The Pro League’s Players Status Committee today ruled against its own board member, Central FC, as it declared that the defending Caribbean and Pro League champions had improperly dismissed their former captain and ace midfielder Marvin Oliver. Central, which is headed by former Sport Minister and 2006 World Cup player …
Read More »Shaka supports Oliver; slams “desperately untrue” Central statement
ESPN football analyst and ex-2006 World Cup stand-out Shaka Hislop has emphatically distanced himself from former Football Players Association of Trinidad and Tobago (FPATT) colleagues, Brent Sancho and Kevin Harrison, as he slammed their treatment of ex-Central FC captain and star midfielder, Marvin Oliver, as “unwarranted” and “unfair.” Yesterday, Sancho …
Read More »Copa cheer: Warriors and TTFA near match fees solution
Finally, some good news. After two days and roughly nine hours of negotiating, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the National Senior Team are allegedly within touching distance of a solution, which might bring an end to their impasse over outstanding match fees. The “Soca Warriors” are owed …
Read More »Greatest Gold Cup game ever? Wired868 recalls some stirring T&T matches
Trinidad and Tobago’s 4-4 tie with Mexico in the 2015 Gold Cup group stage last night was the talk of CONCACAF. The match featured seven second half goals with one item from either team in stoppage time, including a last gasp equaliser from “Soca Warriors” defender Yohance Marshall off the …
Read More »Legends live: Day one of the Legends Football Challenge
The British Airways Tobago Football Legends tournament kicked off this afternoon at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. Wired868 has you covered: Tobago Football Legends (Group A) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Paul McVeigh, Ruel Fox, Devon Leacock), Manchester United 2 (Ben Thornley, Bojan Djordic) Former Manchester United star and 2006 …
Read More »The Legends are here! Yorke, Lara, Latapy, Saha and more hit Tobago
Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy, Louis Saha, Shaka Hislop, Deon Burton, Stern John, Stan Collymore, Pierre Van Hoojidonk, Dennis Lawrence, Patrick Berger and, as a special treat, cricket’s world record holder Brian Lara. It is an all-star week for football fans as the Caribbean’s most famous past players and a host …
Read More »Shaka: Here’s why T&T football needs the SSFL
Before I get going in earnest let me start by admitting my own bias. I haven’t actually lived in Trinidad and Tobago for well over 25 years now. As much as I’ve tried to keep up with the local game, it’s been through the media and I fully appreciate that …
Read More »Shaka gets FIFA appointment; ex-W/Cup goalie on IFAB panel
Former World Cup 2006 and England Premier League goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has been appointed by FIFA to serve on an advisory panel for the influential International Football Association Board (IFAB), which discusses and decides upon proposed alterations to the laws of the game. Hislop, who now works as a football …
Read More »TTFA misses Latapy court payment; unpaid staff goes on rotation
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) continues to operate at the edge of financial ruin as, despite general secretary Sheldon Phillips’ sunny disposition, the local football body seems clueless about how to pay its bills while it allegedly dodges debtors. In January 2014, TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee agreed …
Read More »W/Cup Memories: Pelé’s amazing miss, the 1982 Italians and “El Ponytale”
What does the FIFA World Cup mean to you? Wired868 asked some of our more illustrious football readers to share their memories of the greatest single sporting event on the planet. And we would like you to do the same. There are three basic questions and, each week, we will take …
Read More »Williams, Shaka on CONCACAF team to launch Caribbean pro league
DIRECTV W Connection chairman David John Williams and former 2006 World Cup player Shaka Hislop were today officially unveiled as members of a CONCACAF task force mandated to do a feasibility study on the potential of a Caribbean professional football league. The committee is considered the final step before the …
Read More »Lies and untruths from the TTFA: Sancho strikes back
Letter from 2006 World Cup defender and Central FC managing director Brent Sancho to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee and copied to general secretary Sheldon Phillips: For the last 12 months, we have been continually told that TTFA is different from TTFF. You and Mr …
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