The ‘United TTFA’ group said it has postponed a proposed meeting with delegates of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) due to legal advice. The lobby group, which was formed to contest the 24 November 2019 TTFA elections, had asked members to attend an online meeting from 2pm on …
Read More »Wallace: I lied about Peter Miller; TTFA president admits giving contract to controversial Englishman
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace lied to his vice-presidents, the board and the media about the relationship between controversial English marketing man Peter Miller and the local football body—because Miller asked him to. Two months after Wallace told Wired868 that Miller was not the TTFA’s marketing …
Read More »Wallace defends Ramdhan contract, Downer disagrees and Harford says release ‘too strong’
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace said he had the right to unilaterally give Ramesh Ramdhan a two year contract as general secretary and criticised his United TTFA colleagues for being ‘premature’ in their condemnation of his actions. The United TTFA slate, a lobby group that campaigned …
Read More »A ‘replica’ of John-Williams! United TTFA turns on president Wallace, calls general meeting
“[…] This pattern of behaviour is unacceptable. It is unilateral. It exceeds the constitutional limits to the president’s authority. “It is deceptive and deeply disappointing. And it replicates the performance of former president David John-Williams…” The following press statement on the actions of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace—in …
Read More »Fifa fights back; urges High Court to send dispute to CAS—and for TTFA to pay its costs!
Fifa today filed an injunction in the Trinidad and Tobago High Court, which seeks to stop it from hearing any matter in relation to its normalisation committee and insists that the right forum for its dispute with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is the Court of Arbitration for Sport …
Read More »Meet the ‘Ice Cream Man’; Wired868 reviews Hadad’s tenure thus far as TTFA staff return to work
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) ostensibly got back to business today, as all eight staff members turned out for work at its headquarters in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. If there was any excitement about returning to their place of employment—now under the management of normalisation committee chairman …
Read More »Dear editor: Water polo complaints are ‘unsubstantiated’ and false; ASATT fires back
“The author alleges that: ‘[…] national swim teams pay nothing for their training there. How is it that a national team of one discipline has to pay to use the facility, while another discipline’s national team, under the same federation, has no cost?’ “[…] Notably, use of the National Aquatic …
Read More »Dear editor: Aquatics injustice! ASATT prioritises swimming to water polo’s detriment
“[…] How is it that a national team of one discipline has to pay to use the facility, while another discipline’s national team, under the same federation, has no cost? “[…] There is probably nothing more heart breaking for water polo players and parents than to see the Minister of …
Read More »Griffith: Only dinosaurs don’t back Fenwick and think they know Covid laws better than me
“The identical training programme for our national team—having them train in pockets, etc—is being conducted by almost every English Premier League team, as is being done by [Terry] Fenwick; and the restrictions were similar. “Likewise, other national teams in Concacaf have also commenced such training, as they want to have …
Read More »Wallace: We are trying to ‘rectify error’; TTFA president tries to explain secret Fenwick contract
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace admitted today that he legally bound the local football body to terms with Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick that were not agreed to by his board. Wallace, who is chairman of the TTFA’s Board of Directors, said he …
Read More »Fifa changes attorneys for TTFA case; Hamel-Smith SC replaces Denbow SC
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has made a substitution. It will be Christopher Hamel-Smith SC and not Dr Claude Denbow SC who will represent the world governing body in its case against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) at the Port of Spain High Court. Fifa chief legal and compliance …
Read More »“His choice of passes was one of the best I’ve seen!” Remembering the ‘pass-master’ Sedley Joseph
“I never saw Sedley [Joseph] in the middle of a problem as a player, and as manager he was even better…” “Sometimes a player might make an accurate pass but it wasn’t the best one—he would always see the best pass…” “Captain Sedley was the epitome of the essential gentleman: …
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