Pro League leaders DIRECTV W Connection maintained its perfect run so far this season with a 1-0 win over Couva rivals, Central FC, yesterday evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium. Connection playmaker Joevin Jones left for Italy yesterday and a trial with Serie A club, Udinese, but it did not …
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Cleon holds off Jabloteh; Police FC cruises past Rangers
A remarkable second half performance from Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Cleon John saved the day for a depleted North East Stars team tonight as a late Kennedy Hinkson winner helped the Sangre Grande-based outfit escape with a 1-0 win over San Juan Jabloteh at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port …
Read More »Jamaica’s immigration bashment: Dooks, Griffith and a giraffe named Bolt
There was a fresh immigration incident yesterday as a visitor was transported to Trinidad in a giant crate and forcibly kept in an enclosed area north of the Queen’s Park Savannah. And, in an arguably provocative gesture to Trinidad and Tobago’s patty-loving Caribbean rival, the immigrant was renamed ‘Bolt.’ In …
Read More »Determined W Connection passes Guaya FA test
As yesterday’s TTFA FA Trophy quarterfinal fixture at the Guaya Secondary ground headed towards stoppage time, DIRECTV W Connection coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier and his assistants Earl Jean and Trevor Nottingham were on their feet shouting at their players to retreat into a compact defensive block. And, as referee Gyasi McDonald’s …
Read More »Akeem caught in ugly feud between Ferencvaros and sacked manager
Trinidad and Tobago defender Akeem Adams’ relationship with his club, Ferencvaros, and the Hungarian press is in the balance after the 22-year-old defender was unwittingly dragged into an explosive feud between the top flight Hungarian team and its former 49-year-old Dutch manager Ricardo Moniz. On Saturday evening after a 2-1 …
Read More »TTFA confirms cash prizes for top three FA clubs
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips confirmed yesterday that the 2013 TTFA FA Trophy tournament will have cash prizes for its top three finishers. The FA Trophy winners will receive $50,000 while the runner-up will bank $30,000 and the second runner-up is due $20,000. It will …
Read More »Guns out: Guaya vows to attack Connection in FA quarters
The “Green Army” is readying its artillery. Guaya United coach Ron La Forest has vowed to attack DIRECTV W Connection with everything he has as the two outfits prepare to do battle again in a potentially thrilling TTFA FA Trophy quarterfinal contest on Wednesday December 4 from 3.30 pm in …
Read More »Buona fortuna, Joevin: Connection starlet off for Udinese trials
Twenty-two year old DIRECTV W Connection starlet and “Soca Warrior” utility player Joevin Jones should leave for Italy by next weekend and a 12-day trial with mid-table Serie A team, Udinese Calcio. Jones, who helped Connection to secure the 2013 Toyota Classic crown with a 2-0 win over Club Sando …
Read More »Connection beats Club Sando to Classic crown
Club Sando’s 2013 Toyota Classic fairytale run ended last night at the final rung of the competition in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. And at the final whistle, DIRECTV W Connection players were celebrating a 2-0 win that did not flatter the Pro League team. Connection makes a habit of …
Read More »Nakhid: State gangsterism has made slumdogs of Trinbagonians
When a global think-tank announced to the world that Trinbago is now, for all intents and purposes, in the hands of criminal gangs, I feel pretty certain that I was not the only one thinking that the country has been in the same hands for the last 50 years. At …
Read More »Seventeen million reasons to worry? Or maybe not…
Pause for a second and picture the most uncaring, criminally-minded person you ever met or heard of in Trinidad and Tobago. Now picture that person with over $17 million at his disposal. It can put a damper on your tidings of joy, huh? Mr Live Wire has a few concerns …
Read More »Jones and Williams up for inaugural CONCACAF honours
Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain Kenwyne Jones and goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams were shortlisted for major CONCACAF honours yesterday when their names appeared on the ballot for the Confederation’s inaugural awards. Jones, who plays for England Premier League team Stoke City, is on a 10-man list for the CONCACAF …
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