Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles, a former Trinidad and Tobago international football stand-out and Concacaf Club Championship winner, talks to Burdie and Barney about his rise from youth goalkeeper to Strike Squad midfield star, conquering Concacaf with the Defence Force, why he almost quit coaching after Stephen Hart’s dismissal, and November 19th. …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): ‘Baba’ Charles revisits his iconic equaliser against USA in 1989
A ‘Trinbagonian’ thing! Former Strike Squad stand-out and Concacaf Club Championship winner Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles, the current Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach, revisits his iconic goal against the United States during the Italy 1990 World Cup qualifying campaign. Look out for Charles’ full interview on the Burdie and Barney …
Read More »‘What does Hadad know about coaching?!’ George and Elie praise Eve but slam appointment ‘process’
Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) interim president Jefferson George and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee member Ken Elie both suggested that Angus Eve is the right coach to lead the Soca Warriors. However, both expressed misgivings about the manner in which Eve was …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Hutson Charles: The problem with T&T’s national youth teams
Former Strike Squad stand-out and Concacaf Club Championship winner Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles, the current Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach, suggests where Trinidad and Tobago repeatedly fall short in developing national youth football teams. Look out for Charles’ full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show on Wednesday 8 September …
Read More »Eve confirms Soca Warriors technical staff, selects 24-man local squad
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team held their first training session under new interim head coach Angus Eve today at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, with 24 players invited from his 60-man Gold Cup provisional squad. Central FC attacker Sean Bonval and Police FC midfielder Jabari Mitchell …
Read More »Eve replaces former boss, Fenwick, as interim Soca Warriors head coach for July Gold Cup
Club Sando FC head coach Angus Eve has replaced Terry Fenwick as head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team. Eve’s appointment is, at least initially, on a temporary basis, as the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee confirmed his contract will expire on 31 August 2021. Eve emerged top …
Read More »‘Smooth operator’, ’down to earth’, ‘loved to talk’, ‘a thinking footballer’: Remembering Clyde Leon
“[…] We were on a water break and he turned to me and said: ‘I’m not getting dropped from this team.’ I was wondering, who is this dude?” “[…] I remember at Jan-Michael Williams’ wedding reception when you’re thinking it was not an ideal situation for much talk—because of the …
Read More »Flashback: Waiting to exhale; when Jason Scotland began bid for British football glory
The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on Thursday 4 December 2003—just four months after Jason Scotland’s arrival at Scotland Premier League (SPL) club, Dundee United, from Defence Force FC: “Coaches [of the national team] used to watch me and turn their face,” …
Read More »Coaches association meets SSFL coaches, TTSL and WoLF next
The following is a press statement from the National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT): The National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) continued its town hall-styled meetings on Saturday 28th November 2020. The guests of this meeting were the Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division coaches. …
Read More »‘Barber’ credits tactical tweaks as ‘Army’ down Connection, Police see off Civic
A first half Jelani Felix item maintained Defence Force’s 100 percent record at the start of the 2019/2020 Pro League season on Friday night, as the Army/Coast Guard combination motored to a deserved 1-0 win over W Connection in a Hasely Crawford Stadium double header. “It was one of the …
Read More »Big Five 19: Fatima cruise past sloppy Arima; Moruga down Signal Hill to clinch promotion
Fatima College moved to second place in the Shell/FCB Big Five playoff competition after defeating Arima North Secondary by a 3-0 margin at Mucurapo Road this afternoon. Relegated from the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division in the 2018 season, Fatima took an important step towards rejoining the top …
Read More »Referees assaulted in Malabar! Tempers boil over after controversial finish to crucial ‘Army’/‘Cale’ clash
An otherwise dour match was soured by a fracas between match officials and Morvant Caledonia AIA’s players and staff as yesterday’s crucial Ascension Invitational Tournament matchup between Defence Force FC and Caledonia ended in chaos at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. After the final whistle, as referee Crystal Sobers …
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