Central FC midfielder and Trinidad and Tobago international Duane Muckette is set to be the third Soca Warriors player at Memphis 901 FC, after the United Soccer League (USL) Championship team announced his capture this morning. Memphis FC revealed today that they have inked deals with Muckette and former New …
Read More »Dear Editor: Arima-based Brian James Ruiz Academy needs funds for south France trials
“The Brian James Ruiz Football Academy must raise 15,0000 Euros (TT$116,000) by Friday 11 January or risk losing a golden opportunity to travel to Montpellier, France for a Elite Trial Tour.” The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Marcus Dingwall, president of the Brian James Ruiz Football Academy: …
Read More »Video: TTFA gives Home of Football tour to US swim and dive team
The following is, according to the TTFA Media, a tour of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Home of Football Athletes Accommodation Hotel and Sport and Entertainment Centre by a 85-member swim and dive team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States. The group, comprising of 80 athletes and five …
Read More »New Year’s message: DJW hails TTFA’s resilience and Home of Football; Downer counters
“The TTFA will celebrate its 111th anniversary this year and looks ahead to the highly anticipated opening of the Home of Football and the Sports and Entertainment Centre projects…” The following is a New Year’s message by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams: The TTFA would like …
Read More »‘Humble’, ‘gentleman’, ‘red Eric’, ‘complicit’, ‘likeable’, ‘victim’… T&T football remembers ‘Ollie’
Oliver Camps, Trinidad and Tobago’s longest serving football president, died this morning at the age of 87. Camps was president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) from 1992 to 2012—almost always alongside his special advisor and then FIFA vice president …
Read More »Oliver Camps passes away, T&T football’s longest serving president calls time
Trinidad and Tobago’s longest serving football president, Oliver Camps, passed away this morning at the St Clair Medical Centre in Port of Spain. Camps was 87 years old and, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), was admitted to hospital on 26 December 2018. Camps served as president …
Read More »Hyland: Warriors want to put T&T back on the map with solid 2019 Gold Cup showing
Soca Warriors captain Khaleem Hyland hopes to help establish Trinidad and Tobago as a football force in the confederation once more, as the players look forward to a solid team performance at the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup. “I hope we can put Trinidad and Tobago back on the map football-wise,” …
Read More »Stakeholder rebuts Downer: TTFA Board must follow DJW’s instructions on general secretary
“The use of the word ‘shall’ leaves no room for deliberation or consideration by the Board of Directors. “[…] The constitution does not give the Board of Directors in this matter any instructions or powers to reject, revoke or consider the President’s proposal. The instructions are quite clear.” The following …
Read More »Downer: John-Williams cannot force a general secretary on the TTFA Board
“Article 39.3 of the Constitution states: ‘Only the President may propose the appointment or dismissal of the General Secretary’. “Now, the Oxford English Dictionary defines the word ‘propose’ as follows: ‘To put forward for consideration’ or ‘to nominate as a candidate’. ‘Propose’ does not mean ‘select’ or ‘elect’…” Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »TTFA pays four match fees but Warriors maintain strike threat; DJW urged to reveal contracts with foreign FAs
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has paid match fees to its Men’s National Senior Team players for four of six outstanding games, although president David John-Williams is believed to remain some distance from mending his relationship with the Soca Warriors. On Tuesday 18 December, Wired868 revealed exclusively that …
Read More »Soca Warriors vow to boycott Wales match due to unkept DJW promises; still unpaid for USA win in October 2017
Trinidad and Tobago’s National Senior Team players have had enough of alleged broken promises by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and will not play against Wales next March unless all debts are wiped off. At present—according to four senior players who spoke on condition of anonymity—the …
Read More »Wrexham appoint Barrow as club boss, Lawrence remains as Soca Warriors coach
England National League football club, Wrexham AFC, have appointed a new manager; and it is not Trinidad and Tobago’s Dennis Lawrence. Lawrence was tipped as favourite for the post, after former club manager Sam Ricketts quit for greener pastures, two weeks ago. However, the current Soca Warriors head coach Dennis …
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