Fazeer, Machel: Live Wire reads T&T’s New Year Temperature gauge
Scene: Office of the Minister of Satire. The phone rings. Mr Live Wire: Hello? Caller (singing): Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind… Live Wire: I hope you referring to Kamla. Caller: What? No my brother. Auld Lang Syne means to ‘times gone past’. I am calling …
Read More »Leonson, Rahim and Maylee among stars for Wired868 fixture on Saturday
No more licks! Former “Strike Squad” star Leonson Lewis is promising to end a two-year losing streak for the Wired868XI veterans on Saturday in the fourth annual Wired868 Football Festival from 3 pm on Saturday January 2 at the UWI SPEC ground in St Augustine. Wired868 will again tackle an …
Read More »FIFA vs Nakhid: the shocking truth of their CAS battle and why it matters
If you are a football fan or stakeholder, then this may be the most important case that you have barely heard of. On 14 December 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled against Lebanon-based football coach and ex-Trinidad and Tobago international player David Nakhid in his bid to …
Read More »Soca Warriors star Keron Cummings shot; MLS target will miss Copa play off
Trinidad and Tobago international footballer and North East Stars playmaker Keron “Ball Pest” Cummings was shot outside his home in Diego Martin early this morning, after returning home from a boat cruise with his girlfriend. Cummings, according to Stars coach Roland Clarke, had just been given a lift home by …
Read More »Maturana, Fenwick, Eve, Hart? Glen aims at ex-coaches and his own legacy
“(Stephen Hart) is a coach who knows what he wants and he goes out and selects the exact players (with the specific characteristics he needs) to build his team,” said Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup attacker Cornell Glen. “There are coaches that select players who are in-form and work …
Read More »Guerra and Jomal called up as Hart selects Warriors team for Copa play off
Bankers Insurance Central FC playmaker Ataulla Guerra will get another chance to stake his claim to Trinidad and Tobago’s “number 10” role, after the elegant midfielder was recalled by coach Stephen Hart for his 23-man squad to face Haiti in the 2016 Copa America play off on 8 January 2016 …
Read More »Queen’s Park claim Championship crown; Parkites stun Prisons to pinch promotion
Prisons FC only needed a draw to secure the CNG National Super League (NSL) Championship crown last night and automatic promotion to next season’s Premiership Division. Instead, the “Wardens” were given the slip by Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) FC at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, as the “Parkites” leapfrogged Prisons …
Read More »Copa cheer: Warriors and TTFA near match fees solution
Finally, some good news. After two days and roughly nine hours of negotiating, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the National Senior Team are allegedly within touching distance of a solution, which might bring an end to their impasse over outstanding match fees. The “Soca Warriors” are owed …
Read More »Creece left T&T women for Malabar coaching camp; admits US alcohol charge
“Women Soca Warriors” coach Anthony Creece returned to Trinidad yesterday to run a series of screening sessions for young male and female players at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar this weekend. Creece’s departure from Brazil left the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team without any of its three coaches, …
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