Even as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) ponders its replacement for former head coach Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian looks set to return to familiar territory: a second-tier Africa football nation. The National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) has named Saintfiet as one of roughly 15 applicants to coach …
Read More »Jan-Mar 2016: Tim Kee harikari, Ian’s cocolooks contest and Thema vs Dick… Don’t blush, baby!
January: The year of our Lord, 2016, started with a swing and a miss as West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle went charging down the wicket to Australian television reporter Mel McLaughlin with a cheeky and inappropriate request for a date during a live interview. In the end, it was …
Read More »TTFA and DJW vs Wired868: T&T football president threatens suit over website articles
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and the local football body itself have sent pre-action protocol letters to Wired868 in relation to three articles published on the website: “DJW hurdles AGM: TV cash vow mutes concern about Hart and TTFA’s secrecy culture”, “DJW vs Clayton Morris: Futsal …
Read More »Shooting blanks: Best bemoans lacklustre SSFL, recounts past glories
Wired868 editor-in-chief and CEO Lasana Liburd is a conman and, if he’s not careful, he may end up in jail. Or, if Dame Fortune smiles on him, in the UNC. I say that because I have been reading the stories that appear here about the Secondary Schools’ Football League (SSFL). …
Read More »The trials of Jan, Matthew and Aaron: How racism affected future of three T&T players
The following story—written by Wired868 managing director Lasana Liburd—was first published by the Trinidad Express on 2 December 2008 and chronicles the ambitions and racial barriers faced by Trinidad and Tobago players, Jan-Michael Williams, Matthew Bartholomew and Aaron Downing, as they tried to break into the European professional leagues: “Williams, …
Read More »Head to head: I95.5FM’s debate between John-Williams, Salazar and Liburd
The following is I95.5FM’s audio clip of the 7 July 2016 debate between Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams, vice-president Joanne Salazar and Wired868 managing director and journalist Lasana Liburd, which was hosted by Andre Baptiste and Roxie Gialdo. More from Wired868 “Ridiculous to say we’re weaponising …
Read More »We don’t need the TTFA board! DJW and Salazar lift the lid in explosive I95.5 interview
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and vice-president Joanne Salazar said yesterday that they, along with vice-president Ewing Davis, acted on more than one occasion without approval from the TTFA’s board of directors and sought to justify their doing so in a radio interview on I95.5FM. John-Williams …
Read More »The TTFA will chart its own course—in private! DJW snubs questions on controversy
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams refused to respond to questions on an alleged training ground incident with “Soca Warriors” head coach Stephen Hart, issues raised by National Futsal Team coach Clayton Morris or even to reveal when technical director Muhammad Isa started work at the local …
Read More »Snap: Darin, Glasgow, Leonson and the Wired868 Football Festival IV in photos!
Steups! For the second straight year, the Wired868 XI lost in its Football Festival by a solitary goal. The Darin Lewis Invitational XI stole bragging rights yesterday with a 6-5 win over a decidedly more mature Wired line-up at the UWI SPEC ground in St Augustine. Darin “Speng” Lewis turned …
Read More »Sizzling Stewart sinks Petrotrin; Guaya takes CNG NSL KO title
“Words can’t explain (what this knock out trophy means to us),” Guaya United captain and co-coach Ryan Stewart told Wired868. “We were here last year, we know what it felt like to lose and we had no intention of repeating it. Absolutely no intention!” Not for the first time, Guaya …
Read More »Barry, barra and other crap: Best on un-Parliamentary language
Say “Employer” to someone and (s)he expects soon to hear “Employee.” And ditto if you reverse the order. So I wasn’t really surprised when Wired868 stopped talking about “Barra” and started talking about “Barry.” But I stopped reading Monday’s Express story about the MP for Princes Town with the first …
Read More »Why always me? Jack Warner responds to FIFA ban and extradition request
Ex-FIFA vice-president and former Trinidad and Tobago MP Jack Warner responds to his FIFA ban and US extradition request in a press conference. Satirically speaking. More from Wired868 Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man (Scene: A dapper gentleman examines a …
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