Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team coach Terry Fenwick has become the first technical staff member to share his thoughts on the power struggle at the helm of the local football association. And the former England World Cup defender believes that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s technical programmes …
Read More »Rowley announces phased re-opening of economy; fast food first out of the blocks!
Trinidad and Tobago will start the gradual re-opening of its economy from 11 May with KFC, Wendy’s, doubles and other itinerant and non-itinerant restaurants being first out of the blocks. They will operate until 8pm with no in-house dining. “Food establishments and restaurants would be allowed to open and provide …
Read More »Kamla: Rowley must come clean on Venezuela meeting; Rowley: ‘You are a traitor lady!’
On 27 March 2020, the Trinidad and Tobago government temporarily re-opened its borders for a meeting with a seven-member delegation from Venezuela, headed by vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, which—according to a press release—‘focused on the strategy being deployed in both countries to combat Covid-19’. However, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar suggested, in …
Read More »‘A set up!’ TTFA accuses CAS of helping Fifa financially bully Wallace, mulls its options
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) opened the possibility of a withdrawal of its case from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today in a move that could have seismic repercussions for its battle with Fifa. In a legal missive by the TTFA today, the local football body …
Read More »Rowley: Trinidad is not a real place; Griffith: TTPS ‘doesn’t operate on emotion’—Cambridge Analytica probe called off
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appeared to respond with sarcasm as Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith declared today that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has closed investigations into the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Cambridge Analytica, a controversial now bankrupt British consultancy firm, were accused—by former employee turned whistleblower, Christopher …
Read More »TTFA and FCB fail to settle differences, Wallace must take legal action to regain accounts
The next time that Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace interacts with the First Citizens Bank, it will likely be in a court room. The two parties agreed yesterday that only a judge could remedy their differences in a bizarre breakdown between client and service provider, which …
Read More »TTFA website down as UK company complains of Hadad snub, Fifa-appointee retorts
“Error—not found.” The above message is the statement that greets fans and stakeholders on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) website these days, as even the local sporting body’s online presence has fallen prey to the instability at the helm. It is five days now since the TTFA’s website …
Read More »TTFA employee: Wallace conceded staff to Hadad, now hand over FCB account so they can be paid
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has already relinquished control of his secretariat, according to an anonymous staff member, and should now do the ‘humane’ and ‘rational’ thing and concede the local football body’s bank accounts to the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee. The viewpoint was among several complaints …
Read More »Wallace to FCB: Who named you arbiter? TTFA president threatens bank and clashes with Hadad again
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has threatened legal action against First Citizens Bank and dismissed complaints by Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad, as the besieged administrator adopted a more combative public tone today. On Monday, Hadad stated, on the TTFA’s website, that he was the …
Read More »Hart moves on TTFA, local body gets two week deadline to satisfy TT$5 million debt
Former Soca Warriors head coach Stephen Hart has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) two weeks to find the US$742,444 (TT$5 million) owed to him for unpaid salaries and breach of contract. Should the TTFA fail to satisfy Hart, the Canada-based coach has threatened to levy against the …
Read More »FCB rules on Wallace/Hadad tussle for TTFA account and opts for: ‘none of the above’!
Even if Fifa parks US$2.5 million (TT$16.9 million), which represents its annual subvention plus Covid-19 relief money, into the bank account of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) tomorrow, it could be weeks or even months before it gets to the local body’s unpaid technical staff and office employees. …
Read More »Don’t use the TTFA letterhead! Hadad threatens Wallace with legal action
Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has fired back at Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) William Wallace over his use of the local football body’s letterhead today, as confusion continues to engulf the sport here. This morning, Wallace sent a letter to the TTFA’s 37-odd technical staff members and dozen …
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