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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 One: Last Thursday, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) wired an undisclosed figure into an account …

DIRECTV W Connection continued their close season mastery over Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA last night with a 3-1 Digicel Pro Bowl triumph at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, despite the absence of star midfielder Joevin Jones. The “Savonetta Boys”, who failed to defeat Caledonia in three regular season …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) tried to answer questions today about the source of its funds to settle a longstanding bonus dispute with 13 World Cup 2006 players but might have sailed into a fresh storm. A press release today suggested that TTFF president Raymond Tim Kee used …

An exuberant press officer is being blamed for a few jangled nerves between the Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup players and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) as the long-standing bonus dispute presumably enters its last lap. Yesterday, the TTFF, via press officer Shaun Fuentes, issued a release …

Trinidad and Tobago Pro League outfit Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will host Jamaica’s Portmore for both legs of a decisive CONCACAF Club Championship playoff fixture on May 20 and 22. The winner will join DIRECTV W Connection and Haitian club, Valencia, who have already advanced from the Caribbean Football Union …

Former 2006 World Cup star Dennis Lawrence became the first Trinidad and Tobago coach to taste FA Cup success on Saturday afternoon when Wigan stunned Manchester City in the prestigious English knock out competition in London. Lawrence, whose header away to Bahrain in 2005 secured a decisive 1-0 World Cup …

Newly crowned domestic champions Defence Force signed off on the 2012/13 Digicel Pro League season last night with an emphatic 4-0 win over T&TEC FC at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. Two goals in each half saw the army/coast guard combination ease past the table proppers in a lopsided fixture …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee has named United States-based administrator Sheldon Phillips as his new general secretary. The 47-year-old Phillip, who is the son of former TTFF technical director and stand-out goalkeeper Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips, was introduced to the TTFF staff today as the replacement for …

Defence Force clinched the Digicel Pro League title with a game to spare last night but the army/coast guard combination had to share the spotlight with some teenaged upstarts at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force was trounced 4-0 by DIRECTV W Connection in the penultimate fixture of …

Caribbean Cup 2012 captain Jan-Michael Williams will rejoin the Trinidad and Tobago national senior team for the first time this year after being selected for upcoming friendlies away to Romania and Estonia on June 4 and June 7 respectively. Williams’ call-up is reward for his service at Pro League club, …

Former Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner continues to scoff at the findings of a CONCACAF Integrity Report but, in the world of football, the Ethics Committee’s investigative work has brought a premature end to the administrative career of his former colleague, Chuck Blazer. FIFA Ethics Committee chairman Hans-Joachim Eckert announced today …

“We had a real good week,” said DIRECTV W Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier. “We qualified for the (CONCACAF) Champions League, which was top of our list. This is about our 30th trophy in the 13 years we have been in existence… “I was happy for the players because they worked very …