When a mayor resorts to angrily scolding a roomful of more than 80 adults (all of whom can vote), it tells me that he has forgotten the road travelled to the office he holds. It tells me that he should not be the mayor of anything; he should really return …
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Intercol 19: St Mary’s stun QRC 3-1, Malick kayo Trinity (Moka) and Speyside rout Roxborough
The St Mary’s College football team finally managed a keepsake from their largely forgettable 2019 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season, as they surprised rivals Queen’s Royal College 3-1 this afternoon in a North Zone Intercol quarterfinal fixture on Mucurapo Road. The ‘Saints’ managed one win from 14 Premier Division …
Read More »TTFA shifts T&T/Anguilla friendly to Sunday, DJW dances around FIFA regulations
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will play Anguilla in an international friendly at the Ato Boldon Stadium from 6pm on Sunday 10 November and not Monday 11 November, as previously advertised. A Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) release stated that ‘the shift in date has come …
Read More »Angus Eve unplugged: ‘Naps’ coach on the SSFL’s standards, national youth football and his coaching philosophy
“Life in 2019 is way different to the 1980s. Back then we had one channel, TTT, and we were not getting all the Italian League and England Premier League and La Liga and so on, which is what they are comparing the young children to. So we didn’t get to …
Read More »Open letter to William Wallace: Two blighs for United TTFA on apology, the first and the last
Dear Wally, When they go low, Michelle Obama urged the Democrats during the last presidential election campaign in the USA, you go high. I don’t know nearly enough about the US to pronounce authoritatively on behaviour in that space. But I dong here long and my navel string bury in …
Read More »Dear Editor: TTFA voters must zone out noise and evaluate track records of aspirants
“Election rules state that candidates for office must have at least three years of managerial/organisation experience in football. In other words, the rules stipulate that they must have a track record by which we can judge them…” The following Letter to the Editor on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s …
Read More »Intercol 19: San Juan North spank Malabar 7-0, Manzanilla edge Arima North on penalties
San Juan North Secondary cruised into the semifinal round of the East Zone Intercol competition this evening as they swamped Malabar Secondary 7-0 in St Augustine this evening. Jerry Morris scored twice while Malik Ferrier, Tyrique Sutherland, Daniel Best, Christon Mitchell and Isaiah Chase chipped in with an item apiece …
Read More »Noble: Powerful men, vulnerable women: exposing sexual harassers
‘Haters gonna hate’ is the thought that comes to mind as the opportunistic warriors of both political parties spar over the Darryl Smith sex scandal. They do not spend a moment to ensure that our women are protected and to voice disgust at the cavalier use of the continued suffering …
Read More »Intercol 19: Alexander, Carpette and Williams get hattricks as Malick swamp D’go Martin North 13-1
Malick Secondary opened their 2019 Intercol campaign with a flood of goals yesterday as they washed away Diego Martin North Secondary 13-1 in a North Zone preliminary fixture at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. There were a remarkable three hattricks in the affair as the Premier Division …
Read More »An ‘administrative error’; Wallace issues statement on false letter of support from Junior Sammy Group
“We are taking full responsibility for the error of sharing an unauthorised letter of support from the Junior Sammy Group at our presentation on Saturday 2 November… “Further investigation has revealed that we received this unauthorised letter due to an administrative error on the part of our supporter.” The following …
Read More »Junior Sammy accuses United TTFA of ‘grave misrepresentation’, Wallace apologises and offers explanation
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) presidential candidate William Wallace has issued an ‘unreserved apology’ to the Junior Sammy Group of Companies, after the contractors accused Wallace’s ‘United TTFA’ slate of a ‘grave misrepresentation’ during their breakfast launch at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Saturday. During …
Read More »SSFL 19: Champions again! Unbeaten ‘Naps’ win fourth Premier title after 4-0 romp over QRC
Naparima College successfully defended their Secondary Schools Football League Premier Divison title, beating Queen’s Royal College 4-0 on the final day of play at CIC Ground in St Clair. ‘Naps’ have now claimed four of the last six Premier Division titles and stretched their unbeaten league run to an incredible …
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