Federation

THE MINISTRY OF SPORT and Minister Anil Roberts have come in for condemnation following a decision not to assist the senior national football team with its participation in the 2012 Digicel Caribbean Cup. But Roberts also has his supporters, among them former national captain Anthony Rougier.

Anthony Harford, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) marketing manager, said that ongoing High Court action might have influenced the non-invitation to the 2006 World Cup players for the Sport Ministry’s 50 Greatest Legends in Sport award ceremony.

Scene: Port of Spain General Hospital.

Wired868 Journalist (to camera): “Today we have seen extraordinary scenes here in Port of Spain, after Trinidad and Tobago Football was found abused and battered at an undisclosed location in the capital. The authorities are treating this as a case of an attempted murder.

VFFOTT mourns the passing of a longstanding significant contributor to the standard of Trinidad and Tobago Football - Robbie Greenidge who passed away yesterday afternoon at the Port of Spain Hospital - September 7th 2012.

THE San Fernando Football Academy recently distributed 75 certificates to students who participated in a compact season of training and development programmes over the May to August period.

Sport Minister Anil Roberts and, by extension, the Trinidad and Tobago government spared little expense in celebrating the finished article as it recently feted Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott and 50 of the country’s top sportsmen.

No love, no money

Anton Corneal, our technical director of football in Trinidad and Tobago, has not been paid for six months.

The T&T Football Federation has rejected responsibility for the failure of the members of the Soca Warriors to be present at the recent Top 50 Sporting Legends Awards Ceremony at the Trinidad Hilton.