“Life in 2019 is way different to the 1980s. Back then we had one channel, TTT, and we were not getting all the Italian League and England Premier League and La Liga and so on, which is what they are comparing the young children to. So we didn’t get to …
Read More »Open letter to William Wallace: Two blighs for United TTFA on apology, the first and the last
Dear Wally, When they go low, Michelle Obama urged the Democrats during the last presidential election campaign in the USA, you go high. I don’t know nearly enough about the US to pronounce authoritatively on behaviour in that space. But I dong here long and my navel string bury in …
Read More »Dear Editor: TTFA voters must zone out noise and evaluate track records of aspirants
“Election rules state that candidates for office must have at least three years of managerial/organisation experience in football. In other words, the rules stipulate that they must have a track record by which we can judge them…” The following Letter to the Editor on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s …
Read More »An ‘administrative error’; Wallace issues statement on false letter of support from Junior Sammy Group
“We are taking full responsibility for the error of sharing an unauthorised letter of support from the Junior Sammy Group at our presentation on Saturday 2 November… “Further investigation has revealed that we received this unauthorised letter due to an administrative error on the part of our supporter.” The following …
Read More »Junior Sammy accuses United TTFA of ‘grave misrepresentation’, Wallace apologises and offers explanation
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) presidential candidate William Wallace has issued an ‘unreserved apology’ to the Junior Sammy Group of Companies, after the contractors accused Wallace’s ‘United TTFA’ slate of a ‘grave misrepresentation’ during their breakfast launch at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Saturday. During …
Read More »Breakfast with United TTFA: Wallace on Look Loy partnership and plans to revamp Warriors
Almost four months to the day that the group now known as the ‘United TTFA’ declared its intention to unseat Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams, the bloc, headed by presidential candidate William Wallace, finally offered a comprehensive view of its plans at a breakfast meeting on …
Read More »Ferguson’s VP switches camps, Dean pledges allegiance to ‘United TTFA’
The ‘United TTFA’ slate wrapped up a momentous weekend by apparently wooing the vice-presidential candidate from another slate, Eddison ‘Eddie’ Dean, following their official launch at a breakfast meeting at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Saturday. The TTFA election will be held at its AGM on 24 …
Read More »TTFA line up Anguilla friendly, Lawrence looks to break winless streak against FIFA’s worst football team
Misfiring Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence will not get a better chance than his next international friendly to win his first game in 2019. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has announced an outing for the Soca Warriors against the world’s worst football …
Read More »The BAME game: From Morvant to EPL, Scotland aims to match playing success as a coach
If Jason Scotland decided to quit the world of football, he would bow out a legend. A terror in the 18-yard box during his playing career, the 40-year-old from Morvant has played over 370 games and scored 119 goals in his career in Scotland and England. Today, he is keen …
Read More »T&T U-14 Girls fall 2-1 to Cuba, national teams’ Caribbean struggles continue
Trinidad and Tobago were forced to settle for second place in Group 5 of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Girls Under-14 Challenge Series last night after a 2-1 loss to Cuba at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result extends the poor run of form by Soca Warriors teams …
Read More »Breana and Talia star as T&T U-14 Girls down Suriname 3-0 in CFU Challenge Series
The Trinidad and Tobago Girls National Under-14 Team made it two wins from as many outings yesterday evening in Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Girls Under-14 Challenge Series action, as they downed Suriname 3-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Breana Smith, who managed five goals as a substitute last …
Read More »Wired868’s week in football: 28 October – 3 November
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division comes to a thrilling finale, the promotion race gets started in earnest in the SSFL Big Five competition and the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) and First Citizens Bank Cup is gathering steam. Here’s what happening in local football from Monday …
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