Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) vice-president Osmond Downer has criticised Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad for either ignoring the local body’s constitution or totally misunderstanding his role within the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Hadad and his three-member committee, which includes Judy Daniel and Nigel Romano, …
Read More »Flashback: Wheelers and dealers; how Miller and Fenwick got stuck in to T&T football
The following is the second of a two-part series on then chief executive officer of the Football Company of Trinidad and Tobago (FCoTT), Peter Miller, and was written by Lasana Liburd and first published in the Trinidad Express on 17 March 2002: Three years can seem a particularly long time …
Read More »Flashback: Peter Miller Unplugged; how Essex salesman struck gold in T&T football
The following article on then chief executive officer of the Football Company of Trinidad and Tobago (FCoTT), Peter Miller, was written by Lasana Liburd and first published in the Trinidad Express on 10 March 2002: (FCoTT, at the time, was the sponsorship and marketing arm of the Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Russell destined for NFA presidency after Piper withdraws, in extraordinary late twist
Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team stand-out and Terminix La Horquetta Rangers goalkeeper coach Ross Russell was voted as president of the Northern Football Association (NFA) on Boxing Day by 11 from the zone’s 19 full member clubs. But that is unlikely to be the end of the …
Read More »Hadad: We’re grateful to be ‘functioning member of Fifa and Concacaf’, 2021 will be better
“[…] We are so thankful to end 2020 and to enter into 2021 with the TTFA, as a functioning member of Fifa and Concacaf. “[…] Our tasks of addressing the current debt, running the daily affairs of the TTFA, reviewing and amending the statutes, and generally charting a better way forward …
Read More »Fifa scraps Men’s U-17 and U-20 tourneys, but Concacaf gets four automatic Women’s W/Cup places
Two generations of Trinidad and Tobago football players will miss the chance to push for a place at a world youth cup tournament, as the Bureau of the Fifa Council announced today that it has scrapped the 2021 Men’s Under-17 and Under-20 competitions. The decision was attributed to the disruptions …
Read More »T&T coaches, players receive partial payments, with some ‘errors’; Hadad to discuss 2021 programme
There was some relief for Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical staff, office staff and coaches this afternoon, as salaries finally hit their bank accounts. Not everyone was satisfied and there appeared to be some discrepancies by the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee. However, coaches and players who spoke to Wired868 …
Read More »‘How can they sleep comfortably?!’ Corneal slams Hadad-led NC on alleged Fevrier payment
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director and Fifa coaching instructor Anton Corneal launched a scathing attack on the management style of Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad, as frustrations boil over regarding not only the non-payment of TTFA debts but the behaviour of the new local football …
Read More »Mixed response as Fenwick praises T&T’s unbeaten run against makeshift local teams
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick came in for congratulations from some supporters but raised eyebrows among the local football fraternity, after pointing to results in lopsided exhibition matches as signs of progress by his squad. The Soca Warriors are yet to play their first …
Read More »Flashback: Tribute to Angus Eve; why Trinidad and Tobago owes more respect to sporting heroes
The following column was written by then Trinidad Express journalist Lasana Liburd on 6 June 2005: If Angus Eve stacked stationery or cut out newspaper clippings at CCN for a living, he would be afforded a proper send-off on the day that he, or the company, decided his talents belonged …
Read More »NFA: EFATT president accused of interference, Downer and ‘Dada’ dispute validity of EGM date
The Northern Football Association (NFA) board of directors has accused Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president Kieron Edwards of violating the constitution of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the NFA, by seeking to interfere in its electoral process. Edwards, who is also a director in the Ascension Football …
Read More »Swiss prosecutor: ‘Clear signs of criminal behaviour by Infantino’; Fifa: Report ‘malicious and defamatory’
Dr Stefan Keller: “There are clear indications of criminal behaviour on the part of the Fifa president…” Fifa press office: “Fifa and the Fifa president are shocked by the statement issued today by ‘special prosecutor’ Stefan Keller. This statement is both malicious and defamatory in nature and demonstrates his extreme …
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