So by now we know the best Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) teams for 2017—Monday’s Coca Cola National Intercol final notwithstanding—but what about the best players? Once more, Wired868’s SSFL writers take on the thankless task of selecting the best performing players—not necessarily the most talented players, mind you!—in the …
Read More »More delays for TTSL gala; T&T to get pre-Christmas Ronaldinho treat?
The Trinidad and Tobago Super League’s (TTSL) bid to bring Brazilian legends Ronaldinho and Rivaldo to a playing field in Trinidad has hit a snag—another one! Caribbean Football Trust Limited (CFTL), sponsors of the TTSL’s proposed “All Star” showdown, have confirmed that the event will now be pushed back by …
Read More »CPL 17 TKR Review: ‘Dey does only run until the Knights ketch dem’
The time to be in front, every successful sportsman knows, is at the end. Ask Sir Alex Ferguson (but not Arsene Wenger!), Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Mo Farah, Usain Bolt (but not Justin Gatlin!) and Dwayne Bravo (but not Jason Holder!) That’s illustrious company for the Trinbago Knights Riders captain, …
Read More »Lawrence: I expected senior players to take control; T&T on life support after Honduras horror show
With his team having only three points and three goals to show from their six CONCACAF Hex outings before last night, National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence expected the Soca Warriors to show real fire in their bellies. He didn’t see it. Not for long anyway. Honduras extinguished it early, …
Read More »CPL 2017: Trinbago Knight Riders make a Giant step, Gayle’s Patriots get a soaking
You have paid a “pardna” for tickets for you and your family of five. But with just over quarter of an hour to go before the start of the crucial, potentially pulsating Hero CPL Knight Riders vs Patriots match-up at the Queen’s Park Oval, you are still outside the venue. …
Read More »CPL 17: Trinbago Knights fans riding high after fourth win, planning for Tarouba party
Kieron Pollard might be a Trinbagonian but he’s not a Knight Rider. So the thousands of glad, largely red-clad fans who filled the house at the Queen’s Park Oval last night did not come to see any effortless straight-back-over-your-head shots from the Barbados Tridents’ captain. Outside the Oval, I ran …
Read More »TTSL election: Ottley sees potential abuse of power; Look Loy opts for silence
With the clock on the walls of the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva ticking down to tomorrow’s Trinidad and Tobago Super League’s (TTSL) inaugural election, interim president Keith Look Loy went on the offensive against his challenger, Ryan Ottley. And then went under the radar. However, despite the charges hanging …
Read More »CPL 17: Shillingford gives T&T fans the shivers; but TKR has last laugh in colourful clash
“We go chase down dem runs in 14 overs,” an eager Carib Stand patron told Wired868, his smile so wide there might have been saliva spilling into his ears. “Fourteen?” another fan within earshot sneered. “Yuh mad or what? We winning in ten!” I was struck by the complete identification …
Read More »RSSR: Busting barriers and building football bridges—Behind the Bridge
Eight years after the RSSR Football Academy was born on 27 March, 1999, Marvin “Mr King” Lewis sang “Borderline.” In a rendition which earned him second place at that year’s Young Kings Calypso competition, Lewis—son of the late “King Austin”—highlighted the walls being erected between neighbouring communities by the rampant …
Read More »Daniel in the Lawrence den; T&T passport enough to get you a chance, says Warriors coach
In answer to the summons of National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence, out of the wilderness comes Keon Daniel, who last represented Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2013. Addressing the media before taking his team through their paces at the Larry Gomes Stadium yesterday, Lawrence explained …
Read More »TTSL in election mode: Look Loy, Ottley discuss visions and potential conflicts of interest
The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) will hold its first formal elections on 9 August at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva with interim president and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy likely to be challenged for the head job and a seat on the Trinidad and …
Read More »TTSL: “Big Cannons” shoot down sluggish WASA; Santa Rosa stay second with 3-0 win
A pair of second-half penalties by bustling attacker Keron Clarke helped defending Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) champions FC Santa Rosa to a 3-0 win over WASA FC in top flight action in St Joseph yesterday. Rosa, who pounded out a thumping 7-0 victory over Club Sando Moruga at …
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