Nine. You can count as many as nine players who are currently in the national senior squad who began their careers at Under-13 level under the watchful eyes of former Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup coach, Anton Corneal. And if National Youth Football Coordinator Jamaal Shabazz has his way, Under-13 football …
Read More »T&T U-15s make debut against Rep Bank XI on Saturday; Latapy credits enthusiastic squad
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-15 Team will make their first appearance on Saturday 15 April as they face a Republic Bank Invitational Under-15 XI from 6:30pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The exhibition match will mark the opening of the 2017 Republic Bank National Youth League, which …
Read More »Parliament poops; Morace misses out as Angel, Aimar and Infantino shine in FIFA fete match
The Cabinet was reshuffled on Monday afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium but, as some commentators have been predicting all along, it made little difference. And the presence of National Security Minister Edmund Dillon might have been enough to stop a highly anticipated head-to-head between the national women’s coach and …
Read More »Racism? Infantino says FIFA didn’t care much before; offers odd show of current concern
On a warm, breezy afternoon in Couva, FIFA president Gianni Infantino—dressed in a tee-shirt, short pants and sneakers—was happy to give the impression that he did not take himself too seriously. But, as any good football coach will tell you, once you kick off in a less than professional manner, …
Read More »Letter to FIFA: Our constitution is under attack! CFA, TTSL ask for protection from TTFA
“The TTFA, as the National Association, has a responsibility to protect and serve the needs of its members, and to work in harmony for the good of football. Instead the David John-Williams administration has employed evasive and delaying tactics to avoid acceptance of the expressed wish of members, both the …
Read More »PITT STOP: Our high, low game; would new rules and roles help WI win more matches?
After the big 7-wicket WI victory in the third of the four T20s against Pakistan at the Queen’s Park Oval last weekend, former-ace-pacer-turned-broadcaster Ian Bishop reminded listeners that the hosts tend not to repeat victories. Carlos Brathwaite’s side duly lost the last match, giving the visitors a 3-1 win in …
Read More »Amid blood and tears, Crown Trace FC youths sweating still; Enterprise enterprise fights on
“I have a lot of challenges,” Nicholas Griffith responds to Wired868’s pointed question. His answer was accompanied by an awkward, mirthless chuckle. Griffith, the founder of Crown Trace FC, is an enterprising Crown Trace resident who is a substitute teacher at ASJA Boys’ College in Charlieville. The club he founded …
Read More »San Juan North ruling expected in midweek; new SSFL president vows to go digital
New Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president William Wallace has vowed to take schools football into the digital age, introduce an office and full-time secretariat for the body and strengthen ties with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Wallace, the former SSFL first vice-president and a past Secondary Schools Cricket …
Read More »PITT STOP: The long and short of it all; West Indies’ T20 cricketers deserve a fair shake
The West Indies is the region which is the chief victim of old-fashioned thinking about the game of cricket. It has always baffled me why in the 21st Century influential cricket people in the region have been unable to recognize how invidious distinctions between the long and shorter versions have been …
Read More »Gov’t Ministers join FIFA president, Infantino, Aimar, Angel and Latapy for exhibition match
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon, Sport Minister Darryl Smith and Deputy Speaker of the House Esmond Forde are among special guests who will rub shoulders with FIFA president Gianni Infantino and some illustrious former football stars on Monday afternoon in an exhibition match at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. …
Read More »PITT STOP: WICB think long, then play wrong; Romain Pitt passes sentence
The good news is that Jimmy Adams, the new director of West Indies cricket, says he believes the eligibility rules governing selection should be changed. The bad news is that he also believes that the change may take some time because it will involve a “process”—somewhat like the “process” that …
Read More »High Court orders TTFA to pay $.2 million to ex-GS; Hart, Corneal, Walkes could be next
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has until 30 April 2017 to make its first payment to former general secretary Sheldon Phillips or face the possibility of seizure of property, after a legal defeat in the High Court on 3 March 2017. The total figure owed to Phillips is TT$227,194.87 …
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