Cunupia FC look set to miss out on the 2019 Pro League season, just two months after being accepted, as they will apparently fall victim to a change in structure negotiated by representatives of the TT Pro League, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL), Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) …
Read More »Famalay for the Road! Machel nears record; here’s how he compares with Kitchener and Super Blue
Soca star Machel Montano is now just one hit away from the all-time record for Road March titles, as he was awarded his tenth crown today by TUCO for Famalay—a collaboration which includes Ian “Bunji Garlin” Alvarez and Gamal “Skinny Fabulous” Doyle. Famalay was played 346 times at the respective …
Read More »TTFA board appoints Camara as general secretary in secret ballot; Stern named U-17 coach
Camara David, a UWI Sports Management part-time lecturer and former Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) general secretary, will assume the post of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary for the next 12 months, after he was appointed by the TTFA board last night. David, who is just …
Read More »Lawrence set to become T&T’s longest serving coach after TTFA extension; but board blocks Camara
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence is set to become the longest serving football head coach in his country’s history, after the TTFA’s board of directors approved a two and a half year extension for him tonight. The decision means that Lawrence is contracted to the …
Read More »Soca Warriors paid in full and ready to face Wales; but players urge DJW to raise match fees
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players are finally paid in full and anxious to turn their attention to next month’s international friendly against Wales. However, there is still the matter of a match fee to be negotiated. The Soca Warriors received a standard match fee of US$1,000 …
Read More »Gabriel, Belfon and homophobia: why T&T must improve, but international media can stuff their condescension
The West Indies Cricket Team’s Test series win over England, secured earlier this month, was their first triumph over any team above Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in seven years. The West Indies had not defeated England since 2009 while, to find a similar margin of victory over our former ‘colonial masters’, …
Read More »DJW calls TTFA board meeting; Lawrence, U-17 team and general secretary head talking points
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) board will hold its first meeting of 2019 on Wednesday 20 February and it could set the tone for controversial president David John-Williams’ final nine months in office. John-Williams has held on to his own job—after a motion to remove him by FC …
Read More »‘The TTFA appears stuck in a unilateral approach!’ Hislop, Look Loy, Cabralis and others give views on management issues
The constitution of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) mandates that the local football body has 16 standing committees to guide its board of directors in its operations. At present, the TTFA is operating with just one functional standing committee—the Referees Committee. In his October 2015 election manifesto, titled …
Read More »Only six percent of TTFA’s committees are functioning! Wired868 looks at issue within DJW-led football body
The framers of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) constitution—a policy document approved by the world governing body, FIFA—felt the local sporting body should be served by a number of standing committees, which were meant to not only ensure oversight and accountability but also to afford the TTFA’s board …
Read More »Look Loy survives due to Giants decision and compliance issue; Hagley wants TTFA intervention
Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy appears to have survived an attempt to dislodge him from the board of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), after a petition to remove him was ruled to have failed to meet the constitutional threshold by TTSL general secretary …
Read More »Fresh farce as TTFA appears to have two general secretaries, DJW mum on fate of Latapy-George and Lawrence
In chaotic Venezuela, beset by economic turmoil and protests, there are two presidents. Not to be outdone, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)—also cash-strapped and plagued by governance issues and a lack of transparency—now appears to have two general secretaries. Although Justin Latapy-George has operated as general secretary since …
Read More »TTSL split on Look Loy’s fate, San F’do Giants can decide fate of petition tomorrow
Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) outfit San Fernando Giants have asked for another 24 hours to consider their position on president Keith Look Loy’s role on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s board of directors. And, with Guaya United owner Randy Hagley’s petition for Look Loy’s removal down from …
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