Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick today admitted to another selection headache, worsened by his own administration, on the eve of the Soca Warriors’ departure for their opening two World Cup qualifiers against Guyana and Puerto Rico. Ace winger Levi Garcia, central defender Sheldon Bateau …
Read More »Rise of the schoolboys; De Leon, ‘Gally’, Archibald take the stage in ’70 WCQ
In the second instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, Lasana Liburd talks to iconic playmaker Leroy De Leon: The Trinidad and Tobago football team returned from Suriname on 15 March 1965 with red …
Read More »Plaza breaks Rangers’ ranks to represent T&T in 1-0 win over Defence Force
Terminix La Horquetta Rangers forward Willis Plaza, 33, was a surprise inclusion in the Soca Warriors squad today as he made a cameo appearance in their final warm-up match before they depart on Thursday for World Cup qualifying action in the Dominican Republic. The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Team …
Read More »Fenwick snubs Rangers’ challenge, Warriors whip Police FC 4-1 with three late goals
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick has turned down the chance to play local Pro League club Terminix La Horquetta Rangers for a TT$100,000 bonus, according to Rangers managing director Richard Ferguson. Team manager Adrian Romain told Wired868 last night that Fenwick’s position on the …
Read More »A ‘Tiger’ at the back and Gellineau’s good head on top; T&T’s humble W/Cup bow in ‘66
As the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team prepare to kick off their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series, journalist Lasana Liburd recalls our first campaign with former national goalkeeper Lincoln ‘Tiger’ Phillips—in the first instalment of a series on T&T’s World Cup adventures, adapted from articles published first …
Read More »Rangers challenge Soca Warriors: Beat us and we pay TT$100,000; Fenwick mum
Terminix La Horquetta Rangers managing director Richard Ferguson has put TT$100,000 on the table for Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick. All Fenwick has to do to cash in, is lead his Soca Warriors to victory against the Pro League outfit. The Rangers offer follows …
Read More »Flashback: Ghetto fabulous; re-introducing 2006 T&T star Aurtis Otis Seaton-Whitley
The following article was first published in the Trinidad Express on 27 October 2005 and written by Lasana Liburd: Otis Seaton was hired by Don Leo Beenhakker as the muscle. The Trinidad and Tobago national football team coach needed a player with the energy and courage to protect his back …
Read More »Flashback: The Little Magician’s final spell; how Latapy’s 2006 W/Cup cameo lit emotional fuse
The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on Thursday 24 June 2006: Russell Latapy was outnumbered and, it seemed, cornered. It was the mixed zone at the Franz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern and the pint-sized Trinidad and Tobago midfielder had to walk past a …
Read More »‘They’re sabotaging Fenwick and Hadad!’ TTFA staff blamed for normalisation committee blunders
Who is doing more damage to Trinidad and Tobago’s 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying chances? Is it the perceived arrogance and ignorance of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, headed by Robert Hadad? The eccentric behaviour and questionable decision-making of Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick? Or the alleged indifference …
Read More »Quarantine or play elsewhere! Wired868 looks at why gov’t blanked TTFA’s late WCQ proposal
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will concede home advantage in a World Cup qualifying campaign for the first time in 36 years, after Ministry of Health chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram ruled that a proposal by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) fell short of …
Read More »The Hadad era: has normalisation committee become a threat to T&T football?
“America won’t have [Christian] Pulisic, so it will be an easy game,” Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) acting general secretary Amiel Mohammed supposedly told a football insider, as he bragged about the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee’s coup in securing a friendly match against Concacaf giants, the United States. Mohammed could …
Read More »SOS to Dr Rowley! CMO accused of ‘sabotage’, as Warriors unable to train or book warm-up games
The Soca Warriors’ Qatar 2022 World Cup dreams are being stymied by the Trinidad and Tobago government’s Covid-19 rules and, according to football insiders, the Ministry of Health’s apparent reluctance to relax them for the Men’s National Senior Team. There have been 107 million cases of infection worldwide since the …
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