Even as Trinidad and Tobago prepare to grab a late ticket for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup and start preparations in earnest for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy is set to unveil an even more ambitious proposal to the Board of the Trinidad and …
Read More »Prospective national coaches must wait till Monday for decision; olive branch offered to current staff
Over 500 coaches seeking positions within the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will have to wait an additional three days to find out whether or not they were successful. TTFA technical committee chairman and Board member Keith Look Loy confirmed yesterday that Board members have postponed their upcoming meeting …
Read More »Eve, Vranes, Jack, Cooper among TTFA applicants; over 500 coaches to know fate by 10 January
Former World Cup 2006 goalkeepers Kelvin Jack and Clayton Ince, 2009 Under-20 World Cup coach Zoran Vranes, Trinidad and Tobago’s most capped outfield player and serial SSFL champion coach Angus Eve, former national youth team coach Dion La Foucade and current National Intercol winner Shawn Cooper are apparently among a …
Read More »TTFA puts flood of coaching positions up for grabs, including Men’s U-15 and U-17 jobs
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has put the positions of head coach for the Men’s National Under-17 and Under-15 Teams, goalkeeper coach for all men’s and women’s teams and the technical director portfolio up for tender, as the clean-out continues at the local football body. And technical committee …
Read More »TTFA board sacks Lawrence, hires Ramdhan as general secretary and appoints Shaka as ambassador
The board of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has terminated the contract of Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence with immediate effect. Lawrence’s dismissal was one of several big decisions made by the new board, who met for the first time yesterday in a marathon nine …
Read More »Breakfast with United TTFA: Wallace on Look Loy partnership and plans to revamp Warriors
Almost four months to the day that the group now known as the ‘United TTFA’ declared its intention to unseat Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams, the bloc, headed by presidential candidate William Wallace, finally offered a comprehensive view of its plans at a breakfast meeting on …
Read More »T&T fall to 101st in FIFA rankings, plus controversial clause that would have cost Lawrence his job
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team was ranked 101st in the world today by FIFA, as they continued to tumble down the charts. The Soca Warriors dropped nine places since their calamitous showing at the June Concacaf Gold Cup—in which they were beaten 6-0 by USA—while they have …
Read More »‘The TTFA appears stuck in a unilateral approach!’ Hislop, Look Loy, Cabralis and others give views on management issues
The constitution of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) mandates that the local football body has 16 standing committees to guide its board of directors in its operations. At present, the TTFA is operating with just one functional standing committee—the Referees Committee. In his October 2015 election manifesto, titled …
Read More »Only six percent of TTFA’s committees are functioning! Wired868 looks at issue within DJW-led football body
The framers of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) constitution—a policy document approved by the world governing body, FIFA—felt the local sporting body should be served by a number of standing committees, which were meant to not only ensure oversight and accountability but also to afford the TTFA’s board …
Read More »Board split over DJW and Quan Chan’s attempt to appoint women’s coach without meeting
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) board of directors is split down the middle over the body’s attempt to appoint Shawn Cooper as head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team without a board meeting. At present, there are 12 active board members—inclusive of TTFA president and board chairman …
Read More »Who appointed Corneal? TTFA’s internal structure questioned again as board allegedly bypassed
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has again been accused of violating its constitution, after today’s appointment of Anton Corneal as caretaker head coach of the National Senior Women’s Team with Shawn Cooper as his assistant. Corneal and Cooper will lead the Women Soca Warriors into the five-team 2018 Caribbean …
Read More »TTFA AGM: DJW struggles to provide answers on Home of Football contracts and “sweetheart” i95.5FM deal
Mysterious construction contracts without Board approval, national football coaches operating without oversight and a secret “sweetheart deal” with i95.5FM were among the controversial revelations yesterday as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) held a marathon AGM at the Cycling Centre in Couva. There were roughly 45 delegates and board …
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