This report was initially written by Lasana Liburd for the Trinidad Express newspaper and published there on 25 November 2004: It was not, as Birmingham City chairman David Sullivan pointed out, the ‘crime of the century’. The British Soccernet website claimed that the Blackburn Football Club, the site of the …
Read More »SSFL 19: Oliver and Yorke star against former schoolmates as Malick edge Trinity East 2-1
Malick Secondary snapped a three game losing streak this afternoon in Trincity as they edged Trinity College East 2-1 in a rescheduled Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division fixture. It was not an unfamiliar ground for Malick attacker Dwight Yorke and goalkeeper Khalil Oliver, as the former ‘Blue Hawks’ …
Read More »No Spider-Man on the Web? How Carter came to share Cosmos dressing room with Pelé
The year is 1999, one year after former Strike Squad baby Dwight Yorke makes a £12.6 million move from Aston Villa to Manchester United. The “Red Devils” complete a memorable treble. The year is now 1989, ten years before Yorke’s Manchester odyssey. The Trinidad and Tobago Senior team is preparing …
Read More »You’re NOT my Sunshine! Shelly’s defamation suit, Dwightie’s chutney bacchanal and a murky place in Couva
Mr Live Wire gives a wag of the finger to three incidents this week… Hypocrite of the week: (17 May 2013) Disgraced ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner launches “feel good” newspaper, Sunshine, at Kantac Plaza in Arouca with the following words: “The Sunshine is designed with a conscience to recognise …
Read More »Shocked and disappointed! Yorke condemns Jomo Pitt’s statement on Bacolet national stadium
“It’s disappointing that […] athletes are now refusing to even go to the [Dwight Yorke Stadium] and are now forced to train in foreign countries. “What to me was also very disappointing is that the individual who was put there in a position to represent in the best interest of …
Read More »US Embassy: Yorke stopped from entering USA by visa requirement that pre-dates Trump
Former Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup captain and ex-Manchester United star Dwight Yorke appears to have been stopped from entering the United States by a visa requirement that was put in place during the term of former President Barack Obama. Yorke, who holds a British and Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Yorke did NOT run afoul of Trump travel ban; T&T W/Cup captain supposedly had visa issue
Former Manchester United star and Trinidad and Tobago World Cup 2006 captain Dwight Yorke was not turned back from Florida nor was he denied access to the United States due to President Donald Trump’s controversial “travel ban”, which was already stayed by the US courts. Instead, according to Trinidad and …
Read More »Yorke, John-Williams get FIFA appointments; TTFA president on players’ status committee
Trinidad and Tobago World Cup 2006 captain Dwight Yorke and TTFA president David John-Williams were both given four-year appointments by FIFA today on the football governing bodies standing committees. Yorke, who achieved worldwide acclaim at Manchester United when he starred in their treble success of 1998/99, was appointed to the …
Read More »Latapy vows to defend home turf as T&T U-17 squad named for CFU competition
“We are playing at home and we are Trinidad and Tobago, considered one of the giants in the English-speaking Caribbean. We are going to try and get back to the football we know we can play here which is offensive football.” Music to the ears of Trinbagonian football fans… Not …
Read More »Levi Garcia on shortlist to face St Vincent; AZ teenager nears Warriors debut
Eighteen year old AZ Alkmaar winger Levi Garcia may be on course to becoming the youngest player to represent Trinidad and Tobago at a World Cup qualifier in almost three decades, after he was invited to join the “Soca Warriors” for outings against St Vincent and the Grenadines on March …
Read More »Anatomy of a political suicide: Mr Live Wire, Tim Kee… and the Easter Bunny
It’s been a tumultuous weekend for Trinidad and Tobago, as two of the country’s larger than life characters appear to be on a collision course, after a startling public statement, subsequent inflation of egos and gathering of defiant supporters as well as the potential for a legal challenge. But enough …
Read More »Levi is T&T’s youngest scorer in Europe; teenaged winger strikes against NEC
Eighteen year old Trinidad and Tobago winger Levi Garcia lifted another record off legendary compatriot Dwight Yorke today as he came off the substitutes bench to score his first competitive goal for Netherlands Eredivisie club, AZ Alkmaar, in a 3-0 win over NEC at the Goffertstadion in Nijmegen. “I’m extremely …
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