“I don’t know very much about the gentleman who is taking over,” British attorney Michael Townley told Wired868. “I do know he was vice president for a decade when so many unethical things were going on. So I can’t see that he will exert much influence in the right direction …
Read More »T&T Football praying for kiss of life
Wired868 journalist Filbert Street (to camera): “Today we return to the Port of Spain hospital where six weeks ago, Football was rushed by ambulance, battered and abused and fighting for its life. Although we all believed Football had begun its recovery, today we have been told of a shocking relapse …
Read More »Murray quits; Tim Kee is next TTFF president
The Normandie Hotel in St Ann’s was the site for an impromptu rendition of “Hello, Goodbye” from Colin Murray today as the Carib Brewery events and marketing manager officially announced himself as a Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) presidential nominee and then immediately pulled out of the race for …
Read More »Why I’m rooting for the Sport Minister against the TTFF
Football fans are a funny bunch; they have never had any doubt whatever that their enemy’s friend is their enemy. Or their enemy’s enemy is their friend. So once they dislike a team, that dislike is forever and ever. Amen. Logic and reason have nothing to do with it. It …
Read More »Sport Ministry gave Queen’s Park more money than Warriors
Sport Minister Anil Roberts has allegedly again failed to keep his promise to Trinidad and Tobago football. Roberts told Parliament, on 5 October 2012, that the Sport Ministry would bankroll the Trinidad and Tobago national senior team’s preliminary Caribbean Cup qualifying round in St Kitts and Nevis, which was held earlier …
Read More »Tim Kee makes first move in TTFF presidential race
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) vice-president Raymond Tim Kee, who runs his own self-titled insurance company, today officially announced his candidacy for the post of TTFF president, which will be contested on 11 November 2012. Tim Kee is one of two candidates who applied for the top administrative …
Read More »Sport Ministry gives TTFF money to an employee
The Ministry of Sport arguably continued its provocation of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) today as Wired868 understands a cheque meant to cover the senior men team’s Caribbean Cup trip to St Kitts and Nevis, was made out to the team’s manager, William Wallace. TTFF press officer Shaun …
Read More »Warriors adjourn TTFF contempt charge; settlement imminent
The 13 aggrieved 2006 “Soca Warriors” today agreed to adjourn their contempt application against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and its general secretary Richard Groden and former president Oliver Camps in a conciliatory move that is expected to precede a settlement between the two parties. [pullquote_left]The agreement between …
Read More »Defiant Sport Minister delivers fresh rant but questions remain
Sport Minister Anil Roberts unleashed a fresh verbal assault on the character of All Sport Promotions director Anthony Harford in a press conference at the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs today. Roberts also accused Bruce Aanensen, the All Sport financial director and Queen’s Park Cricket Club president, of a …
Read More »TTFF contempt case continues; Warriors asked to settle
The 2006 World Cup bonus dispute returns to the Port of Spain High Court from 9.30 am tomorrow, on 17 October 2012, and on Thursday 18 October with Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) general secretary Richard Groden and ex-president Oliver Camps facing contempt charges for their failure to initiate …
Read More »Sport Minister accused of deceiving Parliament
All Sport Promotions financial director Bruce Aanensen defended the reputation of his company and the integrity of his colleague Anthony Harford, in a press conference today at the Queen’s Park Oval, and has added to concerns that Sport Minister Anil Roberts might have willfully deceived the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament. …
Read More »Private donors rescue Warriors; Sport Ministry abandons team again
Trinidad and Tobago national senior football manager William Wallace woke up today in St Kitts and Nevis to discover that he finally had money to pay for the laundry. “The (Trinidad and Tobago Football) Federation got a couple of small sponsors to donate money to deal with the bills we …
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