Wired868, with the help of five people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part One: Last Thursday, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) wired an undisclosed figure into an account …
Read More »TTFF raises fresh questions over W/Cup settlement money
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) tried to answer questions today about the source of its funds to settle a longstanding bonus dispute with 13 World Cup 2006 players but might have sailed into a fresh storm. A press release today suggested that TTFF president Raymond Tim Kee used …
Read More »Doubt over 2006 W/Cup bonus settlement
An exuberant press officer is being blamed for a few jangled nerves between the Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup players and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) as the long-standing bonus dispute presumably enters its last lap. Yesterday, the TTFF, via press officer Shaun Fuentes, issued a release …
Read More »TTFF names Sheldon Phillips as general secretary
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee has named United States-based administrator Sheldon Phillips as his new general secretary. The 47-year-old Phillip, who is the son of former TTFF technical director and stand-out goalkeeper Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips, was introduced to the TTFF staff today as the replacement for …
Read More »Groden ends controversial term as TTFF general secretary
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) bid farewell to another controversial figure this morning as general secretary Richard Groden submitted his resignation to president Raymond Tim Kee. His resignation is effective starting tomorrow. However, Wired868 was informed by well-placed sources that Groden’s departure was at Tim Kee’s urging and …
Read More »Defiant Warner scoffs at CONCACAF report
National Security Minister and disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner claimed that the CONCACAF Integrity Committee’s report into his ownership of the Centre of Excellence and alleged fraudulent behavior while CONCACAF president was malicious and baseless. Warner also rubbished any suggestion that FIFA and CONCACAF did not know who …
Read More »U-turn, same result: Now T&T U-17s priced out Centre of Excellence
The João Havelange Centre of Excellence, formerly known as the João Havelange CONCACAF Centre of Excellence, has done a U-turn of sorts regarding the Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 team but the result is the same. The young “Soca Warriors” will not have the benefit of preparing on turf for the United …
Read More »Road Warriors: Belize friendly moved to Central America
Trinidad and Tobago’s football fans will not get the chance to see the “Soca Warriors” in action on home soil before the July 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) announced today that next Friday’s friendly international against Belize will be held away in Central America …
Read More »What Belize football can offer Trinidad and Tobago
There were more raised eyebrows than applause when the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) announced Belize as the next opponent for the “Soca Warriors” on 23 March 2013. Almost certainly, Belize got the nod merely because its team, like the Warriors, was without a dance partner on the FIFA …
Read More »Fenwick slams TTFF/Gov’t for penniless FA finals
Pro League rookie club Central FC will aim to collect the first trophy in its brief history tomorrow night when the “Couva Sharks” face Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA from 8 pm in the TTFF FA Trophy final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. But, if it was up …
Read More »FIFA distances itself from TTFF liquidation threat
FIFA has distanced itself from the legal battle between the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) and 13 members of the 2006 World Cup squad and, in a letter dated 6 February 2013, instead advised the respective parties to seek out the relevant bodies for adjudication. The World Cup 2006 …
Read More »Power to the clubs; TTFF considers constitutional reform
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee yesterday vowed to push through reform of the local body’s controversial constitution after confirming the appointment of ex-FIFA technical committee member and former football manager Richard Braithwaite, former local referees association president and ex-FIFA referee Osmond Downer and Veteran Footballers …
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