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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #300 on: February 06, 2019, 07:04:24 AM »
While "they" were removing Camara David's name, did "they" bother to remove the other names to properly reflect that those persons are no longer part of the hierarchy?

Although I like the chess and poker that's being played here by Latapy-George and his collaborators, may it not long continue. This farce needs to come to a screeching halt.

Also, it is absolutely ... shall we say ... "intriguing" that Joanne Salazar is setting a record for reticence since her official departure from the TTFA. Usually the departing are a loquacious and disgruntled bunch of grapes. I guess DJW has his house in order.

The only thing missing is somebody hacking de site to put Jack Warner on the executive. But perhaps even that would escape FIFA's attention, engaged as it is with repetitive rubber-stamping.


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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #301 on: February 08, 2019, 05:43:37 AM »
Fresh farce as TTFA appears to have two general secretaries, DJW mum on fate of Latapy-George and Lawrence
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


In chaotic Venezuela, beset by economic turmoil and protests, there are two presidents. Not to be outdone, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)—also cash-strapped and plagued by governance issues and a lack of transparency—now appears to have two general secretaries.

Although Justin Latapy-George has operated as general secretary since 1 December 2016 and literally occupies the office at the TTFA’s headquarters in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Camara David—widely tipped as John-Williams’ favoured man for the job—has now attended at least two official events meant for the local football body’s general secretary.

And the stakes appear to have been raised further as David is now listed on the FIFA website as the TTFA’s general secretary.

The TTFA general secretary is the chief executive officer of the football body’s general secretariat, which is responsible for the daily operations of the member association and implementing the board of directors’ vision.

Latapy-George confirmed that he is the TTFA’s general secretary at present.

“As far as I am aware, at this very point I remain in the position of general secretary,” Latapy-George told Wired868 on 4 February.

John-Williams did not respond to Wired868’s questions regarding why David has now appeared as general secretary—or in a role intended for the general secretary—on at least three occasions: the FIFA Forward Programme in December 2018, the FIFA/CIES Football Executive Programme at UWI, St Augustine Campus in January 2019, and now the FIFA website.

David, who served for one year as the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) general secretary, declined comment.

In truth, Latapy-George’s relationship with John-Williams appeared to have been damaged on 22 September 2018 when the general secretary admitted that the president ordered him to withhold information from the board, on the resignation of former vice-president Joanne Salazar.

The deception was exacerbated when John-Williams declared Shawn Cooper as Women’s National Senior Team head coach after an email vote which counted more board members than existed at the time—and the inherent suggestion that the football president tallied Salazar’s vote, two weeks after she resigned effective immediately.

John-Williams, after he was outed, told Latapy-George to start looking for a job. However, the president subsequently asked his general secretary to hold on to the post before his contract expired on 31 November 2018; and, a month later, the general membership moved a motion expressing satisfaction in Latapy-George’s performance. John-Williams was urged by the membership to re-hire Latapy-George until the next TTFA elections in November 2019.

“Just before my contract ended, I was asked to hold on [by John-Williams],” Latapy-George told Wired868. “There was no time frame given. We did meet on 2 January and I am waiting for related feedback on that meeting, which I would rather not comment on.

“But even then, no specific date was given to me about any decision regarding my post. There is nothing else I can say; because only the president would be able to answer anything further.”

John-Williams, as usual, did not respond to requests for information. However, Keith Look Loy confirmed that the board has not met since November 2018 and, as such, no decision was made on the position of general secretary.

The TTFA constitution stipulates that only the board of directors can hire or fire the general secretary—or a football coach or any other technical staff member—with the president’s role confined to making recommendations to fill the former post.

Look Loy, the TTSL president and FC Santa Rosa club owner, has already seen the TTFA’s updated profile on the FIFA website—which, incidentally, still carries the names of John-Williams’ two former vice-presidents, Allan Warner and Salazar, who both resigned within the first and third years of his term.

“That information on the TTFA website can only have been put there from high echelons of the TTFA,” said Look Loy, “because FIFA could not come up with that themselves and they did not get it from Justin. That is deceit of the highest order, a lack of democracy and transparency and an abandonment of the constitution.

“Camara David is a man who lectures on [issues like] good governance at UWI; and, if he is aware, this is the second example of a lack of ethics by him after the Barbados trip [for the FIFA Forward Programme workshop in December 2018].

“David was buzzing around the Uefa meetings [with the Pro League and TTSL clubs] as though he is the general secretary already and I wonder if he is being paid… And then people with their own agendas want to remove me for fighting for transparency; and here it is yet again, another example.

“Transparency is not only about money; it is about governance.”

David is a part-time lecturer on Introduction to Sports Management at UWI, St Augustine but, at present, does not have an official post at the TTFA.

“This situation supports the theory that Camara David went to Barbados as the general secretary of the TTFA [in December 2018],” said Look Loy. “I want to know if Camara David has already been given a contract; because this is not approved by the board.

“[…] Is he already contracted?”

Article 35.1 of the TTFA constitution stipulates that: “the President shall convene the meetings of the Board of Directors at least once every two months…” At present, John-Williams is in violation of the constitution on that point.

Latapy-George apart, Men’s National Head coach Dennis Lawrence’s contract expired on 31 January 2019 and he is also anxious to be reappointed—pending board approval—while the Men’s National Under-17 and Women’s National Under-15 Teams are among a host of inactive outfits at present.

