“[…] Normalisation is a draconian and unfair act which seeks to undermine the independence of the TTFA and ride roughshod over the will of the electorate who voted for the United TTFA slate in November 2019. “[…] By refusing to work together with us, and by repeatedly refusing to engage …
Read More »Look Loy: ‘Hadad is doing absolutely nothing!’ Fifa blamed for hurting T&T’s W/Cup dreams
The biggest threat to the Soca Warriors’ dream of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup, according to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy and general secretary Ramesh Ramdhan, is not the ongoing legal tussle between the local football body and Fifa. It …
Read More »Dear Editor: Wallace is causing Fifa ‘good trouble’; we should be proud
“In little Trinidad and Tobago, with a bankrupt association, Mr Wallace and his team rightly challenged the motives of the Fifa, as well as the legality—to impose their own lieutenants who would bend to their will, while its own president makes his predecessor look like a church acolyte…” In the …
Read More »‘Who’s looking after players?!’ Hyland and Bateau on owed monies, Qatar 2022 and United TTFA/Fifa
Soca Warriors captain Khaleem Hyland and veteran defender Sheldon Bateau are urging stakeholders to remember the young men and women who play the game, as they pointed to the desperate financial state of many local-based players at present. Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams left office …
Read More »Griffith: We must not be ‘dream killers’, United TTFA should end court action against Fifa
“[…] Nobody wins if we go down the road of the local court, especially for our country, for our football development, and for the dreams of many—not just players, but the hundreds of thousands of supporters who would lose the opportunity to dream of one day seeing a repeat of …
Read More »Grosvenor grateful for love and prayers, iconic ex-St Anthony’s coach hospitalised for Covid-19
Iconic Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) coach and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) national youth team coach Nigel ‘Grovey’ Grosvenor is among 828 persons being treated for the novel coronavirus at present, within the Ministry of Health’s parallel health care system. Grosvenor was admitted to the Couva General …
Read More »Wallace: Fifa is demonstrating ‘contempt’ for our courts, our people and our nation
“Fifa has refused to engage in any discussions, forcing the TTFA as a last resort to turn to the courts. Not since 1962 have the people of Trinidad and Tobago allowed themselves to be forcibly subjugated in the manner that Fifa now seeks to do…” The following is a press …
Read More »‘A good soul who wouldn’t hurt a fly!’ Football mourns murder of Prisons star Nathan Julien
Prison Service FC forward Nathan Julien was murdered last night during a drive-by shooting in Maloney. He was 28 years old. Unconfirmed reports suggest that two others were injured during the gun fire. A gifted player, Julien was comfortable playing on either flank or upfront and was the Trinidad and …
Read More »‘The learned judge erred…’ Why Fifa is unhappy with Justice Gobin’s ruling
On 13 August 2020, Madame Justice Carol Gobin ruled comprehensively against Fifa in the Port of Spain High Court, as she dismissed six from the seven applications put forward by the Zurich-based global sporting behemoth against Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan …
Read More »Fifa vows to bring TTFA ‘in line’, lodges appeal against High Court ruling
Fifa, the world governing football body, has vowed to bring the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) ‘in line’ and warned of ‘potential further action’ against the member association, as a result of High Court action taken by the TTFA’s elected officials. Last week, TTFA president William Wallace and vice-presidents …
Read More »T&T pull Guyana, St Kitts and P/Rico in W/Cup draw, but Fifa will rule on possible ban first
The Soca Warriors must top Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico and Bahamas to advance past the preliminary stage of Concacaf’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series. But before a ball is kicked, the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team first has to contend with a Fifa Congress on …
Read More »CMO permits sport training—but only five persons per session
Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram will allow sporting teams to train despite the current Covid-19 restrictions—but only with five persons per facility. Article two of the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus) Regulations states: During the period specified in regulation 12, a person shall not, without reasonable justification: (a) be found …
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