Former Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup captain Roderick Anthony lost his life this morning in a tragic vehicular accident near the Old Grange Road in Tobago. He was 36 years old. Anthony, a former right sided midfielder, captained his country at the 2001 Under-17 World Cup where he played …
Read More »Shahdon dies in car accident; T&T forward and ex-‘Naps’ standout was 27
Trinidad and Tobago international forward and W Connection FC captain and Naparima College stand-out Shahdon Winchester died in a car accident this morning in Gasparillo. Winchester, 27, was one of four persons killed in an accident off the Solomon Hochoy Highway in the vicinity of the Union Hall flyover, when …
Read More »TTFA board sacks Lawrence, hires Ramdhan as general secretary and appoints Shaka as ambassador
The board of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has terminated the contract of Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence with immediate effect. Lawrence’s dismissal was one of several big decisions made by the new board, who met for the first time yesterday in a marathon nine …
Read More »Warriors face either Guyana or Barbados in Gold Cup play-offs, avoid Guatemala
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team have avoided tricky potential clashes with Guatemala and French Guiana as they try to book their place at the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup through the play off route. Instead, the Soca Warriors will play the winner between Guyana and Barbados next June …
Read More »Jaiye, Shoaib, Tyrese, ‘Hulk’… Wired868 highlights the 2019 SSFL All-Star players
Excitement, drama, goals… The 2019 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) was not short of memorable moments. But who were the individual success stories? Wired868 asked its main SSFL reporters Roneil Walcott, Amiel Mohammed and Jovan Ravello to pick 11 starters, seven substitutes and one MVP apiece in any formation they …
Read More »Warriors slide again to 104th in Fifa rankings, two places off worst ever position
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team continued their slide down the Fifa rankings this week, as they fell two places to 104th. The Soca Warriors have never been ranked lower than 106th since Fifa introduced its ranking format in 1992. The Warriors’ current position confirms that coach Dennis Lawrence …
Read More »Camara resigns, Lawrence to submit technical report and TTFA debt crosses $50 million
Camara David has resigned as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary, effective Saturday 30 November, and will be replaced by the new board of the local football body on the advice of president William Wallace. David, who was hired in February 2019, was a controversial figure from even …
Read More »Intercol 19: ‘Pres Lions’ book South final date with ‘Naps’ while Speyside and Signal Hill renew rivalry
Fierce southern rivals, Naparima College and Presentation College (San Fernando), will meet in the South Zone Intercol final for the second year running after both schools cleared semifinal hurdles today in a double header at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. Naparima, who are seeking to become the first team …
Read More »Big Five 19: Fatima edge Signal Hill to seal promotion, Arima North win to stay alive
Fatima College will reclaim their position in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division in 2020, as the North Zone outfit sealed promotion from the Big Five competition today with a 1-0 win away to Signal Hill Secondary. Attacker Joshua Mason got the vital item for Fatima with a …
Read More »Lawrence accuses Molino and Joevin of refusing to play, vows to do his best with ‘depleted’ squad
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence has described his squad for Sunday’s vital Concacaf Nations League fixture away to Honduras as ‘depleted’ and suggested the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) pair of Kevin Molino and Joevin Jones did not make their services available to …
Read More »Enner problems! Sterile T&T lose 3-0 to Ecuador while Martinique point increases pressure on Lawrence
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team reverted to type tonight with a largely sterile showing away to Ecuador in a 3-0 friendly international defeat to the solid South American nation. Coach Dennis Lawrence could point to the effort and defensive organisation of the Soca Warriors as encouraging signs …
Read More »Intercol 19: St Augustine and Trinity East roll past second tier SSFL opposition and into East semis
St Augustine Secondary and Trinity College East advanced to the East Zone Intercol semifinal round today after comfortable wins over Holy Cross College and Valencia Secondary respectively in a Larry Gomes Stadium double header. St Augustine were first out of the blocks as the Premier Division outfit routed second tier …
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