The Under-17 are due to start their Peru 2019 World Youth Cup campaign in just over a month, yet they do not even have a coaching staff.

Look Loy said he will try to invoke Article 35.1, which also allows for board members to call a meeting when the president is negligent of his duties:

“… If 50% of the members of the Board of Directors request a meeting in writing, the President shall convene it within ten days. If the President does not convene the requested meeting by the aforementioned period of time, the other members of the Board of Directors may convene it themselves.”

Look Loy promised to contact his colleagues today to discuss addressing the aforementioned issues.

“The position of general secretary, the national coach, the National Under-17 Team that play in just over a month,” said Look Loy. “There are other burning issues but those are at the top of the agenda…”

Wired868 asked John-Williams: “Can you explain why FIFA now lists Camara David as TTFA general secretary? Has David been hired? Has a position been taken on current general secretary Justin Latapy-George and communicated to the board?

“And why has the board not been asked to meet on position of head coach Dennis Lawrence? Can you update us on the status of the National Under-17 Team? When will the next board meeting be held?”

John-Williams did not respond up to the time of publication.

At present, the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Team is ranked 92nd in the world by FIFA as well as 10th in Concacaf and third in the Caribbean—behind Jamaica and Curaçao.

The Soca Warriors were ranked 49th by FIFA when John-Williams was elected as TTFA president in November 2015, while they were third in Concacaf and first in the Caribbean at the time.

The Warriors were 80th in FIFA, seventh in Concacaf and second in the Caribbean—behind Jamaica—when Lawrence took over from Tom Saintfiet as head coach in February 2017.

Editor’s Note: Camara David’s name was removed from the TTFA association’s webpage on the FIFA website on 5 February 2018; but Justin Latapy-George’s name was not inserted either. Instead, the TTFA chose to leave off the general secretary title altogether.

The names of vice-presidents Allan Warner and Joanne Salazar remained on the FIFA site, although they retired in 2016 and 2018 respectively. TTFA president David John-Williams, in an interview with the Trinidad Newsday, claimed not to know how David was listed as general secretary on the FIFA site.


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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #302 on: February 14, 2019, 05:40:19 AM »
Only six percent of TTFA’s committees are functioning! Wired868 looks at issue within DJW-led football body.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


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 of directors the benefit of a range of ideas and expertise.

The current TTFA constitution was adopted and ratified on 12 July 2015 by an Independent Reform Commission (IRC) that included: former West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) president and Test cricketer Dinanath Ramnarine, attorney Elton Prescott SC, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis, archivist Patrick Raymond, former 2006 World Cup player Shaka Hislop, then Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) executive member Dr Sheila Rampersad, Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) vice-president Osmond Downer and late KPMG managing partner Raoul John.

In its wisdom, the IRC divided the duties of the TTFA into a minimum of 16 standing committees while also creating the framework for additional ad hoc committees, which were to be created when necessary.

At present, the TTFA has just one functioning committee: the referees committee.

Contrary to misleading reports from sections of the local media and often the football body itself, the TTFA has not had a functioning technical committee in well over a year.

In January 2017, technical committee chairman Dexter Skeene and more than half of his colleagues quit their post, after the TTFA board ignored their advice and appointed Dennis Lawrence as Soca Warriors head coach—although the committee named Lawrence as its third choice behind Stuart Charles-Fevrier and Terry Fenwick.

The current ‘technical committee’ consists of one person, Richard Quan-Chan, although the constitution stipulates, under article 43.3, that ‘each standing committee shall consist of a chairman, a deputy chairman and maximum of five other members’.

It is hardly the only constitutional violation.

The TTFA’s ‘compliance process’, for instance, was overseen by employees Sharon O’Brien—who was also a board member at the time—and Michelle Lynch. However article 45.3 states: ‘the chairman and deputy chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee shall be independent from TTFA, its bodies and Members’.

This stipulation of independence, as spelt out by the constitution, was intended to: ‘ensure the completeness and reliability of the financial accounting and review the financial statements, the consolidated financial statement and the independent external auditors’ reports’.

At the TTFA AGM on Saturday 23 December 2017, John-Williams proposed members for the body’s judicial committees, which were ratified.

Those judicial committees, which must be populated by persons unattached to bodies within the local football body, are:

Disciplinary: Newton George (chair), Auldrin Neptune (vice-chair), Sushilla Jadoonanan, John Jeffrey and Norris Ferguson (members).

Ethics: Cedric Neptune (chair), Cheryl Wallace (vice-chair), Dr Beverly Beckles (member).

Appeals: Michael Quamina (chair), Sandra Elcock-Stanisclaus (vice-chair).

Audit and Compliance: Rodney Smart (chair), Ann-Marie Abbott (vice-chair), Kit Kennedy (member).

Fifteen months later, not one of the three bodies has held a single meeting—which might suit Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team star Kennya ‘Yaya’ Cordner, who refused to play in a World Cup qualifier last October but cannot be censored by non-functional disciplinary committee.

At least two committee members told Wired868 that requests for updates on their roles were met only with empty promises of feedback.

