With just about six weeks to go before the Trinidad and Tobago Senior Men’s Team faces off against Guadeloupe in a crucial Gold Cup preliminary match on 16 June, head coach Angus Eve yesterday revealed that potential pre-tournament friendly internationals against Guatemala and 2022 Fifa World Cup hosts, Qatar, were …
Read More »TTFA Members unanimously pass motion on Normalisation Committee to appease Fifa
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) membership yesterday voted to annul its motion of 10 December 2022, which gave an 18 March 2023 deadline for the Robert Hadad-led Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee to end its occupation of the local football body. The new motion—again moved by Trinidad and Tobago Football …
Read More »“It is a lie!” Cornwall responds to Kenwyne criticism, while four ex-T&T coaches address claim of “indiscipline”
“Everything he said in the media is a lie!” Natalie Griffith, the mother of 20-year-old Trinidad and Tobago football star Afiyah Cornwall, was emphatic in her condemnation of recent comments by current Women’s National Senior Team head coach Kenwyne Jones. Cornwall, unsurprisingly, was of the same opinion as her mother. …
Read More »Last-gasp Levi goal helps Trinidad and Tobago hold Guyana and snatch exhibition title
“It was a welcome sight to see the crowd we had in the stadium,” said Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve. “It means we are making some kind of progress when people want to come see you play.” There was silverware too for the Soca …
Read More »Soldier vs Muslimeen: Eve fires back at Shabazz, as T&T call-up Alvin Jones and Waldrop
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve has made two changes to his squad before Tuesday night’s final Courts Caribbean Classic outing against Guyana at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Soca Warriors right back Alvin Jones has been recalled to the squad, after …
Read More »‘We’ll show Eve where barley grows!’ Shabazz throws down gauntlet as Guyana whip Barbados 5-0
“And let Angus, if he name Angus Eve, let him put down the ball and bring it out from the back on Tuesday,” said Guyana Men’s National Senior Team head coach Jamaal Shabazz, with a twinkle in his eye. “And he will see, as the old people used to say, …
Read More »Soca Warriors set to play Barbados and Guyana in March friendlies at Hasely Crawford Stadium
For the first time since he was hired as Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach, Angus Eve will play a friendly game within a Fifa international match window. The flip-side, though, is Trinidad and Tobago’s sparring partners, Barbados and Guyana, have already indicated that they will not …
Read More »Shabazz handed four-year deal by Guyana FA, will set Jaguar’s targets after meeting staff
Morvant Caledonia United co-founder Jamaal Shabazz will lead the Guyana Men’s National Senior Team for a record fourth time, as the Trinbagonian was unveiled as the country’s national coach this morning by the Guyana Football Association. Shabazz, who is 57 years old, was awarded a four-year contract that should see …
Read More »NFCTT disputes Hadad’s claim that coaches ‘paid up’; Corneal, Shabazz discuss Fenwick fracas
National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) interim president Jefferson George has denied Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad’s apparent claim that any coaches were paid off under his watch. Hadad’s comments were supposedly made in a press conference on 18 March and subsequently published in the Trinidad Newsday …
Read More »TTFA invites applicants for W/Warriors head coach, T&T women set for ninth change in six years
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), which is being managed by a Fifa-appointed normalisation committee at present, has opened its door for applicants for the position of Women’s National Senior Team head coach. Applicants are asked to submit their resume, contact information and a copy of all related documents …
Read More »‘Preparing part-time players to compete with pros is a challenge’: T&T’s Caribbean coaching exports speak
When, Covid-19 permitting, Stern John leads the Anguilla Men’s National Senior Team out for their opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying contest, he will join a growing number of Trinidad and Tobago coaches looking to make their mark elsewhere in the Caribbean—albeit at less recognisable football nations. Bertille St Clair …
Read More »Anguilla snap up Stern, ex-Warriors star will lead minnows into 2022 WCQ campaign
The Anguilla Men’s National Senior Team have never scored a World Cup qualifying goal from open play, after five successive campaigns dating back to 5 March 2000. However, for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series, Anguilla are set to be steered by one of the most prolific men in …
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