The following column, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express Sport Magazine on 4 October 2007: His long spindly legs give him the look of a basketballer. His long mane is more the rave at dancehall concerts than in sporting arenas. He wears the number 10, …
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Hyron Best, a former St Augustine Secondary goalkeeper, was still an active player when he attended his first coaching course in Brazil in 1986, after his hometown club, then named Caledonia AIA, helped raise funds for the trip. More than three decades later, he has since taken on the name, …
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If Angus Eve and Terry Fenwick, our first two Pro League luminaries, are household names, our third local coach, Ross Russell, is more understated but also quite successful. Once described by World Cup 2006 hero Shaka Hislop as the most gifted Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper he has ever seen, Russell—the …
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On Thursday, Club Sando head coach Angus Eve selected the best XI players he ever worked with in the Pro League. Today, Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick takes the stage. A former 1986 World Cup defender for England and Tottenham Spurs captain, Fenwick managed English …
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For the past 18 months, Trinidad and Tobago Pro League stakeholders have discussed the fate of the top flight competition and what might lie in store. Wired868 encourages local football fans to look back. In Wired868’s new Pro League All-Stars series, we ask a few of the local top flight’s …
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Wired868 Football Festival V: T&T football stars at play! Ahkeela Mollon, Arnold Dwarika, Marvin Oliver, Densill Theobald, Hutson Charles, Ryan Stewart, Michael Maurice, Anthony Sherwood, Devorn Jorsling, Ansil Elcock, Darin Lewis, Gary Glasgow and many more. More from Wired868 TV6ME: Michael Johnson and Anton Corneal on How to Make a …
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Well, it took us long enough… The Wired868 XI finally won its own football festival—at the fifth time of asking—as MVP Marvin Oliver and sizzling Ryan “Fry” Stewart led their all-star team to a 4-1 win over the Darin Lewis Invitational XI at the UWI admin ground in St Augustine …
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January: The year of our Lord, 2016, started with a swing and a miss as West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle went charging down the wicket to Australian television reporter Mel McLaughlin with a cheeky and inappropriate request for a date during a live interview. In the end, it was …
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Trinidad and Tobago Pro League CEO Dexter Skeene admitted that the local top flight competition is facing the toughest fight of its 14 year existence, as uncertainty over government funding and the poor economic climate are among several factors overshadowing the 2016/17 season. Defending champions Central FC, who won successive …
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Evergreen former Pro League playmaker Marvin Oliver returned to the National Super League (NSL) yesterday—after a 10 year absence—as part of an eye-raising revamp at Real Maracas FC. The 40 year old Oliver, who won Pro League titles with San Juan Jabloteh and Central FC since leaving NSL team Crab …
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At this rate, Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh might want to consider renaming their team: San Juan Express. Jabloteh certainly seem to be in a hurry of late. Yesterday was their fifth Pro League win in a row, as Jabloteh held off Defence Force 2-1 at the Barataria Recreation Ground …
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Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh’s new midfield signing, Marvin Oliver, was cheered on at virtually every touch of the ball while the Barataria community responded warmly to the first TT Pro League affair at the Barataria Recreation Ground. But it was a baby step, in more ways than one, as …
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