According to article 59.3, the TTFA general secretary is responsible for ‘attending the […] meetings of the Board of Directors, Emergency Committee and the standing and ad-hoc committees; organising the General Meeting and meetings of the Board of Directors and other bodies; [and] compiling the minutes for the meetings of the General Meeting, Board of Directors, Emergency Committee and standing and ad-hoc committees’.

On 19 October 2018, TTFA general secretary Justin Latapy-George could not say what had gone wrong with the various standing committees.

“The standing committees were all ratified at the AGM of 23 December,” said Latapy-George. “However, they have not met in any form. They are active but not functional.

“[…] I can’t say why they have not met.”

Four months later, Latapy-George did not seem any better informed.

“At the time, the notice of appointment [for the judicial committees] was handled by then [vice-president Joanne] Salazar,” Latapy-George told Wired868, last week. “I can confirm that the notices were sent. I am and remain subject to [board] instruction thereafter re:the committees’ activities.”

But what exactly is local football missing as a result of the non-functional committees?

The TTFA constitution gives the roles of its standing committees as thus:

Emergency Committee: The Emergency Committee shall deal with all matters requiring immediate settlement between two meetings of the board of directors. The Committee shall consist of the President, Vice President, and four members chosen from amongst the Members of the Board of Directors… All decisions taken by the Emergency Committee shall be ratified by the Board of Directors at its next meeting.(Notably, TTFA president David John-Williams—by his own admission—has largely acted as a virtual one-man emergency committee ever since his election on 31 November 2015. Worse, the TTFA Board has often not met within the mandated time frame of two months.)

Finance Committee: The Finance Committee shall monitor the financial management and advise the Board of Directors on financial matters and asset management. It shall analyse the budget of TTFA and the financial statements prepared by the General Secretary and submit them to the Board of Directors for approval.

Audit and Compliance Committee: The Audit and Compliance Committee shall ensure the completeness and reliability of the financial accounting and review the financial statements, the consolidated financial statement and the independent external auditors’ reports.

The Audit and Compliance Committee shall advise and assist the Board of Directors in monitoring the Association’s financial and compliance matters, and issue and monitor compliance with the relevant regulations of the Association.

Organising Committee for TTFA Competitions: The Organising Committee for TTFA Competitions shall propose the competitions of TTFA in compliance with the provisions of this constitution and the regulations applicable to TTFA’s competitions.

Technical and Development Committee: The Technical and Development Committee shall primarily analyse the basic aspects of football training and technical development.

Legal Committee: The Legal Committee shall analyse basic legal issues relating to football and the evolution of the Constitution, rules and regulations of TTFA and its Members.

Committee for Women’s Football: The Committee for Women’s Football shall organise the women’s football competitions of TTFA and deal with all matters relating to women’s football.

Youth Football and Development Committee: The Youth Football and Development Committee shall organise the youth football competitions of TTFA and deal with all matters relating to youth football.

Sports Medicine Committee: The Sports Medicine Committee shall deal with all medical aspects of football.
Players’ Status Committee: The Players’ Status Committee shall set up and monitor compliance with transfer regulations in accordance with the applicable FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and determine the status of Players for the various competitions of TTFA.

Marketing Committee: The Marketing Committee shall advise the Board of Directors with regard to drafting and implementing contracts between TTFA and its marketing partners and analyse marketing strategies that have been devised.

Club Licensing Committee: The Club Licensing Committee is in charge of the club licensing system within the TTFA in accordance with the regulations of TTFA […] in conformity with the FIFA Club Licensing Regulations and the minimum requirements of the club licensing system set up by CONCACAF.

Electoral Committee: The Electoral Committee is the body in charge of organising and supervising the election process in accordance with the Electoral Code of TTFA.

Disciplinary Committee: The Disciplinary Committee may pronounce the sanctions described in this Constitution and the Disciplinary Code of TTFA on Members, Officials, Players, Clubs and match and players’ agents.

Ethics Committee: The Ethics Committee may pronounce the sanctions described in this Constitution, the Code of Ethics of TTFA and the Disciplinary Code of TTFA on Officials, Players and match and players’ agents.

Appeal Committee: The Appeal Committee is responsible for hearing appeals against decisions from the Disciplinary Committee and the Ethics Committee that are not declared final by the relevant regulations of TTFA. Decisions pronounced by the Appeal Committee may only be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, or to a national, independent Arbitration Tribunal in accordance with the provisions in this Constitution.

John-Williams shared his respect for the TTFA’s standing committees in his election manifesto, ‘Imperatives for change’—when he declared ‘effective and efficient functioning committees’ to be one of the cornerstones of his vision for the local football body.

“Our team is committed to immediately appointing the necessary sub committees, as required under the constitution,” stated John-Williams, in October 2015. “The proper and efficient functioning of these committees are important to regaining stakeholders and corporate confidence in the TTFA.”

Wired868 asked for an opinion on the potential impact of the TTFA’s 14 non-functional standing committees—excluding the electoral committee—from FIFA IFAB board member and 2006 World Cup goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, TTOC president Brian Lewis, TTFA board member Keith Look Loy, UWI Sports Management lecturer and T&T’s 2003 Indoor Hockey World Cup captain Sherlan Cabralis, management consultant and ex-TIDO president Brian Harry and management account and ex-Trinidad and Tobago Hockey Board (TTHB) official Kendall Tull.

