Cunupia FC look set to miss out on the 2019 Pro League season, just two months after being accepted, as they will apparently fall victim to a change in structure negotiated by representatives of the TT Pro League, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL), Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) …
Read More »Lawrence concerned about fitness; only seven Soca Warriors active with Wales looming
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence admitted to concerns about match fitness, as he prepares to selects his final squad to face Wales in a friendly international on 20 March in Wrexham. Lawrence, whose contract was recently extended to mid-2021, identified the fitness—or lack there of—of …
Read More »TTFA board appoints Camara as general secretary in secret ballot; Stern named U-17 coach
Camara David, a UWI Sports Management part-time lecturer and former Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) general secretary, will assume the post of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary for the next 12 months, after he was appointed by the TTFA board last night. David, who is just …
Read More »Lawrence set to become T&T’s longest serving coach after TTFA extension; but board blocks Camara
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence is set to become the longest serving football head coach in his country’s history, after the TTFA’s board of directors approved a two and a half year extension for him tonight. The decision means that Lawrence is contracted to the …
Read More »T&T U-17s drawn with Mexico, Jamaica and Bermuda; one win will take Warriors into KO stage
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team could get within 90 minutes of a Peru 2019 FIFA World Youth Championship spot with just two wins from four qualifying matches, which includes fixtures against Bermuda and, possibly, Haiti. The junior Soca Warriors, ranked 10th in Concacaf in their age group …
Read More »Dear Editor: Has TTCF president, Robert Farrier, brought cycling into disrepute with Hartwell attack?
“The fact that the [Trinidad Guardian] article could say, ‘[National Cycling coach Erin] Hartwell rarely uses times made by riders to justify his recommendation for selection, and committee members do not ask for any’ is an outright untruthful statement. “[…] If indeed the President of the TTCF is the anonymous …
Read More »Dr Webster: West Indies cricket will not unleash its potential without new president
“Albert Einstein highlighted the importance of those two factors in human performance when he said: ‘The world that we have created as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level as they were created’. “[…] Taking these …
Read More »Soca Warriors paid in full and ready to face Wales; but players urge DJW to raise match fees
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players are finally paid in full and anxious to turn their attention to next month’s international friendly against Wales. However, there is still the matter of a match fee to be negotiated. The Soca Warriors received a standard match fee of US$1,000 …
Read More »Root of the matter: Shannon Gabriel apologises, reveals what he told England captain
“The pressure was on and England’s captain Joe Root was looking at me intensely as I prepared to bowl, which may have been the usual psychological strategy with which all Test cricketers are familiar. “I recognise now that I was attempting to break through my own tension when I said …
Read More »DJW calls TTFA board meeting; Lawrence, U-17 team and general secretary head talking points
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) board will hold its first meeting of 2019 on Wednesday 20 February and it could set the tone for controversial president David John-Williams’ final nine months in office. John-Williams has held on to his own job—after a motion to remove him by FC …
Read More »‘The TTFA appears stuck in a unilateral approach!’ Hislop, Look Loy, Cabralis and others give views on management issues
The constitution of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) mandates that the local football body has 16 standing committees to guide its board of directors in its operations. At present, the TTFA is operating with just one functional standing committee—the Referees Committee. In his October 2015 election manifesto, titled …
Read More »Only six percent of TTFA’s committees are functioning! Wired868 looks at issue within DJW-led football body
The framers of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) constitution—a policy document approved by the world governing body, FIFA—felt the local sporting body should be served by a number of standing committees, which were meant to not only ensure oversight and accountability but also to afford the TTFA’s board …
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