Tag Archives: Wayne Sheppard

Former Trinidad and Tobago international defender Yohance Marshall, interim coaches association president Jefferson George and SSFL president Merere Gonzales discuss what lies ahead at the 2021 Gold Cup, fair-weather fans, the Soca Warriors’ bottle and spoon session in Miami, and the unusual fighting methods of Iwer George supporters. Subscribe for …

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 …

Domestic sport in Trinidad and Tobago is on pause at present; and has been for much of the past 13 months, since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Arima North Secondary football team technical director and former Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team and QPCC FC assistant coach Wayne …

Leave the egos at the door and instead bring bags and bags of patience. Fixing our football will require much more time than it took to drive it down to its current position. For too long, we have attempted to hold conversations in which each leader tried to look like …

The only people making money in football in Trinidad and Tobago for the last year have been non-football people. Robert Hadad is drawing upwards of TT$40,000 per month while Judy Daniel, Nigel Romano and Trevor Gomez are banking over TT$30,000 per month—based on the standard sums given to Fifa-appointed normalisation …

“[…] We were on a water break and he turned to me and said: ‘I’m not getting dropped from this team.’ I was wondering, who is this dude?” “[…] I remember at Jan-Michael Williams’ wedding reception when you’re thinking it was not an ideal situation for much talk—because of the …

So far I have only touched on youth development from a ball manipulation and decision-making viewpoint. However, playing in competitive games non-stop can also hinder the physical development and health of players.  Again, the local adage that ‘the more you play, the better you get’ is misleading on this count. …

Youth development in Trinidad, simply put, consists of tournaments and competitions. The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), Youth Pro League (YPL), Republic Bank Youth League, Next Level U-19 Tournament and Commissioner’s Cup are the main players in this arena.  I will use the SSFL as the starting point of the …

TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed has Wired868 director Lasana ‘Burdie’ Liburd and former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-15 Team assistant football coach Wayne ‘Barney’ Sheppard over to discuss Wired868’s new football-related podcast, The Burdie and Barney Show: More from Wired868 B&B Ep 22: Michael Holding: West Indies cricket …

Wired868 launches its first podcast, The Burdie & Barney Show, with a special guest: ESPN analyst and former England Premier League goalkeeper and Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup star Shaka Hislop! Listen to the extended B&B pilot as Hislop reveals why he turned down Manchester United, players’ rights in …

The following is a press statement from the National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT): The National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) put positive, pro-active governance on the front burner again this week, as its steering committee met with Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian …

The steering committee of the nascent coaches association has asked Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace to explain how he intends to help them be remunerated for their work thus far. The TTFA’s technical staff members were hired under the Wallace-led administration, via the board, and began …