Sometime during the course of Terry Fenwick’s tenure of Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach, the players began an informal game in which they would try to guess when the English coach planned to slip Gary Griffith III into the national squad. Usually, it was whenever silence …
Read More »Eve replaces former boss, Fenwick, as interim Soca Warriors head coach for July Gold Cup
Club Sando FC head coach Angus Eve has replaced Terry Fenwick as head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team. Eve’s appointment is, at least initially, on a temporary basis, as the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee confirmed his contract will expire on 31 August 2021. Eve emerged top …
Read More »TTFA confirms Fenwick ‘termination’; Corneal, Sherwood and Chinapoo to help pick new coach
“[…] A selection panel led by NC member Nicholas Gomez and comprising Anton Corneal, Anthony Sherwood and Richard Chinapoo will meet to finalise the selection of the interim head coach. “The interim head coach together with the panel will then establish the supporting team…” The following is a press statement from the …
Read More »Fenwick on the brink after World Cup flop; NC set to clear out Soca Warriors coaching staff
The Robert Hadad-led Fifa-appointed normalisation committee appears set to swing the axe through the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team’s technical staff, with head coach Terry Fenwick and assistants Kelvin Jack and Derek King on the brink. The normalisation committee comprises: Hadad, Judy Daniel, Nigel Romano, and Trevor Nicholas …
Read More »NC investigates ‘row’ between Jack and Griffith III before The Bahamas WCQ (Video included)
The Fifa-appointed normalisation committee has requested a report into a row between Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach Kelvin Jack and 18-year-old player Gary Griffith III, which occurred just hours before their World Cup qualifying outing against The Bahamas on Saturday 5 June. Jack, the 45-year-old 2006 …
Read More »Dear Editor: Don’t just blame the players, blame the normalisation committee too!
“[…] Players also were told that they wouldn’t be paid stipends because it didn’t factor into the TTFA’s budget. So they’re supposed to make it to training at their own expense when they’re not being paid for their profession? “A number of players had to seek regular jobs as they’re …
Read More »Fenwick blames ‘squandered chances’ on W/Cup KO, can still net salary hike to US$25k per month
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick blamed poor finishing for his team’s elimination from the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign yesterday evening, after a goalless draw away to The Bahamas at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau. The draw left the Soca Warriors with …
Read More »Nassau nightmare! Trinidad and Tobago eliminated from 2022 W/Cup by 201st ranked The Bahamas
‘This is the way the world ends,’ wrote TS Eliot, in his immortal poem The Hollow Men. ‘Not with a bang but a whimper…’ In the fading sunlight of Nassau this evening, a generation of Trinidad and Tobago footballers passed noiselessly towards their doom at the Thomas Robinson Stadium. The Soca Warriors were …
Read More »‘Financial and legal business leaders with impeccable integrity’; NC blows own trumpet after coaches pay-out
‘A team of financial and legal business leaders with impeccable integrity’ tasked with ‘an incredibly complex operation’. That is how the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, chaired by Robert Hadad, referred to itself tonight, in a public statement ostensibly meant to provide an update on the finances of the Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »BOL launches US$90 Soca Warriors kit with ‘fight back’ theme, TTFA mum on fine-print
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and fledgling Miami-based sport apparel company, BOL, unveiled its new kit for the Soca Warriors this morning, which the Men’s National Senior Team will wear tomorrow for their World Cup qualifying assignment against The Bahamas in Nassau. BOL, which also sponsors Montserrat, said …
Read More »UFCTT disappointed as Hood and Mascall take T&T coaching jobs without tender, James apologises for error
The Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) is considering the future of two representatives from its interim eight member committee, second vice-president Dernelle Mascall and floor member Richard Hood, in the wake of their appointments on the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coaching staff. The Trinidad …
Read More »Pending passports, tight budget, and inactive players: Fenwick’s WCQ challenge
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick will have just four days to prepare his outfit for their next Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying fixture, after the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee rejected his request for an eight-day overseas camp. The Soca Warriors face the Bahamas in Nassau …
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