Recapturing the euphoric mood of the moment, Ashford Jackman previews the final game of the 1990 World Cup qualifiers in which, to take T&T to the Finals in Italy, Everald “Gally” Cummings’ confident Strike Squad needed simply not to lose. Controversy. Adversity. Achievement. The clear signposts along the road travelled …
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Sam shines as S/Juan North edges Trinity East in Intercol thriller
Football lives. For “Soca Warrior” fans hung over by last night’s Caribbean Cup final defeat to Jamaica, the Coca Cola Intercol East Zone final was the perfect remedy as San Juan North Secondary held off Trinity College East 3-2 to clinch a pulsating affair at the Larry Gomes Stadium in …
Read More »Coca Cola 2014 Intercol results
Results for Zonal Semi Finals and one Zonal Final played: ZONAL Semi Finals Mon 17th Central H Presentation Chag 2 (2) Carapichima 2 (4) I A.S.J.A. Boys 0 Chaguanas N …
Read More »Jamaica penalises Warriors; T&T second in Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup trophy, yet again, will not return to Trinidad and Tobago. And the Jamaica national football team captain, Rodolph Austin, took delight in sending the “Soca Warriors” home empty handed after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out final win in Montego Bay last night. “When you go Trinidad, they turn …
Read More »Warrior captain calls for change within TTFA
Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain Kenwyne Jones confirmed that the “Soca Warriors” will do everything in their power to be crowned Caribbean champions tonight when they face host Jamaica from 9 pm (TT time) in the 2014 regional final in Montego Bay. However, Jones described the situation between …
Read More »Game on: Gov’t rescues Warriors but warns TTFA about accounts
Trinidad and Tobago national football team manager William Wallace and captain Kenwyne Jones have confirmed that the “Soca Warriors” will take to the field this evening to fight for the regional title against Jamaica in the 2014 Caribbean Cup final. The Warriors and Jamaica will square off from 9 pm …
Read More »Remember 19/11: The 1989 red storm that set us free
Performance poet Roger Bonair-Agard who, as a teenager in the 1980’s, took football to be life, “saw” the November 19 match through a haze sitting in a Flatbush bar and recently sat down in a New York apartment to recreate the entire event for Wired868 in the first installment of our …
Read More »Strike Squad celebrates 25th Anniversary with walk for peace
Twenty five years ago the entire country joined the “Strike Squad” on the Road to Italy in its quest to achieve World Cup glory with a brand of soccer, inspired by myself as coach, coined “Kaisosoca”, which captured the spirit and the rhythm of the people and its indigenous music …
Read More »One-on-one with St Benedict’s Jamari Warrick
“With God nothing is impossible.” That’s the motto of Jamari Warrick of St Benedict’s College, La Romain. Seventeen year old Warrick of Enid Village, Rio Claro says his favourite colour is red, which is an expression of his warmth, and outgoing and affectionate personality. Warrick shares his daily commute to …
Read More »Tim Kee allegedly deceived TTFA executive about Warriors’ debt
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee, according to a letter leaked to Wired868, apparently tried to deceive his own executive committee about the financial health of the football body and its debts to players and staff. On 10 November 2014, Tim Kee, in a letter to …
Read More »The future of cricket is in Peru! Maybe…
As a West Indian, I consider it my duty to promote the second most popular sport in the world wherever I happen to be. After all, cricket is what makes life bearable in all kinds of circumstances. That is why I have become not only the official scorer for Cricket …
Read More »Warriors into Caribbean Cup final after dull draw with Cuba
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team will compete for its first Caribbean Cup title in 13 years on Tuesday after the “Soca Warriors” finished their Group A assignments tonight with a goalless draw against Cuba in Montego Bay. If coach Stephen Hart is looking forward to Tuesday, he might …
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