Former Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana international senior team coach Jamaal Shabazz suggested today that the “Soca Warriors” might have outgrown their administrators and called on the “TTFA leadership” to either improve quickly or resign. The men’s senior team slipped five places to 54th spot in the latest FIFA international rankings …
Read More »Hadeed on TTFA/Argentina scandal: The fellah is an absolute f***ing crook!
“(Darren) Millien is a person that no one should have any business association with,” Tourism Minister Gerald Hadeed told Wired868. “The fellah is an absolute f***ing crook! That fellah is a scamp… I don’t know how (the TTFA) hired him.” Tourism Minister Gerald Hadeed is renowned for speaking bluntly; and …
Read More »One-on-one with Naps captain Amritt Gildharry
Defender and captain of the Naparima Boys College football team Amritt Gildharry is quite proud of the hard work of his coaches, support staff and teammates as they secured the SSFL Premier Division crown as well as the Big Four title. He got his first football when he was just …
Read More »Messi affair: Tim Kee tries to explain $.4 million cover-up
Almost half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money routed through the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has disappeared with TTFA president and Port of Spain mayor Raymond Tim Kee unable to account for it. Four hundred thousand dollars, which was the third biggest line item on the budget for …
Read More »Remember 19/11: O’Connor: Get over football tabanca
Peter O’Connor, TTFA president from 1985 through 1990, tells Wired868 that we should now stop crying over what we didn’t do and start celebrating what we have done well “Thank you, Strike Squad. We love you still.” The scoreboard is flashing those eight words large and brightly as I come …
Read More »T&T 22-woman squad enter Hyatt camp for Ecuador decider
Trinidad and Tobago national women’s senior team coach Randy Waldrum selected a 22-woman squad to face Ecuador on December 2 in the decisive FIFA Women’s World Cup Play Off second leg in Port of Spain. The “Women Soca Warriors” drew the first leg 0-0 in Quito and need a win …
Read More »Remember 19/11: Gally’s post-Strike Squad torment
Strike Squad coach Everald Cummings talks to Earl Best about what he felt on November 19, 1989, what he feels now and how he has been treated. PART II: Bitterness does not enter the picture when Strike Squad coach Everald “Gally” Cummings discusses the events of November 19, 1989; when …
Read More »Stern KOs W Connection; Warrior’s blast from the past buoys WASA FC
Stern John’s final swing of the boot last night and the trademark bulge of the net sent WASA FC players into frenzy as they streamed towards the veteran 38-year-old striker at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The last time a John item created such a stir was on 12 …
Read More »E/Mucurapo, St Benedict’s cop zonal Intercol titles
East Mucurapo Secondary, who was recently relegated from the SSFL Premier Division competition after finishing second from bottom, producing a stunning result via kicks from the penalty spot yesterday to beat St Mary’s College to the North Intercol title. There were no goals in the contest at the Hasely Crawford …
Read More »Remember 19/11: When Gally mashed Jack’s corns on Road to Italy
Strike Squad coach Everald “Gally” Cummings talks to Earl Best in the first of a two-part interview about the Road to Italy and an explosive fall-out with TTFA general secretary Jack Warner PART I: “The sun,” Michael Maurice said about his failure to stop Paul Caligiuri’s long-range left-footed shot on …
Read More »Remember 19/11: What happened after the final whistle on Nov 19…
November 20, 1989 was the morning after the evening before. Having recaptured the pre-match euphoria, Ashford Jackman now reminds us of what it felt like that day when, cock-sure that we were bound for Italy, we all woke up to find that we were all dressed up with nowhere to …
Read More »Remember 19/11: The climb to the brink of history
Recapturing the euphoric mood of the moment, Ashford Jackman previews the final game of the 1990 World Cup qualifiers in which, to take T&T to the Finals in Italy, Everald “Gally” Cummings’ confident Strike Squad needed simply not to lose. Controversy. Adversity. Achievement. The clear signposts along the road travelled …
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