The People’s National Movement (PNM) made a significant step towards its bid to replace the People’s Partnership government in 2015 by getting its executive party in place this weekend. And you know it is business as usual when you see a dodgy salesman holding the purse strings. Port of Spain …
Read More »Nonsense Tim Kee! Warriors’ attorney rubbishes TTFA claims about Warner chase
English attorney Michael Townley has rubbished claims by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) that it cannot recover millions of missing football money due to a statute of limitations or the expense of such a case. The TTFA, which is headed by Port of Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee, …
Read More »TTFA dusts off Warrior threats; vows not to chase Warner money
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) vowed today to “continue uninterrupted” in the face of potential bankruptcy proceedings by one of its major creditors, the 2006 World Cup players. The TTFA revealed, in a press release today, that it owes the “Soca Warriors” US$1.9 million from a total payment …
Read More »2006 W/Cup players threaten to bankrupt TTFA
The following is a press release from the 2006 World Cup players who are owed bonus payments by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA): This is to announce that we have instructed our legal team to execute a final 14 day Demand for Payment against the TTFA. This may come as a …
Read More »Corneal: Use Beenhakker cash for local coaches
Arnold Corneal, brother of ex-technical director Anton Corneal, follows up on his criticism of the TTFA president and general secretary with a suggestion for how money earmarked for Leo Beenhakker might be best used: Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee and general secretary Sheldon Phillips have …
Read More »Corneal strikes back: Tim Kee and Phillips are opportunists
Arnold Corneal, brother of former technical director Anton Corneal, accuses the TTFA of a lack of respect to local coaches: We continue to manage the administrative function of local football in a manner that lends itself to continued scepticism and mistrust. In addition, the stories of local coaching practitioners who …
Read More »Corneal quits Warriors; TTFA confirms technical director’s exit
Local football received another shock yesterday when Anton Corneal, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director, quit his post amidst unpaid debts and a perceived lack of respect from within the association. Corneal, who accepted a four-year contract to arrest the decline in the local game in 2012, …
Read More »Tim Kee’s unmasking: TTFA president says plenty in Warriors attack
He is out of the closet now. Fifteen months into his reign as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president, Raymond Tim Kee, a salesman by trade, finally stepped out from behind the cover of clichés and friendly platitudes to give an insight into his true nature. TV6 presenter Joel …
Read More »Roberts scores another own goal as T&T withdraws from Pan Am Juniors
Sport Minister Anil Roberts went on the counter-attack yesterday regarding the Government’s support of local football after criticism about the late funding offered to the Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 team, which was forced to withdraw from an ongoing CONCACAF tournament in the Cayman Islands. But Roberts’ indignation was arguably …
Read More »Our Heroes: Wired868 submits a shortlist of stars for TTFA recognition
Four years ago, as Trinidad and Tobago stood at the cusp of a Germany 2006 World Cup place, former “Strike Squad” star midfielder Kerry Jamerson was forced to negotiate with scalpers outside the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain for the chance to see a vital qualifier against Guatemala. Jamerson’s …
Read More »Bonus-gate (Pt 4): Warriors, TTFF neared abyss in high-stakes battle
Wired868, with the help of six people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the untold story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part Four (Warning: Some graphic language included). On 8 February 2012, World Cup 2006 footballers Brent Sancho, …
Read More »Dear TTFA: David Nakhid’s scathing open letter on coaching changes
Former Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain and Caribbean MVP, David Nakhid, writes an open letter to TTFA/TTFF personnel past and present, Everald “Gally” Cummings, Anton Corneal, Raymond Tim Kee and Sheldon Phillip. Gentlemen, Full disclosure: There is only one member of the former TTFF regime whose hand …
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