Former Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team captain Kenwyne Jones announced his retirement from football today, after a one-year stint with United States Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit, Atlanta United FC. The MLS website stated Atlanta did not renew Jones’ deal although the player explained that he retired first. At …
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How to improve refereeing standards in T&T; Look Loy submits proposal to TTFA
“It is the perception of many that the assessment of referees by their peers is insufficient for a thorough performance assessment, and moreso, for the necessary follow-up action, including retraining and possible disciplinary measures, that should arise from assessment.” The following proposal geared towards the improvement of refereeing in Trinidad and …
Read More »Intercol 2017 (Video): Carapichaima East ready to shine as Central champs eye glory
Intercol 2017: “We want to make history!” Carapichaima East Secondary players and staff share their Coca Cola Intercol football targets and the secret of their success with Wired868’s Chasing Goals: More from Wired868 TV6ME: Michael Johnson and Anton Corneal on How to Make a Million Dollar Player Coaching Webinar England …
Read More »A TTFA coup? Tempers flare as 70 percent of membership excluded from AGM
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) appears destined for a constitutional crisis of its own making, after general secretary Justin Latapy-George snubbed nearly 70 percent of the local football body’s membership in the matter of the organisation’s AGM, scheduled for 25 November 2017. The TTFA comprises 49 delegates but, …
Read More »Referee no-show for Santa Rosa match; Look Loy: They are terrorising independent TTFA members
The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) and its president Keith Look Loy faced more boycott action from referees today, as no officials turned up for a League fixture between Siparia Spurs and Look Loy’s FC Santa Rosa club at the Palo Seco Velodrome. It’s now the second straight weekend …
Read More »Daly Bread: Challenges to the use of power; and semi-legal State greed
When Abraham Lincoln said that you could not fool all of the people all of the time, he could not have known that information technology would come to bear heavily on both the ability (fake news) and inability (investigative reporting) of the powerful to fool the people. Lincoln would be …
Read More »Intercol 2017 (Video): San Juan North target new Coca Cola National Intercol landmark
Will lightning strike twice for San Juan North Secondary? The Bourg Mulatresse boys look to create their own bit of history by becoming the first school in the Premier Division era to repeat as Coca Cola National Intercol champions: More from Wired868 Wired868TV (Video): “We want to stay up!” East …
Read More »Disgruntled Tobago refs willing to resume service but eye TTSL Look Loy investigation
With two days to go before Bethel United’s Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) clash with UTT at the Montgomery Recreation Ground in Tobago, neither officials of the TTSL nor of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees’ Association (TTFRA) are able to confirm whether referees will show up for the …
Read More »Intercol 2017: A score to settle! Beal kayoes Pres Lions as Shiva Boys take aim at Naparima
“Them schools and them [like] Naparima College, we are looking for big scores against them,” said Shiva Boys Hindu College stand-in head coach Corey Brown. “Because we have scores to settle with them.” John Wick, Kill Bill or Gladiator. Choose whichever vengeful movie reference works best for you. When the …
Read More »Intercol 2017: Nanton strikes late to lead “Saints” past Fatima; Tigers edge QRC
Next week’s 2017 Coca Cola North Zone Intercol Final will be a rollicking “Battle of the Saints” as St Mary’s College and St Anthony’s College secured 2-1 victories over Fatima College and QRC respectively in semifinal action today. At the Hasely Crawford Stadium on 20 November, the “Westmoorings Tigers” of …
Read More »Fyzabad principal and PE teacher charged with six counts of fraud each over SSFL scandal
Fyzabad Secondary principal Troy Jebodhsingh and physical education teacher Nigel Lakhan appeared before a San Fernando court today on multiple fraud-related offences related to their registration of school footballers Dez Jones and Maurice Dick. Jones, a former Siparia Secondary student who captained Fyzabad Secondary this season, and Dick, a former …
Read More »QRC cricket remembers 1972 Intercol win; Justice Moosai to address anniversary celebration at Harvard
CIC alum Justice Prakash Moosai will deliver the feature address on 18 November when the members of a Queen’s Royal College team, who call themselves the Royal 72 Champions, remember a famous Intercol victory. The event, originally scheduled to come off from 7pm in the QRC Gymnasium, has now been …
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