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #303 on: February 14, 2019, 05:43:18 AM »
‘The TTFA appears stuck in a unilateral approach!’ Hislop, Look Loy, Cabralis and others give views on management issues.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


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 ‘Imperatives for Change’, current president John-Williams hinted at his respect for the TTFA’s standing committees, as he declared that ‘effective and efficient functioning committees’ were one of the cornerstones of his vision for the local football body.

“Our team is committed to immediately appointing the necessary sub committees, as required under the constitution,” stated John-Williams, in October 2015. “The proper and efficient functioning of these committees are important to regaining stakeholders and corporate confidence in the TTFA.”

There is little sign of that respect for standing committees now. Wired868 asked a panel of experts for their own views on the issue:

Shaka Hislop, FIFA IFAB board member, TTFA Independent Reform Commission (IRC) member and T&T goalkeeper at the Germany 2006 World Cup:

The thinking behind the multiple committees, in my view, was to provide a comprehensive oversight and input into all the necessary functions and programs of a properly run FA—with overarching responsibility for programs ranging from youth to senior levels, grassroots and developmental through to elite; for both women and men.

The fact that so many of these committees are inactive suggests a unilateral approach to our football governance. [And the concern about such a governance style] was one of the main drivers behind the then TTFA administration calling for constitutional reform in the first place.

Keith Look Loy, TTFA board member, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president and former FIFA technical committee member:

The committee structure of TTFA is intended to ensure the Association functions properly. It also facilitates and ensures broad democratic input into—and influence over—the Association and its work by the wider football community.

The fact that the committee structure has never functioned under the current administration has consequences, which together may correctly be described as the collapse of the Association and of football in general.

Specifically regarding the Technical Committee, the failure of the President to ensure this is active and exerts guidance over the core business of the Association—football—is an outrage. This, despite many many entreaties to kick start this body.

So, we have no technical plan and we see all the programmes—national teams, education, grassroots, women, youth—are rudderless, ineffective, and even nonexistent.

With regard to the Audit and Compliance Committee, again—despite this committee having been appointed many months ago—this has never been activated. This committee should be playing a key role in the financial affairs of the Association; in ensuring members meet the Association’s membership requirements, and in certifying same. Currently, this is not the case and there is a lack of transparency in the conduct of these matters.

A democratic and effective Association requires a broad based, vibrant, system of working committees. We don’t have that and the consequences of this failure are patently clear.

Sherlan Cabralis, UWI Sports Management lecturer, Malvern Sports Club president and T&T hockey captain at the Leipzig 2003 Indoor World Cup:

The European Commission defines good governance as ‘the framework and culture within which a sports body sets policy, delivers its strategic objectives, engages with stakeholders, monitors performance, evaluates and manages risk and reports to its constituents on its activities and progress including the delivery of effective, sustainable and proportionate sports policy and regulation’.

Ultimately, sport organisations establish committees to assist in achieving their strategic objectives. Once these committees are non-functional, the organisation will not fulfil its strategic objectives and contravene good governance.

Good governance is simply doing the right thing for your stakeholders, that is players, members, media, spectators, etc.

Brian Lewis, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president and former TTFA Independent Reform Commission (IRC) member:

It’s important from a good governance perspective that sub-committees function as they are intended, to aid and provide strategic and operational effectiveness and efficiency.

Where sub-committees are independent, they provide oversight and transparency. Sub-committees ought not to be seen as obstacles.

Kendall Tull, chief financial officer at Teleios Systems Limited and former Trinidad and Tobago Hockey Board official and Queen’s Park and Notre Dame captain:

Google any definition of governance and you will find a reference to the importance of the Board of Directors in ensuring that the organisation is run efficiently, effectively and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

[…] Aside from ensuring the reliability of the financial statements—itself a monumental task given the history of the TTFA—the [Audit and Compliance] Committee is supposed to provide an independent check on the activities of the organisation. Its mandate is deliberately broad to include all operational areas.

So for example, should the TTFA appropriate funding intended for say the running of a youth competition under the FIFA Forward Development Programme and were to use said funds to build a hotel, it is the responsibility of the Audit Committee to investigate such a matter and report to the Board.

[…] Looking at the broader question of the roles of the Standing Committees, while it is easy to see the importance of some—such as the Finance and the Audit & Compliance Committees—the others are somewhat harder to analyse, particularly as the constitution is vague on their purpose.
For example, the difference between the Ethics and Disciplinary Committees isn’t clearly spelt out; and this isn’t helped by the fact that Ethics Committee can sanction based on the Disciplinary Code of Conduct which is the purview of the Disciplinary Committee.

But all Board Committees are intended to allow the Board to delegate tasks to a subsection for more in-depth attention which will then allow the Board to operate more effectively and efficiently based on the work of the Sub-committees.

When these Standing Committees aren’t functional, that would mean that either the Board deals with the specific responsibilities bestowed on the Committees and thus become bogged down in dealing with the details; or the work of those Standing Committees does not get done to the detriment of the TTFA and football on the whole.

Take the Technical and Youth Development Committees for example, in their absence, where is the oversight that was intended to ensure that our youth development programmes are being implemented and achieving the desired results for example?

Or in the case of the Judicial Bodies, where does the legal advice come from [absent from the Legal Committee] to ensure the TTFA is properly managing its legal risks in dealing with issues?

