Trinidad and Tobago referee Crystal Sobers was the only local football representative on the honours list yesterday as Concacaf toasted the best talent in the confederation for 2018. Sobers, who officiated at the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup and Women’s Under-20 Championship, finished second among the confederation’s top women’s referees, …
Read More »Corneal: We need to save our football! TTFA TD withholds services claiming ‘inhumane treatment’ by DJW
“I have been promised salary payments continuously but to no avail. I had meetings with the President and the General Secretary indicating the inconvenience of not being paid, and the toll it is taking on my life… “I am tired of the disrespectful and inhumane manner in which I have …
Read More »Hart installs ‘Trini’ axis at Halifax; Canada club signs Jan-Michael, Garcia, Elton and Rampersad
There will be a strong ‘Trini’ accent at the HFX Wanderers this season, as the Canada Premier League club announced their first signings of 2019 today—and they were all Trinidad and Tobago players. The Halifax-based club will be home to veteran Soca Warriors goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams, former national youth team …
Read More »Prescott SC: TTFA Board can reject John-Williams’ proposal for general secretary
“The [TTFA] Board may accept or reject any proposal [regarding the appointment or removal of a general secretary] and return the same to the President for his further deliberation and a proposal…” The following opinion regarding whether the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Board of Directors is obliged to …
Read More »Muckette joins Hodge and Paul at USL team, Memphis; 13 T&T players now in US second tier
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 »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 »