Former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team coach Shawn Cooper explains an often overlooked deficiency in local teams—the support staff!—and its impact on the Soca Warriors’ readiness at Concacaf level. Look out for Part Two of our interview with Cooper on Friday 3 December as he talks to the Burdie …
Read More »B&B Ep 20: Shawn Cooper on ‘Naps’ v ‘Pres Lions’ and calamity with ‘Yaya’ and the Women Warriors
Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper talks to the Burdie and Barney Show about his coaching journey, working with Levi Garcia and Keston Julien, the ‘Naps’ / ‘Pres Lions’ derby, and the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team calamitous 2018 Concacaf Championship campaign, including when star forward …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper explains why Concacaf football is a whole other ball game
Think you know all about football? Wait until you’ve competed at Concacaf level! Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper explains the challenge in moving from Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic competitions to Concacaf tournaments: Look out for our full interview from Thursday 18 November as Cooper, the only coach …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: I had to shake up Levi Garcia…
“You think you got picked already?!” Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper recalls his wake-up call to the then 14-year-old Trinidad and Tobago whiz kid Levi Garcia and how the Shiva Boys Hindu College star responded to his setback. Look out for our full interview on Wednesday 17 …
Read More »American Futsal coach, Konstin, faces axe after ONE session; Kenwyne tipped for Women’s job
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is set to appoint former Soca Warriors captain and England Premier League forward Kenwyne Jones as Women’s National Senior Team head coach. Wired868 was informed that the 37-year-old Jones, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Germany 2006 World Cup and the 2001 …
Read More »B&B Ep 9: Angus Eve on Bertille’s life lesson, developing Molino, and the Pres-Naps rivalry
Trinidad and Tobago’s most capped Men’s National Senior Team footballer, 1991 Fifa U-20 World Cup ace, and Naparima College stand-out coach Angus Eve on his apprenticeship under Ron La Forest, pointers from Russell Latapy, Dwight Yorke and David Nakhid, Bertille St Clair’s life lesson, developing Kevin Molino and Kerry Baptiste, …
Read More »From T&T to Taiwan: Sheppard on quarantine, certification and Mandarin—after moving to Taoyuan FC
Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …
Read More »TTFA invites applicants for W/Warriors head coach, T&T women set for ninth change in six years
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), which is being managed by a Fifa-appointed normalisation committee at present, has opened its door for applicants for the position of Women’s National Senior Team head coach. Applicants are asked to submit their resume, contact information and a copy of all related documents …
Read More »‘Fly with the angels, Grovy!’ A footballing tribute to iconic SSFL coach Nigel Grosvenor
Trinidad and Tobago lost a giant of its youth football arena today, at roughly 3am. Former St Anthony’s College and Queen’s Royal College (QRC) football coach Nigel ‘Grovy’ Grosvenor passed away at the Couva Hospital this morning, more than a month after he was admitted there—following a positive test for …
Read More »Inside United TTFA: Fenwick, La Foucade flex, plus Wallace sneaks through Miller’s Avec deal
The following is the second part of Wired868’s look into the short but eventful tenure of the William Wallace-led Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA); and was done through a series of interviews, on condition of anonymity, with five persons from the United TTFA slate and/or employed elsewhere within the …
Read More »Hood slams referee Rashby and Jeffrey talks tactics, as Jabloteh stun Police
There was a straightforward case of pickpocketing at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night. One minute, burly SRP Elijah Belgrave was giving the ball a police escort back to his goalkeeper, Terrence Lewis; then, in a flash, San Juan Jabloteh forward Renaldo Francois pounced to relieve the lawman …
Read More »Jabloteh jump AC PoS; plus T&T U-15 coach Jeffrey explains why he turned down job as Cooper’s assistant
If there are any virtues that San Juan Jabloteh technical director Keith Jeffrey lacks, let it not be said that confidence is one of them. When Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy came calling, over the Christmas period, with the offer of Boys’ National …
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