“[…] Chaguanas North Secondary has waited until the penultimate round of the SSFL Premiership division competition, for its maiden opportunity to be showcased on Sportsmax, while other schools have had multiple showings in that time—only to discover [on Saturday] that the fixture will not be aired live. “[…] The players …
Read More »SSFL 2022: New groupings, more money, less games and hardcopy registration
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) will feature a raft of changes for its 2022 season—the first since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic—as new president Merere Gonzales and his board respond to a late sponsorship deal, experiment with a new format and address the impact of departing sponsors. First, …
Read More »First the EPL, then the World (Cup): Verticast’s regional dreams and how football fans can keep up
“[…] We have successfully, over the last two months, negotiated carry agreements with cable companies for the channels that will be carrying all of our content, including the Premier League… but we haven’t been able to sign with some of them, notably Flow and Digicel. “[…] Keeping in mind that …
Read More »Whitmore axed! JFF replace most successful Boyz coach in this millennium with his rookie assistant
Jamaica Men’s National Senior Team head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore has paid the price for his team’s sluggish start to the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign, as he was fired from his post today. Whitmore, an iconic ex-Jamaica midfielder who starred in the ‘Reggae Boyz’ 1998 World Cup campaign, …
Read More »Gonzales: Vaccine hesitancy torpedoed 2021 SSFL season; Jamaica student athletes all vaccinated
Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Merere Gonzales has suggested that vaccine hesitancy among Trinidad and Tobago’s student population could be a key factor in the Government’s decision to block schools football for the second successive season. Gonzales said the SSFL executive had been in communication with the ministries of …
Read More »Why the Caribbean’s Olympic coverage differed between Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020
The following article was penned for the TTOC Tokyo 2020 Olympic Magazine, prior to the ongoing competition: With no spectators likely to be in the stands, for the athletes the Tokyo 2020 experience promises to be unique. For regional televiewers, says LASANA LIBURD, it will be, if not unique, certainly …
Read More »Wallace: I lied about Peter Miller; TTFA president admits giving contract to controversial Englishman
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace lied to his vice-presidents, the board and the media about the relationship between controversial English marketing man Peter Miller and the local football body—because Miller asked him to. Two months after Wallace told Wired868 that Miller was not the TTFA’s marketing …
Read More »A ‘replica’ of John-Williams! United TTFA turns on president Wallace, calls general meeting
“[…] This pattern of behaviour is unacceptable. It is unilateral. It exceeds the constitutional limits to the president’s authority. “It is deceptive and deeply disappointing. And it replicates the performance of former president David John-Williams…” The following press statement on the actions of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace—in …
Read More »Terminix confirmed as Pro League and Super League sponsors as Ferguson’s influence grows
Trinidad and Tobago’s two top tier domestic football competitions will kick off on 5 and 18 October respectively with Terminix Trinidad director Richard Ferguson playing a key role in both. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy unveiled plans for the third season of the second …
Read More »Pro League votes to become ‘Ascension Premier League’; Ferguson wows clubs with tv rights offer
Say goodbye to the Pro League and hello to the Ascension Premier League. Barely a month after the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) refused to permit a second round of the Ascension Invitational Tournament, the competition’s founder, Richard Ferguson, got the TT Pro League to rebrand its own 20-year …
Read More »SSFL Council censure and fine Naparima and St Benedict’s for Digicel sponsorship violation
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) General Council today drew a line under last week’s sponsorship violation by Naparima College and St Benedict’s College by voting to ‘caution, censure and fine’ the two schools. The fine, however, was just TT$500. The decision was made by school representatives at an emergency …
Read More »‘Naps’ retreat in Digicel SportsMax row in face of SSFL action, Benedict’s also anger sponsors
Naparima College have vowed to respect the Secondary School Football League’s (SSFL) stance on shirt sponsorship in a bid to stave off severe disciplinary sanction from the governing body. Naparima, the defending champions and winners of three of the Premier Division’s five seasons, rejected the SSFL’s new Joma uniform and …
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