Where Board committees are not functioning optimally or is non-existent, there will be a direct impact on the ability of the Board to adequately fulfil its mandate. And the Board itself has to take a share of the blame for the non-functional committees, since it has the power to appoint members to the various standing committees based on the constitution.

Maintaining the Committee structure will be challenging, even with the fact that outsiders are allowed and/or required to serve on some committees—the constitution creates 12 Standing Committees, three Judicial Bodies and two other bodies for a total of 17—given that the Board itself has 13 members who serve on essentially a part-time basis.

But without those committees, it is difficult to see how the Board could meaningfully execute its responsibilities for the management and development of Trinidad and Tobago’s football.

Brian Harry, management consultant with Futurix Partners, former TIDCO president and CEO and ex-QRC football coach:

First, there are far too many committees; much of the work covered by committees should be done by the board while sitting. For example, what is the purpose of an Emergency Committee and a committee for Marketing or Licensing?

It appears that committees are replacing organisational functions and processes which should be held within the TTFA organisation and not at board level. Thus the board is running things on a ‘daily’ basis, which is a cause for real concern. Governance. which is functional oversight and direction setting, must be separate from management, which is the day to day operations.

The committees that are most typical/common at a board level are: Finance and Budget (includes all tendering), HR, Risk Management, Audit and Compliance and Reporting.

There are, in some organisations, a few advisory committees, which have no authority but are only called upon to provide advice to the Chairman or the broader board. A best practice is to share the reports of the advisory committees with the full board.

A large number of poorly defined and non-functioning committees leads to uncertainty as to where and how the work is being done. Simultaneously, it gives the impression that leadership is unclear about the mandate of the organisation.

In some organisations which were later found to be corrupt, investigations showed a series of ‘special’ committees which were called to ad hoc meetings to approve or support ill-thought through or poorly understood actions or intent—they thus supported without proper background and grounding.

If only the Referees Committee is functioning, what’s the purpose of the others? It makes me suspicious and wonder.

Nothing is being done in a formal governance structure and all the work and power seems dispersed and uncoordinated. The structure is unwieldy.

Where are those minutes kept? How are projects and decisions ratified or adopted into organisational functions?

An organisation cannot function with such a disjointed governance structure! That situation simply lends itself to management by arbitrary fiat.

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #304 on: February 16, 2019, 01:35:45 AM »
TTFA no-show, loses in court again.
By Jelani Beckles (Newsday).


Ex-general secretary wins wrongful dismissal case

FORMER general secretary of the TT Football Association (TTFA) Sheldon Phillips was yesterday instructed by the court to quantify his claim for wrongful dismissal by the TTFA, after the judge ruled in his favour. Phillips was fired by former TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee in October 2015.

At the Industrial Court yesterday, the judge made the ruling after TTFA president David John-Williams failed to show up at the trial to make a defence.

Phillips provided his statement but there was no one from the TTFA to provide a statement. The court asked Phillips' lawyers to assess the damages and present their claim. Phillips, who was fired 18 months before his contract expired. told Newsday yesterday he was uncertain what the damages would amount to.

"We are assessing that right now, it would be premature for me to provide that figure," Phillips said.

Newsday called John-Williams for a comment yesterday but he did not answer his cellphone.

This was the second judgement won by Phillips against the TTFA. In April last year, he won a lawsuit over an unpaid loan to the local football body.

Tim Kee had fired Phillips prior to TTFA elections for "failure to adhere to directives regarding the operational activities of the FA.”

The TTFA had said Phillips was asked to resign but refused.

Phillips was described by Tim Kee as competent and efficient before he was fired.

Soon after his sacking, Phillips said he believed he was fired, not because of his performance or because he failed to follow procedures, but because he had written to FIFA about the manner in which the election process was being managed in the TTFA.

Phillips, asked yesterday how he felt that the situation was nearing its end, said, "(I feel) grateful to my family and the support that they have given and continue to give. Certainly very thankful for the incredible level of professionalism from my attorneys...They put a tremendous amount of work in and I was very comfortable with what they provided."

Phillips said the case was not over and the process needs to unfold.

He said, "I feel very relieved at this point in time (but) certainly the matter is not over. We still have to wait on the judgement. I am also very pleased at the process and I put faith in the process. The proceedings today and the questions and the manner in which the proceedings were held by the judges and the court staff confirmed my faith in the process."

The former secretary made a call to all sporting leaders to show athletes and their workers respect. "At the end of the day, I hope that this is a signal to sporting organisations that the manner in which they deal with their workers, especially the athletes, has to dramatically change. The old days of bullying people are over."

Phillips was represented by Tara Thompson, Joel Roper, Justin Leung and Gideon McMaster.

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #305 on: February 16, 2019, 03:04:57 AM »
At least DJW was spared the embarrassment of being put in the stand

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #306 on: February 17, 2019, 01:31:44 AM »
Correction: Phillips, TTFA case not over.
By Stephon Nicholas (Newsday).


ON Saturday, February 16, Newsday erroneously published a story stating ex-TT Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips won his case for wrongful dismissal against the TTFA and has been asked to quantify his claim for damages.

