At around noon today, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), via trustee Maria Daniel, agreed settlements with creditors on debts stretching back more than two decades. Daniel, hired by Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad, had a fund of roughly TT$16m to address claims, which totalled TT$84.5m. It meant …
Read More »The TTFA’s debt proposal: HoF gets thumbs down, Warner, Fenwick and Miller make claims, and tension between creditors
Trustee for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Maria Daniel, revealed to creditors that the local football body has received 291 financial claims amounting to roughly TT$90.7m. But to settle its debts, the TTFA has ‘an approved financial arrangement’ of US$3m (TT$20.1m) —minus a ‘supervisory levy’ of TT$1.005m It …
Read More »B&B Ep 19: Jan-Michael Williams (Pt 2): The ups and downs—Hart, DJW, W Connection, Central FC and ‘Tallest’
HFX Wanderers goalkeeper coach and former Trinidad and Tobago international stand-out and three-time Gold Cup custodian Jan-Michael Williams lifts the lid on the impact of ex-TTFA president David John-Williams on the Soca Warriors, his controversial W Connection exit, premature international retirement, and THAT injury against Honduras which caused a split …
Read More »“No different than John-Williams!” Hadad-led NC accused of ‘hiding money’ from creditors
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director and Men’s National Senior Team player Kendall Walkes has accused the Robert Hadad-led normalisation committee of hiding money from its creditors. Walkes, who won a TT$5.1m award in the Port-of-Spain High Court for breach of contract against the David John-Williams-led administration …
Read More »Joevin ruled out of Gold Cup with knee injury; Hart ‘in good spirits’ after health scare
Trinidad and Tobago will be without versatile flanker Joevin Jones when they face Montserrat in a 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup playoff fixture next Friday, after he suffered a knee injury yesterday in a 2-1 loss for InterMiami CF against Major League Soccer (MLS) neighbours, Orlando City. It was InterMiami’s fourth …
Read More »‘I will be back!’ ‘Ball Pest’ Cummings on his football education, silencing Mexico, and his international exile
“I will be back on the pitch soon,” said Terminix La Horquetta Rangers playmaker and ex-Trinidad and Tobago international star Keron ‘Ball Pest’ Cummings. “So I hope Mr [Angus] Eve keeps a place open for me!” Cummings was not among the 60 players selected by Men’s National Senior Team interim …
Read More »B&B Ep 2: Hart on coaching T&T, strained relations with DJW and that USA mauling
You asked for this… So don’t blame us! Burdie and Barney are back with Episode Two, as we speak to HFX Wanderers coach Stephen Hart on his career path in Canada, coaching the Trinidad and Tobago senior team, strained relations with ex-TTFA president David John-Williams, and the Soca Warriors’ recent …
Read More »B&B: Hart (Trailer): Facing Messi; the Argentine genius did something strange against T&T
Ex-Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart remembers an unusual thing that Argentine genius Lionel Messi did against the Soca Warriors on 4 June 2014 at a friendly in Buenos Aires. Look out for Hart’s full interview with the Burdie and Barney Show from Wednesday 10 February …
Read More »B&B: Hart (Trailer): Why I selected Kenwyne Jones for Trinidad and Tobago
Ex-Soca Warriors head coach Stephen Hart talks to the Burdie & Barney Show about his selection of former Premier League striker Kenwyne Jones. Look out for the full interview on Wired868.com on Wednesday as we discuss a range of topics, including Trinidad and Tobago football, David John-Williams, Lionel Messi and …
Read More »Hart: A happy Wanderer, why I kept Garcia and ‘Ramps’, and how to turn around T&T football
In the maiden Canada Premier League (CPL) season in 2019, Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart finished bottom of the table with his HFX Wanderers outfit. The turnaround in 2020 could not be much more profound, as the Wanderers roared to second place, with what the CPL media described as …
Read More »‘Diego was like a Shakespeare play; he was THE man!’ Hart on meeting Maradona
“[…] Diego was larger than life and he couldn’t go anywhere and relax. I’m sure it must be like that with Cristiano [Ronaldo] and Messi and Pelé. They have no lives. “You have to see it to believe it… It was unbelievable to think someone has to live like this, …
Read More »‘Fly with the angels, Grovy!’ A footballing tribute to iconic SSFL coach Nigel Grosvenor
Trinidad and Tobago lost a giant of its youth football arena today, at roughly 3am. Former St Anthony’s College and Queen’s Royal College (QRC) football coach Nigel ‘Grovy’ Grosvenor passed away at the Couva Hospital this morning, more than a month after he was admitted there—following a positive test for …
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