Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has ‘taken notice’ of allegations of financial misconduct supposedly committed by former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams but remained tightlipped about an official probe. John-Williams was the subject of an hour long feature …
Read More »Griffith: United TTFA should listen to its stakeholders and call the EGM!
“[…] We must serve to lead, and respect the wishes of the membership… To prevent calling [the EGM], or to delay it, can cause some to perceive that it is not the desire of those in authority to listen or adhere to the views of who they represent…” The following …
Read More »Media Monitor: Big Picture—Pt 2: Open Letter to David John- Williams; please put T&T first
Dear David, It appeared not in a Panamanian newspaper but many years ago in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Granma. Cuando el pueblo se enfada, toda la injusticia tiembla. You speak a little Spanish, don’t you? Not a word? Small ting. It says this: When the man-in-the-street says enough is enough, all …
Read More »United TTFA: Fifa and normalisation committee trying to cover up DJW’s ‘crimes’, govt must step in
“[…] In all of this malfeasance, Fifa was either guilty of gross ignorance of its own regulations and, therefore, gross mismanagement; or it was guilty of gross negligence and complicity in the actions of David John-Williams. “In any event, United TTFA concluded from the outset that Fifa imposed its normalisation …
Read More »‘Contemptuous!’ Wallace asks High Court to stop EGM and ‘restrain’ Fifa’s normalisation committee
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has asked the High Court to block the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee from holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September, as the two bodies continue to fight over the right to run the local game. On 4 September, normalisation committee chairman …
Read More »EFATT: ‘A Wallace no-show for TTFA EGM would be slap in face of membership’
“[…] Most members that I have spoken to today on the matter of the meeting are expressing concern that Mr Keith Look Loy said that he as well as persons affiliated to him will not be attending the EGM. “We are hoping that Mr [William] Wallace and his team would …
Read More »Dear editor: Fifa is bluffing; if it could suspend the TTFA, it would have done so already!
“[…] Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad is being coached by Fifa, and his game is to get the the members of the TTFA into a meeting to justify his vote before the Fifa Congress (as part of the illusion), to suspend his fellow Trinidadians from the football at the behest …
Read More »TTFA members call EGM to ‘withdraw’ Fifa case; Look Loy vows to boycott ‘illegal event’
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 »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 …
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