The case, however, is still ongoing. On Friday, local football president David-John Williams – the TTFA's witness – was unable to testify as he was abroad. A request for adjournment was requested by the TTFA lawyers but was denied. Both sides have been invited to give their closing submissions which will allow the court to make a judgment.

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #307 on: February 17, 2019, 07:53:52 AM »
At least DJW was spared the embarrassment of being put in the stand

Embarassing David John-Williams is a thing? Doubt that!

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #308 on: February 17, 2019, 08:02:39 AM »
Correction: Phillips, TTFA case not over.
By Stephon Nicholas (Newsday).


ON Saturday, February 16, Newsday erroneously published a story stating ex-TT Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips won his case for wrongful dismissal against the TTFA and has been asked to quantify his claim for damages.

The case, however, is still ongoing. On Friday, local football president David-John Williams – the TTFA's witness – was unable to testify as he was abroad. A request for adjournment was requested by the TTFA lawyers but was denied. Both sides have been invited to give their closing submissions which will allow the court to make a judgment.

The contradiction was evident in the initial article. It was the duty of the writer and editor to ask that question before going to press.

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Look Loy vs TTFA ruling expected March 20
« Reply #309 on: February 23, 2019, 10:06:21 AM »
Look Loy vs TTFA ruling expected March 20
By Jada Loutoo (T&T Newsday)


JUSTICE Ronnie Boodoosingh is prepared to rule on TT Super League president Keith Look Loy’s lawsuit against the TT Football Association (TTFA) over transparency in the construction of its US$2.5 million “Home for Football” by next month, if the parties do not settle the issue themselves by then.

Boodoosingh said he can give a decision on March 20, but expressed hope that the parties can sort out the issue themselves.

Look Loy was granted permission to pursue his judicial review claim against the TTFA over the failure of its senior officials to disclose details related to the project in Balmain, Couva, to him and other directors.

In the claim, Look Loy has alleged he is entitled to the information which includes financial records and details on the contractors and project manager hired for the project.

He also sought a declaration that TTFA president David John-Williams and general secretary Justin Latapy-George acted irrationally and unreasonably in repeatedly failing to disclose the information.

In an affidavit, Look Loy claimed he had made several requests of both men since December, 2017, all of which were ignored.

“My requests for inspection of the documents have not been made whimsically to the TTFA in any way. My requests have been ongoing for at least eight months and are of utmost importance to ensure transparency in the interest of the public,” Look Loy said.

In a supplemental affidavit, Look Loy said he was offered an opportunity to see the requested documents after he filed the lawsuit. However, the day before he was expected to do so, he was told he had to sign a non-disclosure agreement first. He refused.

Look Loy is represented by Matthew Gayle, Dr Emir Crowne and Sheriza Khan of New City Chambers.

The “Home for Football” project is expected to include a 72-room hotel, training pitches, an entertainment centre and administrative offices for the association.

The sod was turned in September, 2017, with construction starting in February. The project was sponsored by Fifa and is being constructed on a little over seven hectares of land donated by the Government.

The project is already at an advanced stage and was toured by Fifa representative Veron Mosengo-Omba and Sports Minister Shamfa Cudjoe in August last year.
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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #310 on: February 23, 2019, 10:29:08 AM »
Heheh Justice Boodoosingh, not before the Wales friendly but the day of it.

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #311 on: February 25, 2019, 01:39:43 AM »
Awai: Look Loy's Board appointment illegal.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


Michael Awai, Di­rec­tor of Foot­ball at T&T Pro League cam­paign­ers North East Stars be­lieves Kei­th Look Loy, Pres­i­dent of the T&T Su­per League was il­le­gal­ly ap­point­ed as a mem­ber of the Board of Di­rec­tors of the T&T Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion.

The out­spo­ken Awai, equipped with a copy of the T&TFA Con­sti­tu­tion point­ed to the min­utes of De­cem­ber 23, 2017, re­con­vened An­nu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing (AGM) at the of­fice of the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre (NCC) in Bal­main, Cou­va, at which Look Loy and Sam Phillips, the for­mer T&T Pro League chair­man was ap­point­ed to the Board.

Both were il­le­gal­ly made mem­bers of the Board as de­ci­sions re­lat­ing to ap­point­ments or dis­missals of of­fi­cers could not have been made, Awai point­ed out.

In a let­ter to all mem­bers of TTFA Board re­cent­ly he said while he was not at the re­con­vened meet­ing, he got the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pe­ruse the min­utes of the meet­ing, and it re­vealed that cer­tain ac­tions and de­ci­sions tak­en were ul­tra-virus and un­con­sti­tu­tion­al.

Though there was no need for a quo­rum, the meet­ing start­ed with 21 mem­bers with no of­fi­cer of the TTFA present ex­cept gen­er­al sec­re­tary Justin Lat­apy-George who was made to sit out­side. It was lat­er joined by three oth­er mem­bers, push­ing the tal­ly to 24 of the to­tal 49 mem­bers.

Pres­i­dent David John-Williams, who was ill at the time was ab­sent and was ex­pect­ed to be re­placed by his vice pres­i­dent Ew­ing Davis, who al­so failed to make the 8 am start of the meet­ing.

