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The following are this week’s fixtures for the various Trinidad and Tobago football competitions covered by Wired868: Tuesday October 6 (CNG NSL Championship Division) UTT v Prisons FC, 6 pm, UTT, O’ Meara Road, Arima; Edinburgh 500 FC v Cunupia FC, 7 pm, Edinburgh 500 Recreation Ground; Malabar FC v …

The “Soca Warriors” received a TT$100,000 donation from Barataria businessman Sham Mohammed on Friday night and team manager William Wallace is praying that corporate Trinidad and Tobago follows his lead to help finance the football team’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign. The Warriors finished second at the last two …

Bankers Insurance Central FC striker Willis Plaza will travel to Panama after all as a rib injury to Slovakia-based winger, Lester Peltier, opened a pathway for his recall for international duty on October 8. Even then, Plaza only got the nod after United States-based forward Rundell Winchester and his Central …

Uncapped 19-year-old DIRECTV W Connection utility player Aikim Andrews was the surprise inclusion today as Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart announced a 20-man squad to face Panama in an international friendly on October 8 in Panama City. Andrews, who was a stand-out for Trinidad and …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart will finally get the chance to simulate a World Cup qualifying run, as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed an international friendly against Nicaragua on October 13 in Trinidad. Hart has repeatedly asked for two exhibition games within a …

We need to qualify for the World Cup. As a country I think it will do so much good for us after having qualified before and then being put in a place of discomfort in the situation with Mr Jack Warner and the TTFA. For us to qualify now, it …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart yesterday slammed Barnet FC manager Martin “Mad Dog” Allen as unprofessional and disrespectful to the “Soca Warriors”, after defender Gavin Hoyte failed to show for Friday’s friendly international against Mexico in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hoyte, a former Arsenal and England youth …

New Central FC attacker Marcus Joseph, teenaged North East Stars midfielder Neveal Hackshaw, United States-based forward Trevin Caesar and England-born defender Gavin Hoyte will join the “Soca Warriors” in Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday August 30, in preparation for their international friendly against Mexico on September 4. All four …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is in the midst of another financial crisis after FIFA confirmed that it has frozen its annual US$250,000 (approximately TT $1.5 million) subvention to the local body while the TTFA’s auditor, KPMG, has also suspended its services. As a result, the TTFA’s administrative …

“I think football is about creating a balance,” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart told Wired868. “The first thing you need to know is how you are going to recover the ball. If you cannot recover the ball, then you are in trouble. “And when you …

“If you know deep down in your heart that you are not properly prepared, you will never be able to play good football,” Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart told Wired868. “You will always have an excuse or you will be thinking ‘I am not sure …

Columnist Earl Best pens an open letter to current Guardian Sports Editor Valentino Singh, who initially led the campaign to have Austin Jack Warner brought to book for his November 19,1989 misdeeds and then turned around and tried to make Warner look good by authoring his two self-serving books:  My …