Defence Force central defender Justin “Shiggy” Garcia was named the Player of the Season for the inaugural TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) competition at the awards ceremony last night. Garcia, who beat Tiger Tanks Club Sando forward Nathaniel James and AC Port of Spain midfielder Duane Muckette to the prize, …
Read More »Lawrence starts mission to conquer Caribbean with “worthy opponents” Guyana and Grenada
A new chapter of Trinidad and Tobago football, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and Men’s National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence, will commence from next week when the Soca Warriors get into international friendly action against Grenada and Guyana on 11 and 14 November respectively. The …
Read More »RSSR: Busting barriers and building football bridges—Behind the Bridge
Eight years after the RSSR Football Academy was born on 27 March, 1999, Marvin “Mr King” Lewis sang “Borderline.” In a rendition which earned him second place at that year’s Young Kings Calypso competition, Lewis—son of the late “King Austin”—highlighted the walls being erected between neighbouring communities by the rampant …
Read More »Army silences Central choir; Civic confounds Connection
Talk nah, Central! The buzz around Central FC over the past 48 hours has been the shock promotion of its marketing director, Brent Sancho, to the position of Sport Minister. Last night presented the opportunity for the “Couva Sharks” to resume normal service. But veteran Defence Force striker Devorn Jorsling …
Read More »Foreign legion: Three P/League outfield players in T&T Caribbean Cup squad
Trinidad and Tobago national senior team head coach Stephen Hart announced his final 20-man squad for the 2014 Caribbean Cup semifinal qualifying round today with only three Pro League players named among his 18 outfield players. Central FC midfielders Ataullah Guerra and Leston Paul were both summoned while DIRECTV W …
Read More »President made own way to Argentina; touched by Guerra’s bow
Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona, despite being the patron of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), did not travel with the Ministry of Tourism’s chartered flight to Buenos Aires. Theron Boodan, the Information Officer for the Office of the President, told Wired868 today that, contrary to reports in …
Read More »Guerra: Messi is a football god
Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Ataullah Guerra said he had no regrets about his bow to Argentina captain Lionel Messi and described the international friendly between the two nations, which the “Soca Warriors” lost 3-0, as “an amazing experience.” “He is a football God,” Guerra told the TTFA Media. “This was …
Read More »Guerra-gate: Live Wire identifies the Warriors’ real source of shame
An act of humility towards an Argentine man with a supposed gateway to divinity continues to mystify and discomfort cynics in the wake of Trinidad and Tobago’s friendly international against Argentina in Buenos Aires last night. But enough about the habitual greeting for Pope Francis; what about Ataullah Guerra’s pre-kick …
Read More »Gutsy Soca Warriors fall 3-0 to Argentina
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team gave a decent account of itself this evening at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. But, predictably, it was not enough to earn a result against one of the world’s top teams as the “Soca Warriors” fell 3-0 to Argentina in an international …
Read More »Snap: Pro League’s men of action
Wired868 looks back at the 2013/2014 Digicel Pro League season in photos: Editor’s Note: Look out for more Pro League photos from Allan V Crane. Please contact Allan at allanvcrane@wired868.com to purchase larger professional photos. More from Wired868 Lee …
Read More »Defence Force pulls within four points of Connection; Central wins again
Defence Force made it eight successive Pro League wins last night as the defending champion football club is just four points behind present leader DIRECTV W Connection with a game in hand. The “Teteron Boys” will play Connection twice before the end of the season and those meetings will decide …
Read More »Million dollar race: Central maintains dogged Connection pursuit
Pro League leader DIRECTV W Connection and second placed Central FC eased away from the chasing pack last night with emphatic wins over Police FC and Caledonia AIA respectively at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Surinamese teenager Dimitrie Apai scored his first hattrick in a Connection shirt as the …
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