“It was a good game for the fans and most importantly a great advert for the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League,” said North East Stars coach Angus Eve, last night. Eve’s Sangre Grande-based team succumbed to DIRECTV W Connection 4-3 on penalties in last night’s Digicel Pro Bowl final at …
Read More »Connection penalises Stars to take Pro Bowl
DIRECTV W Connection continued its fine close to the 2012/13 season tonight as the “Savonetta Boys” edged North East Stars to the Digicel Pro Bowl crown at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Just as in the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield final, Connection and Stars could not be …
Read More »FIFA official: The FBI and IRS will deal with Warner
FIFA today acknowledged for the first time that its former vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago politician Jack Warner might be a target for the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Inland Revenue Services (IRS). Warner insisted that he was unfairly targeted by a CONCACAF integrity report and got …
Read More »Simply the best: Wired868’s Pro League All-Stars
The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League closes its 2012/13 season tonight when DIRECTV W Connection faces North East Stars in the Digicel Pro Bowl final from 8 pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Wired868 says “see you soon” to the young men who made it a pleasure to …
Read More »Bonus-gate (Pt 2): The TTFF’s dirty war with its own football stars
Wired868, with the help of five people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part Two: Former World Cup goalkeeper Shaka Hislop’s jaw dropped when he looked at the figure revealed under the …
Read More »Stars set up Pro Bowl final with Connection
North East Stars booked its second Cup final against DIRECTV W Connection within a month at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya tonight. Unsurprisingly, penalties were involved. Despite being a player short for the final eight minutes, the Sangre Grande-based team was perfect from the penalty spot as coach Angus Eve’s …
Read More »Caledonia qualifies for CONCACAF Champions League
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will join DIRECTV W Connection in the group stage of the 2013/14 CONCACAF Champions League after holding Jamaica’s Portmore United to a 2-2 draw in the second leg of a CONCACAF playoff yesterday evening at the Ato Bolton Stadium, Couva. Yesterday’s result meant that Caledonia …
Read More »Winchester, Primus and Abu Bakr earn Warrior recalls
Twenty-year-old Finland-based attacker Shahdon Winchester and Kazakhastan-based central defenders Robert Primus and Radanfah Abu Bakr were among 13 overseas-based players selected in Trinidad and Tobago’s 21-man squad that will friendly internationals away to Romania and Estonia next month. The “Soca Warriors” will face Romania at the National Arena in Bucharest …
Read More »Caledonia edges Portmore in CONCACAF qualifier
Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA secured a scrappy 1-0 victory over Jamaican unit Portmore United in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League play-off yesterday evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Tall, talented Trinidad and Tobago international striker Jamal Gay scored the lone goal with a header in the …
Read More »Watson: Tim Kee must retract 2006 W/Cup funds claim
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee was toasted by the 2006 World Cup players yesterday afternoon as the two parties publicly signalled the end to a seven-year legal battle over bonus money. But Tim Kee, who was appointed unopposed last November after the withdrawal of his …
Read More »Warriors and TTFF bury the hatchet… but details scarce
There was an apology, gracious speeches and lots of back-slapping as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and estranged members of its 2006 World Cup squad officially buried the hatchet at the Hasely Crawford Stadium’s VIP room today and ended an ugly seven-year conflict between the two parties. “This …
Read More »The humble Warrior: Caledonia’s divine full back
Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA defender Aubrey David had an eventful 2012, which saw him represent Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana at national senior level. The versatile Guyana born full back learned his trade in Trinidad where he played in two World Youth Cups for Trinidad and Tobago before being …
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