How­ev­er, Guardian Me­dia Sports which ob­tained a copy of the Let­ter un­der­stands that Os­mond Down­er, vice-pres­i­dent of the TT Foot­ball Ref­er­ees As­so­ci­a­tion was giv­en the op­por­tu­ni­ty to chair the meet­ing be­cause of Davis' late ar­rival, a de­ci­sion that one mem­ber of the Board said was al­so against the guide­lines of the con­sti­tu­tion.

The North East Stars boss sought to en­force Ar­ti­cle 24 of the con­sti­tu­tion which states- " As per Ar­ti­cle 24 - Quo­rum of the Gen­er­al Meet­ing Para. 3. A quo­rum is not re­quired for the sec­ond meet­ing of the Gen­er­al Meet­ing un­less any item on the Agen­da pro­pos­es the amend­ment of the Con­sti­tu­tion, the elec­tion of a mem­ber of the Board of Di­rec­tors, the dis­missal of a mem­ber of a body of the TTFA, the ex­pul­sion of a Mem­ber or the dis­so­lu­tion of the TTFA."

Ac­cord­ing to Awai, "On a mo­tion moved by Mr Sel­by Browne and sec­ond­ed by Mr Os­mond Down­er, the fol­low­ing mem­bers were ap­point­ed to the TTFA Board with im­me­di­ate ef­fect; Mr Kei­th Look Loy - T&T Su­per League and Mr Sam Phillip - TT Pro League."

He not­ed, "Sub­se­quent­ly, the fol­low­ing mo­tion was moved by Mr Os­mond Down­er and sec­ond­ed by Mr Sel­by Browne and unan­i­mous­ly ap­proved. And that mo­tion read: This meet­ing is a re­con­vened meet­ing of the AGM which was du­ly called on No­vem­ber 25th 2017 at which a full quo­rum was present and this meet­ing is a con­tin­u­a­tion of that meet­ing and has the au­thor­i­ty to elect a mem­ber of the Board.

In ac­cor­dance with the Con­sti­tu­tion, and in keep­ing with the min­utes of the AGM of De­cem­ber 23, 2017 (which was con­firmed by the 2018 AGM), de­ci­sions were tak­en at the meet­ing of De­cem­ber 23, 2017, which re­quired a quo­rum to be in at­ten­dance are null and void."

Awai's let­ter has since caused a ma­jor stir as he calls on the Board of the TTFA, to im­me­di­ate­ly in­ves­ti­gate the sit­u­a­tion and take the nec­es­sary ac­tion with haste and dis­patch.

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #312 on: February 25, 2019, 05:34:08 AM »
Awai: Look Loy's Board appointment illegal.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


Michael Awai, Di­rec­tor of Foot­ball at T&T Pro League cam­paign­ers North East Stars be­lieves Kei­th Look Loy, Pres­i­dent of the T&T Su­per League was il­le­gal­ly ap­point­ed as a mem­ber of the Board of Di­rec­tors of the T&T Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion.

The out­spo­ken Awai, equipped with a copy of the T&TFA Con­sti­tu­tion point­ed to the min­utes of De­cem­ber 23, 2017, re­con­vened An­nu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing (AGM) at the of­fice of the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre (NCC) in Bal­main, Cou­va, at which Look Loy and Sam Phillips, the for­mer T&T Pro League chair­man was ap­point­ed to the Board.

Both were il­le­gal­ly made mem­bers of the Board as de­ci­sions re­lat­ing to ap­point­ments or dis­missals of of­fi­cers could not have been made, Awai point­ed out.

In a let­ter to all mem­bers of TTFA Board re­cent­ly he said while he was not at the re­con­vened meet­ing, he got the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pe­ruse the min­utes of the meet­ing, and it re­vealed that cer­tain ac­tions and de­ci­sions tak­en were ,ul­tra-virus and un­con­sti­tu­tion­al.

Though there was no need for a quo­rum, the meet­ing start­ed with 21 mem­bers with no of­fi­cer of the TTFA present ex­cept gen­er­al sec­re­tary Justin Lat­apy-George who was made to sit out­side. It was lat­er joined by three oth­er mem­bers, push­ing the tal­ly to 24 of the to­tal 49 mem­bers.

Pres­i­dent David John-Williams, who was ill at the time was ab­sent and was ex­pect­ed to be re­placed by his vice pres­i­dent Ew­ing Davis, who al­so failed to make the 8 am start of the meet­ing.

How­ev­er, Guardian Me­dia Sports which ob­tained a copy of the Let­ter un­der­stands that Os­mond Down­er, vice-pres­i­dent of the TT Foot­ball Ref­er­ees As­so­ci­a­tion was giv­en the op­por­tu­ni­ty to chair the meet­ing be­cause of Davis' late ar­rival, a de­ci­sion that one mem­ber of the Board said was al­so against the guide­lines of the con­sti­tu­tion.

The North East Stars boss sought to en­force Ar­ti­cle 24 of the con­sti­tu­tion which states- " As per Ar­ti­cle 24 - Quo­rum of the Gen­er­al Meet­ing Para. 3. A quo­rum is not re­quired for the sec­ond meet­ing of the Gen­er­al Meet­ing un­less any item on the Agen­da pro­pos­es the amend­ment of the Con­sti­tu­tion, the elec­tion of a mem­ber of the Board of Di­rec­tors, the dis­missal of a mem­ber of a body of the TTFA, the ex­pul­sion of a Mem­ber or the dis­so­lu­tion of the TTFA."

