Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker passed away today at the age of 82. Beenhakker won three titles at the helm of Real Madrid, lifted silverware with arch-rivals Ajax and Feyenoord, led Holland to the 1990 World Cup and steered Poland to their first ever European finals, the UEFA Euro 2008. However, …
Read More »‘JB’, ‘Bound to Score’, ‘Marvellous’ and ‘The Little Magician’: My all-time T&T football XI
Britain-based author Richard Blackett, who, at present, is working on A History of Football in Trinidad and Tobago, 1908-2006, made an interesting challenge to me: Who would I pick on my all-time Trinidad and Tobago XI? Of course, such selections are highly prejudiced by their very nature. But it did …
Read More »SSFL 24: Stapleton scores then sent off, as Arima North hold off ‘Saints’ in tense affair
Arima North Secondary striker Tyrell Stapleton went from hero to villain at the Arima Velodrome this evening but his team did enough to get the better of St Mary’s College 2-0 in their Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division encounter. Stapleton broke the deadlock for Arima in the 31st …
Read More »SSFL 24: Phillip bags double but St Mary’s held 2-2 by Signal Hill
St Mary’s College skipper Kyle Phillip notched a double against Signal Hill Secondary at Serpentine Road in St Clair today, although it was not enough to give the home team all three points—as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw with their Tobagonian guests. The outing marked a debut …
Read More »SSFL24: CIC hire Glen; Grayson lifts lid on alleged issues at “Saints”
Former Club Sando head coach and ex-Soca Warriors standout Cornell Glen will lead the St Mary’s College football team for the foreseeable future, after he was installed as replacement to Michael Grayson yesterday. Glen, 43, heads a new four-member technical staff which includes assistant coach Abdallah Phillips, goalkeeper coach Clayton …
Read More »SSFL24: “I won’t tolerate disrespect!” Grayson quits St Mary’s post; Glen tipped for job
Struggling North Zone football team, St Mary’s College, have become the first school to part ways with their football coach in the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season. This morning, veteran coach Michael Grayson—a SSFL hall of famer for his work with Arima Senior Comprehensive, St Augustine …
Read More »Club Sando end T&T’s five-year Caribbean absence; three “Naps” boys in squad
Club Sando are set to become the first Trinidad and Tobago football club to participate in a regional competition in five years, when they face Guadeloupean champions Solidarité-Scolaire from 5pm on Friday 4 August in Saint Kitts and Nevis for the Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield. It will be the first …
Read More »Pro League All-Stars: Eve votes for Glen, Cleon, Shaqkeem, Bateau, ‘Butters’, ‘Boyo’…
For the past 18 months, Trinidad and Tobago Pro League stakeholders have discussed the fate of the top flight competition and what might lie in store. Wired868 encourages local football fans to look back. In Wired868’s new Pro League All-Stars series, we ask a few of the local top flight’s …
Read More »TTSL: Santa Rosa enjoy dish of revenge, as Fry-inspired “Cannons” flog UTT at O’Meara
FC Santa Rosa closed the gap between themselves and Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) leaders Queen’s Park Cricket Club to four points yesterday, as they scalded UTT in route to a 4-1 triumph at the UTT campus in O’Meara. Rosa weren’t the only ones to keep the pressure on …
Read More »Ball is Life (Video): Glen on Weah’s inspiration and the big game Frenchman who could decide Russia 2018
Singing Les Bleus! Former T&T international Cornell Glen reveals how George Weah inspired him to become a football star, the elegant Frenchman that made him forget the “Samba Boys” and the big game player he thinks will take Russia 2018 by storm, in the first of Wired868’s five-part World Cup …
Read More »Team ‘Speng’ prevail: Glen and Martin tip scales at Wired868 Football Festival VI
The Darin “Speng” Lewis XI didn’t have to wait long for revenge as they stole bragging rights in the Wired868 Football Festival VI with a 2-1 triumph over the Wired868 XI at UWI’s St Augustine Campus. Central to “Team Speng’s” triumph was the performance of the UTT duo of goalkeeper …
Read More »Glen stuns Santa Rosa; UTT hand Guaya TTSL title as Look Loy rages against ref
HydroTech Guaya United FC are champions of the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) One competition, the Guayaguayare-based club pipping FC Santa Rosa today on the final match day of the season. Santa Rosa were one point clear atop the standings at kick-off and needed a win over the …
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