Outgoing Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace told the High Court that he felt ‘physically sick’ yesterday, as he formally withdrew his case against Fifa intervention, through a normalisation committee on 17 March. Wallace and first vice-president Clynt Taylor instructed their attorneys to raise the white flag …
Read More »‘The TTFA has been colonised!’ Wallace ends Fifa case to ‘avoid further victimisation’ of T&T football
“[…] It is fair to say that the overwhelming majority of representatives were motivated by fear of Fifa’s threat to suspend TTFA. “[…] We end our just action in order to avoid further victimisation of Trinidad and Tobago football. We have stood for Democracy, National Sovereignty and the rule of …
Read More »Wallace’s last stand? Look Loy confirms that TTFA members will determine next step in Fifa fight
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s 47 member delegates will be allowed to vote for the immediate future of the organisation at tonight’s online Zoom meeting. Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy, who is also part of the United TTFA slate that brought William Wallace to …
Read More »Qatar W/Cup qualifiers start in Oct, T&T may be forced to concede home advantage
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick will make his international coaching debut in the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series this October. And, more likely than not, it will be away from home. Concacaf today confirmed changes to its 2022 qualifiers, which spelt good and …
Read More »A bully and a crook? TTFA launches High Court action against Fifa and Normalisation Committee
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and his United TTFA slate launched a remarkable attack on Fifa today, as they changed their proposed battlefield with the world governing body from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to the local High Court. This morning, Wallace, supported by …
Read More »The abnormal normalisation clause: how seven Fifa ‘gentlemen’ usurped 210 nations in war on the TTFA
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, which was unprecedented for a coronavirus. By then, Italy’s Serie A had already been halted by the government with multiple sporting competitions set to follow. The Bureau of the Fifa Council promptly rescheduled an …
Read More »CFU member: Dear TTFA, you broke the unwritten rule against ‘witch hunts’
“Based on my experience as a president, nine years now, the parent bodies don’t like those witch hunts because they are considered counter-productive to football development. “[…] There’s an unwritten script that was set up by the parent bodies and it seems your member association didn’t follow that script…” The …
Read More »TTFA v FIFA: Wired868’s Lasana Liburd talks to TV6 Morning Edition
Why has Fifa shut down the TTFA Board? And what can besieged TTFA president William Wallace do about it? Wired868 editor and journalist Lasana Liburd and TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed discuss local football on 19 March 2020: More from Wired868 B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: How the Soca Warriors …
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 puts DJW’s accountant, Patrick, in charge of TTFA, despite being subject of investigaton
Fifa has placed controversial Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) finance manager, Tyril Patrick, in charge of the local football body ‘until the normalisation committee has been put in place’—a decision that has further heightened suspicions within the fraternity. The governing football body belatedly informed the TTFA, via email today, …
Read More »‘Travesty of logic and justice’, ‘attempted coup’, ‘cover-up’: TTFA officials condemn Fifa intervention
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) stakeholders have slammed Fifa’s decision to implement a normalisation committee on the island and effectively nullify the football body’s election last November. Fifa, in a press release today, claimed that its fact-finding mission to Trinidad last month—done in conjunction with Concacaf—found ‘extremely low overall …
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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