Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting on 15 September for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) 47 member delegates, in the first significant response by local stakeholders to the impasse between the TTFA’s elected officers and Fifa. Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura vowed, …
Read More »TV6 ME: United TTFA discuss Fifa ban on Morning Show
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace, vice-president Clynt Taylor and board member Keith Look Loy discuss possible Fifa ban with TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed: More from Wired868 B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: How the Soca Warriors are often outmanoeuvred off the football field Former Trinidad and …
Read More »Dear Editor: Fifa, TTFA, normalisation and ‘the overrated bliss of being right’
“[…] All sides would have to initiate a reasonable offering as a sign of good faith. A prudent place for Fifa to start is to cease its threats of suspension or expulsion of the TTFA, while the ousted TTFA executives can remove their High Court substantive claim and refile said claim with CAS…” …
Read More »Wallace emails Fifa members for support from ‘oppressive’ leadership; Hadad slams ‘misinformation’
William Wallace: “[…] We believe the imposition of the normalisation committee as punishment for our revelation of the previous administration’s financial impropriety, which was ignored by Fifa…” Robert Hadad: “[…] Your letter is an example of the campaign of misinformation and disinformation that you and a number of your colleagues …
Read More »Dear editor: Will you tell your children to accept abuse, once there’s money in it?
“[…] I imagine the people who support Fifa’s intervention, in the face of a High Court ruling, would give this advice to their children: ‘When you’re accepting payment from someone, abuse is justified’…” The following Letter to the Editor on Fifa’s takeover of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) …
Read More »Downer: Fate of TTFA NOT on Congress agenda; so Fifa can’t suspend T&T on 18 Sept
“[…] I have made inquiries about the deliberations of the last Fifa Council Meeting of about three weeks ago, and I have been reliably informed that the only matter that came up concerning the TTFA was the ratification of the Bureau’s decision to install the normalisation committee…” The following is …
Read More »Sport minister vows to ditch TTFA if Fifa acts, Wired868 examines fall-out as Wallace misses key meeting
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) traditionally depends on funding from two main sources to carry out its operations: international governing body, Fifa, and the Ministry of Sport—via the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT). Besieged TTFA president William Wallace could potentially lose both patrons with just one …
Read More »Hadad claims SporTT and not TTFA locked-out coaches; coaches set record straight
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad tried to pass the blame for the recent temporary lock-out of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) coaches, with a release that was immediately rebutted by three national coaches. On Tuesday morning, security at the Ato Boldon Stadium locked the gates and stopped coaches …
Read More »Hadad urges ‘previous administration’ to act for T&T’s benefit, a day after locking out national coaches
“Fifa has been clear from the day of the appointment of the normalisation committee, and on several occasions since, that the committee alone has the mandate to run and manage the affairs of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association. “[…] Additionally, it makes clear the potentially devastating consequences for football …
Read More »Fifa tells ‘new’ TTFA to inform ‘former’ TTFA of deadline to drop court case, in bizarre letter
Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura has asked ‘new’ Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) boss Robert Hadad—the head of its normalisation committee in the twin island republic—to tell ‘former’ TTFA president William Wallace to ignore the order of High Court Judge Carol Gobin and move its dispute with Fifa to …
Read More »Wallace writes Infantino: Work with United TTFA, or we will continue in court
“[…] Normalisation is a draconian and unfair act which seeks to undermine the independence of the TTFA and ride roughshod over the will of the electorate who voted for the United TTFA slate in November 2019. “[…] By refusing to work together with us, and by repeatedly refusing to engage …
Read More »‘Total disrespect!’ Coaches locked out of stadium, while trying to deliver letters to Hadad
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) head office at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva went into lockdown mode this morning but it was not as a safety measure against Covid-19. Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad’s staff was not trying to keep the novel coronavirus at bay—just the country’s …
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