Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) interim general secretary Amiel Mohammed announced Fifa’s fourth appointment on its normalisation committee today: Massy Finance and Republic Bank director Trevor Nicholas Gomez. Remarkably, Gomez was actually appointed by Fifa on 15 March 2021 and immediately became an active member of the team. However, …
Read More »T&T player tests positive for Covid-19, second result will decide availability for Guyana game
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) revealed that one member of the Men’s National Senior Team tested positive for Covid-19 last night in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The player, who was not named, ‘was immediately isolated at the team’s hotel’ according to a TTFA release, which also claimed that …
Read More »Fast and furious! Guyana suggest they can live with T&T’s speed, as WCQ kick-off looms
Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana will reacquaint their burgeoning rivalry in strange territory and with new faces in the technical area, as both nations launch their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying bids tomorrow from 7pm at the Estadio Panamericano, Santo Domingo. On paper, the Soca Warriors are favourites, but it …
Read More »Haitian robbery; David, ‘Gally’ and ‘Archie’ erupt in controversial ‘74 campaign
The following is the third instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, and looks back at the controversial 1974 World Cup campaign: Port-au-Prince was as silent as a grave on 4 December 1973. On …
Read More »NFCTT disputes Hadad’s claim that coaches ‘paid up’; Corneal, Shabazz discuss Fenwick fracas
National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) interim president Jefferson George has denied Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad’s apparent claim that any coaches were paid off under his watch. Hadad’s comments were supposedly made in a press conference on 18 March and subsequently published in the Trinidad Newsday …
Read More »Fenwick and Fuentes: BFFs? How Hadad’s response to alleged altercation saved Englishman TT$5.4 million
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick gave his press officer, Shaun Fuentes, a hug in the Piarco International Airport Departure Lounge this morning, as the Soca Warriors headed off to Santo Domingo and their opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against Guyana. At a glance, …
Read More »TTFA claims Fenwick/Fuentes ‘exchange apologies’ after alleged altercation
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick and press officer Shaun Fuentes appear to have kissed and made up, after a fiery incident this morning, during a press briefing at the Ato Boldon Stadium. Fenwick, who was preparing to start the briefing, appeared to become enraged …
Read More »Fenwick allegedly attacks press officer; TTFA opens probe into controversial English coach
“I told you I am not doing any fucking interview once he is here!” Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick shouted at media officer Shaun Fuentes. Fenwick was getting ready to start a press briefing at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva and had two …
Read More »Bateau, Levi ruled out of P/Rico qualifier, T&T blindsided by two-month-old travel restriction
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick today admitted to another selection headache, worsened by his own administration, on the eve of the Soca Warriors’ departure for their opening two World Cup qualifiers against Guyana and Puerto Rico. Ace winger Levi Garcia, central defender Sheldon Bateau …
Read More »Rise of the schoolboys; De Leon, ‘Gally’, Archibald take the stage in ’70 WCQ
In the second instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, Lasana Liburd talks to iconic playmaker Leroy De Leon: The Trinidad and Tobago football team returned from Suriname on 15 March 1965 with red …
Read More »Fenwick snubs Rangers’ challenge, Warriors whip Police FC 4-1 with three late goals
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick has turned down the chance to play local Pro League club Terminix La Horquetta Rangers for a TT$100,000 bonus, according to Rangers managing director Richard Ferguson. Team manager Adrian Romain told Wired868 last night that Fenwick’s position on the …
Read More »Former Barcelona Beach Soccer player, Amarelle, hired to lead T&T ‘Beach Boys’
Former Spain and Barcelona beach soccer player Ramiro Amarelle will guide the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Beach Soccer team in their Russia 2021 Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup campaign, according to a TTFA release today. Trinidad and Tobago are among 12 nations who will participate in the 2021 Concacaf …
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