Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has asked the High Court to block the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee from holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September, as the two bodies continue to fight over the right to run the local game. On 4 September, normalisation committee chairman …
Read More »Dear editor: Is Hadad fronting for DJW? Does toeing the line with Fifa really help our development?
“[…] The reality is most of our current footballers do not have a real future, as the standard of our football has dropped to an all time low. “[…] Why are we overly concerned about a Fifa ban when there is much groundwork to be done to address the more …
Read More »Technical staff members say settlement imminent, hail ‘progressive’ talks with normalisation committee
Representatives for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) national technical staff members have reported progress in discussions with the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, with a settlement believed to be imminent. The coaches and assortment of support staff, who were all hired under the William Wallace-led administration, have not been paid …
Read More »Hadad claims proof to support controversial EGM; club owner says otherwise, Downer scoffs
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad intends to push on with a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September, despite several constitutional issues about the conclave—including whether a requisite number of delegates supported the meeting. Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) vice-president Osmond Downer …
Read More »If you want to lead, you must read! Downer hits back at Sancho over TTFA EGM blunder
Interim Pro League chairman Brent Sancho and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams both received copies of the amended TTFA Constitution on 22 September 2019. So too did AC Port of Spain directors Ryan Nunes and Michael Awai, the San Juan Jabloteh office and Club Sando …
Read More »Oops! Hadad blunder appears to rule TTFA EGM on Fifa court case as illegal
Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad appears to have erred in his announcement of an extraordinary general meeting on 15 September, which was called to address possible Fifa sanctions against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)—due to an ongoing legal case by the TTFA’s elected officers. Fifa gave TTFA president …
Read More »EFATT: ‘A Wallace no-show for TTFA EGM would be slap in face of membership’
“[…] Most members that I have spoken to today on the matter of the meeting are expressing concern that Mr Keith Look Loy said that he as well as persons affiliated to him will not be attending the EGM. “We are hoping that Mr [William] Wallace and his team would …
Read More »Dear editor: Fifa is bluffing; if it could suspend the TTFA, it would have done so already!
“[…] Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad is being coached by Fifa, and his game is to get the the members of the TTFA into a meeting to justify his vote before the Fifa Congress (as part of the illusion), to suspend his fellow Trinidadians from the football at the behest …
Read More »Christine Rose: ‘The entire WoLF executive voted against Fifa ban…’
“[…] It was stated in the allegations that I failed to consult with my colleagues before signing on behalf of the body, and further, the matter was not discussed at membership or executive level. “[…] This matter was in fact discussed with the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s League Football (TT …
Read More »TTFA members call EGM to ‘withdraw’ Fifa case; Look Loy vows to boycott ‘illegal event’
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting on 15 September for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) 47 member delegates, in the first significant response by local stakeholders to the impasse between the TTFA’s elected officers and Fifa. Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura vowed, …
Read More »TV6 ME: United TTFA discuss Fifa ban on Morning Show
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace, vice-president Clynt Taylor and board member Keith Look Loy discuss possible Fifa ban with TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed: More from Wired868 B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: How the Soca Warriors are often outmanoeuvred off the football field Former Trinidad and …
Read More »Dear Editor: Fifa, TTFA, normalisation and ‘the overrated bliss of being right’
“[…] All sides would have to initiate a reasonable offering as a sign of good faith. A prudent place for Fifa to start is to cease its threats of suspension or expulsion of the TTFA, while the ousted TTFA executives can remove their High Court substantive claim and refile said claim with CAS…” …
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