The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s fourth successive attempt to hold its 2017 AGM ended in farce and a shouting match today in Couva, as local football president David John-Williams adjourned the meeting for 14 days in an apparent misinterpretation of the constitution and amidst cries of “tyranny” and “dictatorship.” …
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Stakeholders of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) must wait another 30 days at least for answers about the spending of the David John-Williams-led administration, after the local football body’s reconvened AGM on Tuesday 20 February again ended without any clarity on the TTFA’s financial statement for 2016. For …
Read More »Non-compliant members “go back to school!” DJW defends TTFA stance and legitimacy of his election
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams tried yesterday to defend the football body’s position on its treatment of non-compliant members as well as the validity of his own election through a reading of selective emails and, arguably, a re-wording of the constitution. Most notably, John-Williams told the …
Read More »A TTFA coup? Tempers flare as 70 percent of membership excluded from AGM
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) appears destined for a constitutional crisis of its own making, after general secretary Justin Latapy-George snubbed nearly 70 percent of the local football body’s membership in the matter of the organisation’s AGM, scheduled for 25 November 2017. The TTFA comprises 49 delegates but, …
Read More »Lawrence’s Warriors set new losing record; Wired868 looks at T&T’s five longest winless streaks
On Friday night, Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence set an unflattering record as he oversaw his seventh straight defeat at the helm when the Soca Warriors failed to hold on to a one-goal advantage against Mexico and eventually succumbed 3-1 in World Cup qualifying action. …
Read More »How to spot a poorly run sporting body: CIES’ Cornu calls out CFU, TTFA points fingers at self
If FIFA and the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) were practising good governance, including fair and transparent electoral processes, would Mohammed bin Hammam realistically have expected to get away with trying to bribe 25 CFU officials for their votes during his bid for the FIFA presidency in 2012? That rhetorical question …
Read More »Look Loy steaming as TTFA still allegedly blocking TTSL showdown with Ronaldinho
“Why does FIFA need to approve Trinidad and Tobago players from a Trinidad and Tobago league?” The question comes from a bemused Trinidad and Tobago Super League President Keith Look Loy, who is convinced that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is employing delaying tactics to destroy his and …
Read More »So we is not coach too? TTFA’s coach selection process questioned after more Connection hirings
San Juan Jabloteh are one win away from sweeping the three categories of the Flow Youth Pro League (FYPL) for the third straight season. However, with the decisive match carded for the San Juan North Secondary School compound in Bourg Mulatresse today, some people in the Jabloteh ranks feel as …
Read More »Is TTFA getting better or worse? CFA triumph, Look Loy’s delayed ascendancy and multiple financial queries
“[Wednesday] night was a massive defeat for the TTFA executive, which has provoked controversy for the last six months with its stance against the Central Football Association and the TTSL,” TTSL interim president Keith Look Loy told Wired868. “My take is it was a great victory for grassroots democracy in …
Read More »Browne’s bombshell: Forty-two probing financial questions to John-Williams-led TTFA
“[List the] number of accounts in the name of the TTFA and the list of those actively operated by the TTFA from December 2015 to date? Identify the accounts that have received monies from FIFA, UEFA, CONCACAF and CFU from December 2015 to date? Who are the signatories to the …
Read More »TTFA ordered to pay ex-FIFA ref $500k; DJW-led body accused of trying to mislead High Court
The David John-Williams-led Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has been accused of trying to mislead the High Court after allegedly submitting inaccurate information in a sworn affidavit. In a court matter which involves former FIFA referee and ex-head of the local refereeing department, Ramesh Ramdhan, the TTFA—through their attorneys …
Read More »DJW hurdles AGM; TV cash vow mutes concerns about Hart and TTFA’s secrecy culture
There were a few tackles and spells of high pressing. But, at the end of yesterday’s AGM, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams might have been tempted to pour himself a glass of celebratory wine. Since the football body’s last AGM, the John-Williams-led organisation had: used TTFA …
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