A question on The Burdie and Barney podcast during our discussion with former England Premier League and 2006 World Cup goalkeeper Shaka Hislop lingered long after that episode was over: Have we been developing players? Or were we just blessed with talented players previously and, now, not so much? At …
Read More »B&B Ep 5: Martin and Powder discuss Road to Qatar, Terry’s tactics and Puerto Rican whispers
Fatima College technical director and KNVB coaching instructor Hayden Martin and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) TIPP scout director Sean Powder discuss the road to Qatar 2022, coach Terry Fenwick’s tactical approach and Puerto Rican whispers. Subscribe for free to to the Burdie and Barney Show for access …
Read More »Oops! Burdie and Barney Show postponed til Wed 7 April…
Eh… First the good news. Nobody got head-butt on the Burdie and Barney Show this week! The bad news? Well, there is no show at all. Why, yuh say? Covid-19? We ent get a travel exemption? Ansa McCal didn’t put through the order for us?! Actually, it was just a …
Read More »B&B Ep 4: Maylee Attin-Johnson on women’s game, Waldrum and her football future
Former Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson discusses the Canada 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign, the influence of American coach Randy Waldrum, the impact of football on her life, and her immediate future in the game. Subscribe for free to to the Burdie and Barney Show …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Maylee: How sport took me from common entrance flop to university degree
From Common Entrance failure to university graduate, former Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson explains how sport took her out of the ‘ghetto’. Look out for Attin-Johnson’s full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show from Wednesday 10 March, as we discuss the Canada 2015 World …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): On coaching women—Maylee answers a question with a question
Is there any difference between coaching male and female footballers? Former Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team captain Maylee Attin-Johnson explains why Women Soca Warriors coaches better be ready for more questions. Look out for Attin-Johnson’s full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show from Wednesday 10 March, as …
Read More »‘Our unique way of telling stories…’ Burdie and Barney visit TV6 Morning Show
TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed has Wired868 director Lasana ‘Burdie’ Liburd and former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-15 Team assistant football coach Wayne ‘Barney’ Sheppard over to discuss Wired868’s new football-related podcast, The Burdie and Barney Show: More from Wired868 B&B Ep 22: Michael Holding: West Indies cricket …
Read More »B&B Ep 3: Bertille St Clair on Dwight Yorke and the three ‘A’s’ of developing talent
Former Trinidad and Tobago national football coach Bertille St Clair describes his coaching legacy, Signal Hill, the making of Dwight Yorke and the three ‘A’s’ of developing talent. Subscribe for free to Burdie and Barney for our entire archive of interviews at Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, or TuneIn Radio, …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): St Clair on two Signal Hill stars—Wendell Moore and Dwight Yorke
Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Bertille St Clair remembers Tobago’s first professional football player and the young man who should have preceded him: Dwight Yorke and Wendell Moore respectively. Look out for St Clair’s full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show from Wednesday 24 …
Read More »Media Monitor—Pt 3: Class of 868; taking tired newspaper habits right down to the wire(d)
“Allyuh publishin anything now?” asked a sarcastic commenter on a recent Wired868 story. Wired868’s editor is not the person who spent two years performing autopsies on the two media dinosaurs in Port-of-Spain. But he is nonetheless acutely aware of the adage that enjoins entities to adapt or die. To the …
Read More »B&B Ep 2: Hart on coaching T&T, strained relations with DJW and that USA mauling
You asked for this… So don’t blame us! Burdie and Barney are back with Episode Two, as we speak to HFX Wanderers coach Stephen Hart on his career path in Canada, coaching the Trinidad and Tobago senior team, strained relations with ex-TTFA president David John-Williams, and the Soca Warriors’ recent …
Read More »B&B: Hart (Trailer): Facing Messi; the Argentine genius did something strange against T&T
Ex-Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart remembers an unusual thing that Argentine genius Lionel Messi did against the Soca Warriors on 4 June 2014 at a friendly in Buenos Aires. Look out for Hart’s full interview with the Burdie and Barney Show from Wednesday 10 February …
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