Former Women’s League of Football (WoLF) general secretary and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) board member Jamiyla Muhammad has passed away from cancer. She is believed to have battled the disease for over a year. Muhammad’s loss compounds a grief-laden year for WoLF, which lost competitions secretary Claire George …
Read More »Is TTFA squatting at HoF? Bol, Fenwick, debt repayment plan and missing financials among NC issues
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s first general meeting under the Robert Hadad-led normalisation committee passed without rancour today but with few questions answered. A TTFA press statement this evening said that ‘many of the issues were addressed’ but did not identify any. It listed some matters that were ‘still …
Read More »TTFA announces two-year deal with South Korean ‘wearable technology’ company, Fitogether
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced a two-year partnership with South Korea-based company Fitogether, which will see the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s and Women’s National Senior Teams outfitted with electronic performance and tracking systems (EPTS) devices and supportive technology. The ‘wearable technology’ should provide data to assist the technical …
Read More »TTFA makes further payments to Soca Warriors, coaches and office staff, but still in arrears
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players have finally been paid off for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series as well as for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup qualifying round. A source confirmed that, on Friday, players started receiving payment for outstanding match fees from outings against …
Read More »Soca Warriors paid only fraction of owed money, accuse Guardian newspaper of ‘fake news’
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players are still owed match fees and bonuses for their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying games in June, despite a promise by the Robert Hadad-led normalisation committee to clear the overdue debt last Friday. And the mood of the Soca Warriors was …
Read More »‘What does Hadad know about coaching?!’ George and Elie praise Eve but slam appointment ‘process’
Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) interim president Jefferson George and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee member Ken Elie both suggested that Angus Eve is the right coach to lead the Soca Warriors. However, both expressed misgivings about the manner in which Eve was …
Read More »NC announces TTFA posts for Solange Gomes and Michael Ragoonath—no CVs or details provided
The Fifa-appointed normalisation committee announced two more appointments today, as Solange Gomes and Michael Ragoonath were named as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) finance manager and interim head of refereeing department respectively. Ragoonath, a former Fifa assistant referee who officiated at the South Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup, replaces Boni …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Hutson Charles: The problem with T&T’s national youth teams
Former Strike Squad stand-out and Concacaf Club Championship winner Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles, the current Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach, suggests where Trinidad and Tobago repeatedly fall short in developing national youth football teams. Look out for Charles’ full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show on Wednesday 8 September …
Read More »Constitution of the Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT)
The Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution was adopted and ratified by an extraordinary general meeting of UFCTT Members on 15 August 2021. It was researched and prepared and drafted by Osmond O Downer for the UFCTT. Article 1 Name and Affiliation: i.This Association shall be called the …
Read More »‘Blatant disrespect!’ Players lift lid on G/Cup feud, which almost saw T&T withdraw before Mexico game
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team came within a whisker of elimination from the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup tournament before the competition even started in earnest. But the wily opponent that nearly chopped down the Soca Warriors, according to the players themselves, was not French Guiana or Montserrat …
Read More »UFCTT: How long will normalisation comm use pandemic as excuse for postponing youth development?
“[…] The challenges of today are not unique to Trinidad and Tobago but [are] being experienced in varying degrees by all nations whose players will be participating in this tournament, and any youth tournament worldwide. “Some country’s pandemic experience has been much worse than our current situation. But proper planning …
Read More »Eve and Soca Warriors technical staff still unpaid, TTFA regains HoF and sets AGM date
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve and his technical staff are among over a dozen Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) employees still awaiting outstanding salaries from the local football body. Eve was hired as Soca Warriors head coach by the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee …
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