Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence will not have the services of six from the 11 starting players used in his final warm-up match against Ecuador, as the Soca Warriors appear set to pay the price for haphazard planning. Tomorrow, the Soca Warriors face Honduras …
Read More »Dear Editor: John-Williams’ gala Home of Football opening is just a cheap political trick
“Lo and behold, the TTFA elections are due in less than two weeks and out of the blue we read of the FIFA President and the Prime Minister of T&T will attend the gala opening. “This to me has nothing to do with football, but is a politically motivated move …
Read More »Intercol 19: St Anthony’s and East Mucurapo advance to North finals via penalties
St Anthony’s College will meet East Mucurapo Secondary in the SSFL Coca-Cola Intercol North Zone final after slipping past Malick Secondary 4-3 on penalties in their semi-final at CIC ground on Serpentine Road. St Anthony’s coach Ronald Daniel counted his lucky stars after the match. “The game was balanced because …
Read More »Lawrence accuses Molino and Joevin of refusing to play, vows to do his best with ‘depleted’ squad
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence has described his squad for Sunday’s vital Concacaf Nations League fixture away to Honduras as ‘depleted’ and suggested the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) pair of Kevin Molino and Joevin Jones did not make their services available to …
Read More »Wallace, John-Williams clash on Lawrence and finances, as DJW issues first release from ‘Team Impactors’
United TTFA: “United TTFA believes that as TTFA President, i.e. Chairman of the TTFA Board, [David] John-Williams must accept institutional responsibility for having extended the contract of a coach who has proven to be entirely inadequate to the task, but who undeservedly continues to enjoy the benefits of being the …
Read More »Enner problems! Sterile T&T lose 3-0 to Ecuador while Martinique point increases pressure on Lawrence
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team reverted to type tonight with a largely sterile showing away to Ecuador in a 3-0 friendly international defeat to the solid South American nation. Coach Dennis Lawrence could point to the effort and defensive organisation of the Soca Warriors as encouraging signs …
Read More »Intercol 19: Chaguanas thwart Miracle Ministries’ revenge mission, ‘Caps’ clobber Couva East
Defending Central Zone Intercol champions Carapichaima East Secondary and Central Zone Championship winners Chaguanas North Secondary will meet in the zonal knock out final next Wednesday, after both teams made fairly comfortable work of their semifinal match-ups this afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Carapichaima East, perennial Central …
Read More »Intercol 19: P’ville penalise unbeaten Moruga; Presentation edge stubborn Pt Fortin
Pleasantville Secondary handed South Zone Championship division winners Moruga Secondary their first defeat of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season, winning 3-0 on penalties in the Coca-Cola Intercol South Zone quarterfinal. In the second match, Presentation College (San Fernando) also advanced to the semi-finals with a routine 2-0 win …
Read More »Football saviour or cash cow? Ferguson faces grilling from ‘Faz’ and surprise text from police commissioner
“It seems that football has more bacchanal than national politics,” TV6 Morning edition host Fazeer Mohammed asked Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) presidential candidate Richard Ferguson on Friday 8 November, “why would you want to get involved in this?” “That is a good question,” Ferguson responded. “To be honest, …
Read More »Intercol 19: St Augustine and Trinity East roll past second tier SSFL opposition and into East semis
St Augustine Secondary and Trinity College East advanced to the East Zone Intercol semifinal round today after comfortable wins over Holy Cross College and Valencia Secondary respectively in a Larry Gomes Stadium double header. St Augustine were first out of the blocks as the Premier Division outfit routed second tier …
Read More »Electoral Committee clears TTFA presidential candidates; all 47 delegates expected to vote
The Electoral Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) today cleared all 11 candidates seeking office at the local football body’s AGM on 24 November. The candidates are: President: David John-Williams (DJW), Richard Ferguson (RF), William Wallace (United TTFA); First vice-president: Selby Browne (DJW), Clynt Taylor (United TTFA); …
Read More »Lawrence ‘pleased for the players’, expects new mindset after 15-0 win over FIFA’s worst team, Anguilla
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence finally got the proverbial monkey off his back with his first win in fifteen matches after thrashing minnows Anguilla 15-0 in a friendly at the Ato Boldon Stadium. With the spectre of a record breaking winless streak no longer …
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