On 2 October 2020, the QPCC Football Academy despatched emails to parents from their under-10 age group and older, which invited them to send their children to training from Monday 12 October at the St Joseph’s Convent grounds in St Clair. At the time, Trinidad and Tobago was on a …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh today urged the sporting fraternity to be patient and respect the public health ordinance, amongst growing evidence that football teams are flouting Covid-19 regulations. The Public Health [2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-ncov)] (No 32) Regulations, 2020 states: ‘During the period specified […] a person shall not, …

The following article, based on an interview between ex-England and Aston Villa manager Graham Taylor and journalist Lasana Liburd, was first published in Trinidad Express on 6 May 2004: “Let me tell you something that will always stay with me,” said former England and Aston Villa manager Graham Taylor. “I …

What was wrong with Jameson Rigues’ special meeting for Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) clubs on Saturday? Where to begin? Veteran football official and referees association vice-president Osmond Downer, one of the framers of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Constitution, has regularly been consulted on constitutional matters …

Former Strike Squad captain Clayton ‘JB’ Morris was voted president of the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) at a virtual election held by its board of directors this morning, with eight votes for, zero against, and one abstention. Morris, who is the head coach of TTSL team UTT FC, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) is not the only local football body grappling publicly with internal turmoil. This evening, the board of the Northern Football Association (NFA) set the date of 28 December for its next annual general meeting, which will include the election of officers. The problem …

Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) interim president Jameson Rigues will attempt to sack company secretary Peter Thomas, re-introduce seven suspended member clubs, and formally put off his own election date at an emergency meeting on Saturday evening—less than 24 hours before he is due to face UTT FC head …

The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) Board voted unanimously last night to hold a virtual election for the post of president on Sunday 6 December, according to a board release signed by general secretary Peter Thomas. Their last attempt to fill the position was scuppered by interim president Jameson …

The Trinidad and Tobago Super League’s 14 active member clubs were meant to choose their new president today from either of two candidates: Guaya United manager Jameson Rigues and UTT FC head coach Clayton Morris. Instead, by all accounts, chaos reigned in an ill-tempered meeting before Rigues, who is also …

In the maiden Canada Premier League (CPL) season in 2019, Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart finished bottom of the table with his HFX Wanderers outfit. The turnaround in 2020 could not be much more profound, as the Wanderers roared to second place, with what the CPL media described as …

Interim Trinidad and Tobago Super League League (TTSL) president Jameson Rigues has attempted to unilaterally call off elections for the organisation, just two days before he is scheduled to face Clayton Morris in a virtual referendum. Rigues, the Guaya United manager, claimed that his action is supported by Fifa-appointed normalisation …

Southern FA (SFA) president and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Board member Richard Quan Chan has rebuked a Trinidad Guardian article which claimed that he wants Fifa to take action against former local football president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Sam Phillip. In fact, …