National Football

Griffith: Only dinosaurs don’t back Fenwick and think they know Covid laws better than me

“The identical training programme for our national team—having them train in pockets, etc—is being conducted by almost every English Premier League team, as is being done by [Terry] Fenwick; and the restrictions were similar. “Likewise, other national teams in Concacaf have also commenced such training, as they want to have …

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“His choice of passes was one of the best I’ve seen!” Remembering the ‘pass-master’ Sedley Joseph

“I never saw Sedley [Joseph] in the middle of a problem as a player, and as manager he was even better…” “Sometimes a player might make an accurate pass but it wasn’t the best one—he would always see the best pass…” “Captain Sedley was the epitome of the essential gentleman: …

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Dear editor: Why Fifa’s normalisation committee won’t help T&T’s football

“The real problem with the TTFA isn’t generally about the president of the TTFA. The problem is and has been the individuals representing the member associations. “[…] History speaks for itself about what our presidents have done because our democratic membership allowed it to happen…” The following letter to the …

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Look Loy explains TTFA defiance: why teach the youth ‘hypocrisy, cowardice and self-interest’?

“[…] Some opposed to our resistance to Fifa talk about our supposed endangerment of ‘the youth’. But, in effect, their moaning merely teaches youth, by example, the abandonment of democracy, principle, justice, and fair play, for the prevalent values of our national intellectual and spiritual life: hypocrisy, cowardice, self interest, …

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Fenwick: If Fifa withdraws funding, we crash! Local football in ‘lose lose’ scenario

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team coach Terry Fenwick has become the first technical staff member to share his thoughts on the power struggle at the helm of the local football association. And the former England World Cup defender believes that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s technical programmes …

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Wallace: TTFA will pay unpaid staff as soon as we get Fifa money, besieged president offers ‘peace of mind’

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace assured administrative and coaching staff members today that they will be paid outstanding monies soon, once the local football is in ‘receipt of the monies from Fifa’. Wallace’s letter was his first official communique to staff since Fifa announced that he …

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Hadad reaches out to national coaches, in midst of TTFA/Fifa US$2 million impasse

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is due to receive US$500,000 (TT$3.4 million) from Fifa ‘in the coming days’ and a further US$2 million (TT$13.5 million) shortly thereafter—which represents their total annual entitlement—as the governing body aims to provide a ‘financial relief plan’ to its member associations, due to …

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