Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team captain and Hall of Fame inductee Sedley Joseph passed away today at the age of 80. Joseph had been ailing for some time with his kidneys. A former St Mary’s College and Maple midfielder, Joseph was considered one of the giants of …
Read More »Dear editor: Why Fifa’s normalisation committee won’t help T&T’s football
“The real problem with the TTFA isn’t generally about the president of the TTFA. The problem is and has been the individuals representing the member associations. “[…] History speaks for itself about what our presidents have done because our democratic membership allowed it to happen…” The following letter to the …
Read More »Look Loy explains TTFA defiance: why teach the youth ‘hypocrisy, cowardice and self-interest’?
“[…] Some opposed to our resistance to Fifa talk about our supposed endangerment of ‘the youth’. But, in effect, their moaning merely teaches youth, by example, the abandonment of democracy, principle, justice, and fair play, for the prevalent values of our national intellectual and spiritual life: hypocrisy, cowardice, self interest, …
Read More »Hadad takes credit for helping stranded Jomal, Jamal and Jomoul; Wallace kept out of loop
Jomal, Jamal and Jomoul are now under one roof in El Salvador. It might sound like the making of a sitcom but in fact it is one of multiple stories about the impact of Covid-19 on Trinidad and Tobago internationals across the globe. In this case, 26-year-old Jomal Williams, 32-year-old …
Read More »Fenwick: If Fifa withdraws funding, we crash! Local football in ‘lose lose’ scenario
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team coach Terry Fenwick has become the first technical staff member to share his thoughts on the power struggle at the helm of the local football association. And the former England World Cup defender believes that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s technical programmes …
Read More »Hart moves on TTFA, local body gets two week deadline to satisfy TT$5 million debt
Former Soca Warriors head coach Stephen Hart has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) two weeks to find the US$742,444 (TT$5 million) owed to him for unpaid salaries and breach of contract. Should the TTFA fail to satisfy Hart, the Canada-based coach has threatened to levy against the …
Read More »Wallace: TTFA will pay unpaid staff as soon as we get Fifa money, besieged president offers ‘peace of mind’
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace assured administrative and coaching staff members today that they will be paid outstanding monies soon, once the local football is in ‘receipt of the monies from Fifa’. Wallace’s letter was his first official communique to staff since Fifa announced that he …
Read More »Hadad reaches out to national coaches, in midst of TTFA/Fifa US$2 million impasse
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is due to receive US$500,000 (TT$3.4 million) from Fifa ‘in the coming days’ and a further US$2 million (TT$13.5 million) shortly thereafter—which represents their total annual entitlement—as the governing body aims to provide a ‘financial relief plan’ to its member associations, due to …
Read More »Collective head-scratching as Fifa lists Corneal, De Four and Caesar as employees
Who returned Anton Corneal, Stephan De Four and Wayne Caesar to their former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) portfolios? At present, the Fifa website lists the aforementioned men as technical director, Women’s National Senior Team head coach and referee’s department head respectively. However, none of those appointments were made by …
Read More »Fifa appoints Hadad as normalisation head, Attorney: Wallace is still TTFA president
Fifa appointed three of its five member normalisation committee for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) this morning with Robert Hadad, co-CEO of family-owned company Hadco, in charge. Hadad, who is also a board member of the International School in Port of Spain, was named today as chairperson of the …
Read More »Shaka: T&T football stuck between criminalisation and colonisation, Fifa has betrayed us
In early December of last year, I was in Trinidad to film a commercial for Unit Trust alongside none other than the world’s first black Miss Universe, Janelle Penny Commissiong. The format of the shoot was an informal conversation between two nationals about their successes, their failures—you get the picture. …
Read More »Fifa appoints normalisation committee in T&T, Wallace and VPs removed after three months
Fifa has disbanded the Board of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) with immediate effect and will appoint a normalisation committee on the island. The decision was made today by the Bureau of the Fifa Council in accordance with article 8.2 of the Fifa Statutes. Article 8.2 states simply …
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