The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League closes its 2012/13 season tonight when DIRECTV W Connection faces North East Stars in the Digicel Pro Bowl final from 8 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Wired868 says “see you soon” to the young men who made it a pleasure to …
Read More »Bonus-gate (Pt 2): The TTFF’s dirty war with its own football stars
Wired868, with the help of five people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part Two: Former World Cup goalkeeper Shaka Hislop’s jaw dropped when he looked at the figure revealed under the …
Read More »Stars set up Pro Bowl final with Connection
North East Stars booked its second Cup final against DIRECTV W Connection within a month at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya tonight. Unsurprisingly, penalties were involved. Despite being a player short for the final eight minutes, the Sangre Grande-based team was perfect from the penalty spot as coach Angus Eve’s …
Read More »Winchester, Primus and Abu Bakr earn Warrior recalls
Twenty-year-old Finland-based attacker Shahdon Winchester and Kazakhastan-based central defenders Robert Primus and Radanfah Abu Bakr were among 13 overseas-based players selected in Trinidad and Tobago’s 21-man squad that will friendly internationals away to Romania and Estonia next month. The “Soca Warriors” will face Romania at the National Arena in Bucharest …
Read More »Watson: Tim Kee must retract 2006 W/Cup funds claim
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee was toasted by the 2006 World Cup players yesterday afternoon as the two parties publicly signalled the end to a seven-year legal battle over bonus money. But Tim Kee, who was appointed unopposed last November after the withdrawal of his …
Read More »Warriors and TTFF bury the hatchet… but details scarce
There was an apology, gracious speeches and lots of back-slapping as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and estranged members of its 2006 World Cup squad officially buried the hatchet at the Hasely Crawford Stadium’s VIP room today and ended an ugly seven-year conflict between the two parties. “This …
Read More »Bonus-gate (Pt 1): How 13 W/Cup 2006 players challenged the TTFF… and won
Wired868, with the help of five people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part One: Last Thursday, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) wired an undisclosed figure into an account …
Read More »TTFF raises fresh questions over W/Cup settlement money
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) tried to answer questions today about the source of its funds to settle a longstanding bonus dispute with 13 World Cup 2006 players but might have sailed into a fresh storm. A press release today suggested that TTFF president Raymond Tim Kee used …
Read More »Doubt over 2006 W/Cup bonus settlement
An exuberant press officer is being blamed for a few jangled nerves between the Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup players and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) as the long-standing bonus dispute presumably enters its last lap. Yesterday, the TTFF, via press officer Shaun Fuentes, issued a release …
Read More »Champs Defence Force signs off on Pro League in style
Newly crowned domestic champions Defence Force signed off on the 2012/13 Digicel Pro League season last night with an emphatic 4-0 win over T&TEC FC at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. Two goals in each half saw the army/coast guard combination ease past the table proppers in a lopsided fixture …
Read More »TTFF names Sheldon Phillips as general secretary
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee has named United States-based administrator Sheldon Phillips as his new general secretary. The 47-year-old Phillip, who is the son of former TTFF technical director and stand-out goalkeeper Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips, was introduced to the TTFF staff today as the replacement for …
Read More »Kids play: Teenagers star in exciting Pro League finale
Defence Force clinched the Digicel Pro League title with a game to spare last night but the army/coast guard combination had to share the spotlight with some teenaged upstarts at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force was trounced 4-0 by DIRECTV W Connection in the penultimate fixture of …
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