The inaugural Ascension Invitational Tournament will be concluded this weekend with seven clubs chasing a share in the TT$650,000 cash pot available across Division One and Two. In Division One, leaders Defence Force need only to avoid a heavy defeat against table proppers Matura ReUnited on Sunday afternoon to secure …
Read More »De Four names 18 overseas players in training squad for Olympic qualifiers; ‘Baby’ appointed skipper
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Stephan De Four named 18 overseas-based players in his 29-member squad for a residential camp, as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. The team will be led by Iceland-based midfielder Karyn ‘Baby’ Forbes and lists her sister and …
Read More »Pro League votes to become ‘Ascension Premier League’; Ferguson wows clubs with tv rights offer
Say goodbye to the Pro League and hello to the Ascension Premier League. Barely a month after the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) refused to permit a second round of the Ascension Invitational Tournament, the competition’s founder, Richard Ferguson, got the TT Pro League to rebrand its own 20-year …
Read More »Women Soca Warriors start Olympic qualifying campaign against Aruba on 30 Sept
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will kick off their Tokyo 2020 Olympic campaign on Monday 30 September when they face Aruba from 5pm in the second game of a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. St Kitts and Nevis and Dominican Republic open Group …
Read More »TTFA announce 24 November election day; potential presidents have three weeks to declare ambition
The post of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president will be up for grabs on Sunday 24 November 2019, as incumbent David John-Williams has finally announced an election date. As the country buckled down today to see off Tropical Storm Karen, TTFA general secretary Camara David forwarded notice of …
Read More »Mv’t Caledonia booted out of Ascension after brawl with referees; club insist their official was struck first
Morvant Caledonia AIA were disqualified from the Ascension Invitational Tournament tonight, as a result of their behaviour in the aftermath of Wednesday evening’s fixture against Defence Force at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The decision was relayed via a press statement by tournament organiser Richard Ferguson, who is also …
Read More »Referee association wants ‘strongest disciplinary action’ against Caledonia for referee attack
The following statement was sent to Wired868 from Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association vice-president Osmond Downer, following an after-match altercation between some Morvant Caledonia AIA club members and match officials on Wednesday: The membership of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association condemns in the strongest terms the attack …
Read More »Pro League clubs reject TTFA proposal; DJW falls out with support base with elections looming
TT Pro League clubs have rejected the financial goodies on offer by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and are prepared to enter the 2019 season armed with just TT$450,000 government subventions, in what might be the first tangible sign of a split between TTFA president David John-Williams and …
Read More »Fact checking DJW: Hart problems, star gazing and why fans, stats and players—but not Lawrence!—are to blame
On Friday, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams sat down with TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed to discuss the state of football in the twin island republic. “I am not here to defend a coach, I am not here to defend an association,” said John-Williams, “I …
Read More »Lawrence: We lacked mentality! T&T coach wants to widen pool after failing to beat largely amateur Martinique team
“Forget players, systems, anything else, its mentality. And the mentality tonight, to defend set pieces was not strong enough.” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Men’s Team coach Dennis Lawrence bore a frustrated figure at the end of T&T’s 2-2 draw with Martinique at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain …
Read More »TTSL member clubs reject ‘unethical, political and short-sighted’ offer from TTFA and TTPL
The following is the full statement from the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL), rejecting the offer to form the second tier of the TT Pro League (TTPL). At the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) Extraordinary General Meeting of Sunday 8 September 2019, member clubs rejected the joint offer …
Read More »T&T held 2-2 by Martinique after blowing two-goal lead; Lawrence now 11 matches without win
Football is a game played with 22 players on the field for 90 minutes and, in the end, Trinidad and Tobago do not win. Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence stretched his winless run in charge to 11 matches tonight as the Soca Warriors failed to …
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