Former T&T National Youth and Senior Team midfielder Jean-Luc Rochford could hardly put his relief into words yesterday after successfully undergoing surgery at the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH). The procedure was intended to repair an ACL injury to his left knee that has had him sidelined for over 19 …
Read More »Phillip: Unsuccessful SPORTT meeting was final straw; ex-Pro League chairman wants more family time
Former Pro League chairman Sam Phillip said a disappointing meeting with the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) earlier this week was the final straw in his decision to quit the football post. Nine months ago, the Pro League submitted to SPORTT a proposal regarding the government subvention for …
Read More »Chairman Phillip follows CEO Skeene out Pro League door; uncertainty over 2018 season grows
Less than a week after Dexter Skeene announced his intention to leave the TT Pro League post he held for some 14 years, chairman Sam Phillip told Wired868 that he will be following the departing CEO through the exit door. “Yes, I tendered my resignation earlier this week,” Phillip told …
Read More »Pro League players speak (Pt 2): Mismanagement, exploitation and repeat errors…but League can be saved!
With the future of the Pro League hanging in the balance, things are looking brown for football in Trinidad and Tobago. But if there is one issue that Yohance Marshall, Densill Theobald and the experienced national footballer dubbed JP are agreed on, it is that a properly functioning and well-run …
Read More »Lawrence calls up “Pappy” and Quinn for senior training squad; laments Pro League woes
Shiva Boys Hindu College midfielder Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel was included in the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team training squad for the first time this week, as the Soca Warriors prepare for their first outings of 2018 away to Guadeloupe and Martinique on 20 and 23 March respectively. Emmanuel …
Read More »Pro League players speak up: “Panic has set in!;” “Football has become a hustle!”
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League players are uneasy, “starting to panic,” one of them told Wired868. He and a couple of his mates are of the view that the Pro League had its work cut out for him to ensure that the competition stays afloat in 2018. As things stand, …
Read More »God said it was time! Ex-Pro League CEO Skeene reflects on potential, broken promises and lack of vision for local game
He fought the good fight. Those five words sound like the opening for a eulogy but TT Pro League fans are hoping that the departure of outgoing CEO Dexter Skeene will not mean the death of the local professional league. On Friday, the 53-year-old former Trinidad and Tobago forward announced …
Read More »Pro League owners want Skeene to stay; Hospedales: No Pro League, no Hex
With its 2018 season already hanging in the balance, the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League is now without a CEO. Dexter Skeene, who has held the position for the last 14 years, tendered his resignation to the Board at yesterday meeting of the League and informed them that he proposes …
Read More »Ex-Pro League player, Neil Mitchell, on murder charge; coaches say system is failing youths
“Where did we go wrong? […] The system failing the youth.” La Horquetta XF head coach Dave Quamina is lamenting that the society in general and the football community in particular is allowing young men to slip through the cracks, after two of his former players, 25-year-old attacker Neil Mitchell …
Read More »Central lose opener to Portmore as HydroTech ponders take-over of ailing Pro League club
HydroTech Central FC kicked off their 2018 Caribbean Club Championship campaign this evening with a 0-2 loss to Jamaica’s Portmore United FC in Group B action at the Estadio Cibao in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The “Couva Sharks” enjoyed the lion’s share of ball possession but lacked teeth upfront as veteran …
Read More »Connection’s embarrassing Caribbean elimination deepens growing malaise in T&T football
The W Connection Football Club last night became the latest in a line of Trinidad and Tobago football representatives to be embarrassed in regional competition, being eliminated in the group stage of the Caribbean Club Championship at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Connection only needed a draw to advance …
Read More »Nathan, Theobald, Carlyle and Glen among 13 new short-term Central signings for Caribbean tourney
Central FC—now re-christened the ‘Hydrotech Central FC’—have undergone another revamp of their roster for the purpose of the Caribbean Club Championship. There are 13 new faces for the 2018 tournament, which serves as a qualifier for the CONCACAF Champions League and Second Tier League competitions. Former Trinidad and Tobago World …
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