Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has ‘taken notice’ of allegations of financial misconduct supposedly committed by former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams but remained tightlipped about an official probe. John-Williams was the subject of an hour long feature …
Read More »Eve: TTFA killing dreams of young players; DJW and co jet off to Japan and France
Club Sando and Naparima College head coach Angus Eve has vowed to take over two dozen young footballers to see Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, in a last ditch effort to save their dream of participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »TTFA members rule DJW’s vice-presidents were illegally appointed; Downer explains
“[The] appointment [of the two TTFA vice-presidents] were broadcast throughout the media and even on the official website of the TTFA, and appeared in the roll call list for the meeting […] when, in fact the, appointment of these two ‘vice-presidents’ was not in keeping with the dictates of the present …
Read More »Corneal: We need to save our football! TTFA TD withholds services claiming ‘inhumane treatment’ by DJW
“I have been promised salary payments continuously but to no avail. I had meetings with the President and the General Secretary indicating the inconvenience of not being paid, and the toll it is taking on my life… “I am tired of the disrespectful and inhumane manner in which I have …
Read More »TTFA board picks Cooper as women’s coach; discusses VP’s resignation and Men’s U17 and U20 teams
Shawn Cooper will lead the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team into the next week’s Concacaf Championship, after his proposed selection was finally brought before the board of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) last night. Faced with a choice of Cooper and American Randy Waldrum—with just six …
Read More »Latapy-George: DJW ordered me to keep VP’s resignation secret from the TTFA board
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Justin Latapy-George confirmed that vice-president Joanne Salazar quit the local football body almost two weeks ago and that president David John-Williams instructed him to hide it from the board. And, more pertinently, Latapy-George admitted that Salazar was not a board member when …
Read More »T&T football cannot endure any more! Look Loy calls on John-Williams and his VPs to resign
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and his vice-presidents, Joanne Salazar and Ewing Davis, have done enough damage to the local game and should pack their bags and leave immediately. This was the verdict of TTFA board member and Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith …
Read More »“[Why] the urgency?” John-Williams stalls for time over request to see Home of Football contracts
It has been seven weeks since Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams assured stakeholders at an extraordinary general meeting that, although he had not handed over documents related to the US$2.25 million FIFA-funded project, members were free to drop in at the local football body’s headquarters to …
Read More »“Contemptuous!” DJW skips TTFA EGM on “medical advice;” ticket already booked for Russia
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams skipped the football body’s extraordinary general meeting in Couva yesterday while, according to a doctor’s note, he also declared himself too unwell to travel to the Port-of-Spain Industrial Court for a trial date on 4 July in a football-related matter. Yet, …
Read More »Board votes to take Home of Football project away from DJW; bills and contracts still missing
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams has allegedly retreated from the Home of Football project, after being outvoted by four to three on a motion to bring the construction work under the control of the Board of Directors. Remarkably, almost a year since work started on the …
Read More »TTFA braces for hellfire at Glorious Saturday AGM; DJW expected to survive as president
Embattled Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams is expected to face another grilling on Glorious Saturday when the local football body attempts to hold its AGM for a sixth time. However, despite concerns about John-Williams’ stewardship—financial and otherwise—and autocratic behaviour, according to football insider, there are two main …
Read More »“Tyranny!” TTFA descends further into farce as DJW calls off AGM—blocking financial questions
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s fourth successive attempt to hold its 2017 AGM ended in farce and a shouting match today in Couva, as local football president David John-Williams adjourned the meeting for 14 days in an apparent misinterpretation of the constitution and amidst cries of “tyranny” and “dictatorship.” …
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