The Trinidad and Tobago domestic football calendar should resume on Friday 14 August—pending a final meeting with the Ministry of Health—with 20 clubs ready to kick off in the Ascension Tournament and more than twice that number awaiting start dates in their respective zones. Central FC are scheduled to open …
Read More »Ferguson hails ‘Ascension II’, football competition returns with up to 92 teams and live broadcasts
The Ascension Tournament will again kickstart Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic calendar in 2020, as Terminix La Horquetta Rangers managing director Richard Ferguson confirmed an expanded competition is just three weeks away. The Ascension Invitational debuted in 2019 with 24 clubs, competing in two divisions across Trinidad, chasing a combined TT$650,000 …
Read More »Inside United TTFA: Wallace’s rise, Miller’s influence and THAT Junior Sammy letter
The following look into the short but eventful tenure of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace was done through a series of interviews, on condition of anonymity, with five persons from the United TTFA slate and/or employed elsewhere within the local body: In the final year of …
Read More »Fenwick restarts national training with Griffith’s blessing; but Look Loy and Ferguson slam exercise
Terry Fenwick started his tenure as Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach at the Police Barracks in St James today, with his first training session since he was hired last December; and the first for any national team under Covid-19 regulations and following the appointment of normalisation …
Read More »Wallace elected TTFA president! DJW dethroned after one term in office
Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president William Wallace is the new president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Wallace, a retired Carapichaima East Secondary acting vice-principal, defeated incumbent and Team Impactors slate leader, David John-Williams, after two rounds in the TTFA’s AGM this afternoon. Ironically, the election was held at the …
Read More »Football saviour or cash cow? Ferguson faces grilling from ‘Faz’ and surprise text from police commissioner
“It seems that football has more bacchanal than national politics,” TV6 Morning edition host Fazeer Mohammed asked Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) presidential candidate Richard Ferguson on Friday 8 November, “why would you want to get involved in this?” “That is a good question,” Ferguson responded. “To be honest, …
Read More »Electoral Committee clears TTFA presidential candidates; all 47 delegates expected to vote
The Electoral Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) today cleared all 11 candidates seeking office at the local football body’s AGM on 24 November. The candidates are: President: David John-Williams (DJW), Richard Ferguson (RF), William Wallace (United TTFA); First vice-president: Selby Browne (DJW), Clynt Taylor (United TTFA); …
Read More »Dear Editor: TTFA voters must zone out noise and evaluate track records of aspirants
“Election rules state that candidates for office must have at least three years of managerial/organisation experience in football. In other words, the rules stipulate that they must have a track record by which we can judge them…” The following Letter to the Editor on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s …
Read More »Ferguson’s VP switches camps, Dean pledges allegiance to ‘United TTFA’
The ‘United TTFA’ slate wrapped up a momentous weekend by apparently wooing the vice-presidential candidate from another slate, Eddison ‘Eddie’ Dean, following their official launch at a breakfast meeting at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Saturday. The TTFA election will be held at its AGM on 24 …
Read More »“A very dangerous election!” Shabazz on TTFA elections, DJW, OJT coaches and the problem with ‘transparency’
Morvant Caledonia AIA technical director Jamaal Shabazz, a self-proclaimed friend and supporter of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams, has warned that next month’s football elections will be a ‘dangerous’ one which might require intervention from Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith. Shabazz, who reminded viewers that he …
Read More »TTFA 2019 elections: Wallace and Ferguson challenge John-Williams for presidency
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president for the next four years looks to be either incumbent David John-Williams, Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president William Wallace or Terminix La Horquetta Rangers managing director Richard Ferguson. Today is nomination deadline day for the jobs of TTFA president and vice-presidents …
Read More »Terminix confirmed as Pro League and Super League sponsors as Ferguson’s influence grows
Trinidad and Tobago’s two top tier domestic football competitions will kick off on 5 and 18 October respectively with Terminix Trinidad director Richard Ferguson playing a key role in both. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy unveiled plans for the third season of the second …
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