In the maiden Canada Premier League (CPL) season in 2019, Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart finished bottom of the table with his HFX Wanderers outfit. The turnaround in 2020 could not be much more profound, as the Wanderers roared to second place, with what the CPL media described as …
Read More »Rigues tries to postpone election with Hadad’s help; TTSL board, electoral committee insist he must face polls
Interim Trinidad and Tobago Super League League (TTSL) president Jameson Rigues has attempted to unilaterally call off elections for the organisation, just two days before he is scheduled to face Clayton Morris in a virtual referendum. Rigues, the Guaya United manager, claimed that his action is supported by Fifa-appointed normalisation …
Read More »Quan Chan denies calling for Fifa action against Wallace; Wired868 reveals Guardian transcript
Southern FA (SFA) president and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Board member Richard Quan Chan has rebuked a Trinidad Guardian article which claimed that he wants Fifa to take action against former local football president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Sam Phillip. In fact, …
Read More »‘Diego was like a Shakespeare play; he was THE man!’ Hart on meeting Maradona
“[…] Diego was larger than life and he couldn’t go anywhere and relax. I’m sure it must be like that with Cristiano [Ronaldo] and Messi and Pelé. They have no lives. “You have to see it to believe it… It was unbelievable to think someone has to live like this, …
Read More »‘Teflon Terry’ takes centre stage, Fenwick emerges stronger from United TTFA collapse
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick looks set to benefit from increased powers, as the Soca Warriors start preparation for their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign in earnest under the supervision of Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad. The Warriors are drawn in Group …
Read More »Rigues and Morris contest presidency; election will proceed virtually despite Rigues misgivings
Guaya FC manager Jameson Rigues and UTT FC head coach Clayton Morris will bid to succeed Keith Look Loy as Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president on 29 November, despite protests by the former over the electoral process. Yesterday was the deadline for nominations for the vacant position. Rigues, …
Read More »Fifa lifts suspension on Nov 19, criticises ex-TTFA officials for ‘hindering’ NC
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is once more a full Fifa member, after the world governing body formally lifted its suspension of the Soca Warriors today. The decision was made by the Bureau of the Fifa Council, which is headed by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, and promptly communicated …
Read More »‘Irreplaceable!’ Hyland, Saunders and Phillip pay tribute to late ‘Mr Brinsley’
East Mucurapo Secondary football team manager Brinsley Hutson passed away yesterday at the Mt Hope Hospital, where he was warded since suffering a stroke last Friday. Hutson, who worked in sales at Massy Technologies, was one of the first crop of students at the then Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive in the …
Read More »(Flashback) Hail Team T&T—the aftermath of that magical night in Bahrain
This article written by Lasana Liburd was first published in the Trinidad Express and offers a peek into the Soca Warriors’ dressing room on an unforgettable Wednesday night in Bahrain on 16 November 2005: “We going Ger-many! We going Ger-many!” Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop was in full cry …
Read More »Flashback: Fanning the flames; what true supporters can offer T&T sport
The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on 23 October 2003: Sometimes it is too easy to forget who are the real power-brokers in football. Not the talented and sometimes extravagantly paid players whose careers last as long as a St Ann’s taxi …
Read More »Flashback: When Clint Marcelle faced Chelsea; Wired868 revisits a memorable match for Scarborough FC
The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on 29 January 2004: Gracious and good humoured to the end, the Scarborough Football Club must have seemed the happiest losers in recent English FA Cup history as they bowed out 1-0 to Premiership aristocrats, Chelsea, at …
Read More »‘Preparing part-time players to compete with pros is a challenge’: T&T’s Caribbean coaching exports speak
When, Covid-19 permitting, Stern John leads the Anguilla Men’s National Senior Team out for their opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying contest, he will join a growing number of Trinidad and Tobago coaches looking to make their mark elsewhere in the Caribbean—albeit at less recognisable football nations. Bertille St Clair …
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