Ac­cord­ing to Awai, "On a mo­tion moved by Mr Sel­by Browne and sec­ond­ed by Mr Os­mond Down­er, the fol­low­ing mem­bers were ap­point­ed to the TTFA Board with im­me­di­ate ef­fect; Mr Kei­th Look Loy - T&T Su­per League and Mr Sam Phillip - TT Pro League."

He not­ed, "Sub­se­quent­ly, the fol­low­ing mo­tion was moved by Mr Os­mond Down­er and sec­ond­ed by Mr Sel­by Browne and unan­i­mous­ly ap­proved. And that mo­tion read: This meet­ing is a re­con­vened meet­ing of the AGM which was du­ly called on No­vem­ber 25th 2017 at which a full quo­rum was present and this meet­ing is a con­tin­u­a­tion of that meet­ing and has the au­thor­i­ty to elect a mem­ber of the Board.

In ac­cor­dance with the Con­sti­tu­tion, and in keep­ing with the min­utes of the AGM of De­cem­ber 23, 2017 (which was con­firmed by the 2018 AGM), de­ci­sions were tak­en at the meet­ing of De­cem­ber 23, 2017, which re­quired a quo­rum to be in at­ten­dance are null and void."

Awai's let­ter has since caused a ma­jor stir as he calls on the Board of the TTFA, to im­me­di­ate­ly in­ves­ti­gate the sit­u­a­tion and take the nec­es­sary ac­tion with haste and dis­patch.


The "virus" is actually a cancer of shenanigans and it looks to have afflicted Michael Awai,  who apparently is this week's Dissenter-in-Chief and ultra vires authority.

Haste and dispatch, eh?  :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: How many thwarted meetings has the TTFA had during the course of recent time? Buh as de knives out, ah sure all de knife sharpeners will neither be ill, late nor otherwise indisposed.
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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #313 on: February 26, 2019, 12:23:51 AM »
Maybe this article will go “ultra vires” on social media  ;)
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Camara David is TTFA’s new General Secretary
« Reply #314 on: February 26, 2019, 02:13:23 PM »
Camara David is TTFA’s new General Secretary
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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association has a new General Secretary. The appointment of Camara Mackenson David was approved by the Board of the TTFA on Monday evening which will see the position filled by David as he replaces the outgoing Justin Latapy.

David will officially commence duties at the beginning of March following the close of Latapy’s tenure at the end of February.

In a reaction to his appointment, David said he was excited to be part of the FA’s thrust to continue taking Trinidad and Tobago’s football forward.

“I am thankful for the faith the President and the Board of the TTFA has put in me and I am very optimistic about the challenges ahead with God’s guidance,” David stated today.

“The association is slowly but surely finding its feet on solid ground and I’m excited to be part of the change. Bringing back the public’s trust in the association and their love for the game is key and part of the major objectives I intend to achieve,” he continued.

David is a former general secretary at the TT Super League, a former director of the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Pro League as a was a past business analyst in the Sportt Company . David also holds a FIFA Masters Degree in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport. He is currently an adjunct lecturer at UWI for the FIFA/CIES Post Graduate Diploma in Sport Management.

The TTFA wishes to thank Mr Latapy for his services to the organization and sincerely wishes him the best in his future endeavors.
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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #315 on: February 26, 2019, 03:28:54 PM »
Papayo. Still no word on who he was representing in his official capacity in Barbados? As it stands, looks like he was acting as GS before the position was offered and accepted.
I thought transparency was was a main item on the PDF :devil:

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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #316 on: February 27, 2019, 02:15:35 AM »
Alas, confirmation that the virus is spreading. Civil war cometh.

If yuh have a racehorse, the going seems good or maybe good to soft. Hmmm, on my to do list: buy ah horse and get the name Secret Ballot approved.
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« Reply #317 on: February 27, 2019, 08:27:40 AM »
Alas, confirmation that the virus is spreading. Civil war cometh.

If yuh have a racehorse, the going seems good or maybe good to soft. Hmmm, on my to do list: buy ah horse and get the name Secret Ballot approved.
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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #318 on: February 28, 2019, 05:00:01 AM »
Lawrence set to become T&T’s longest serving coach after TTFA extension; but board blocks Camara.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence is set to become the longest serving football head coach in his country’s history, after the TTFA’s board of directors approved a two and a half year extension for him tonight.

The decision means that Lawrence is contracted to the local football body until mid-2021 and is expected to oversee the Soca Warriors’ Qatar 2022 World Cup bid. No coach has ever taken Trinidad and Tobago from one World Cup qualifying series to the next—in fact, no T&T coach has kept his job for an entire World Cup campaign since Everald ‘Gally’ Cummings in 1989.

At present, Trinidad and Tobago’s two longest serving coaches are Stephen Hart (2013-2016) and Bertille St Clair (1997-2000).

Hart led the Warriors to back to back Concacaf Gold Cup quarterfinal places and a FIFA ranking of 49th in the world.

St Clair was the first coach to take the Trinidad and Tobago football team into the knockout phase of the Gold Cup and got as far as the semifinal rounds in 2000, while he also snagged two Caribbean Cup titles.

The board’s decision to stick with Lawrence, which was taken via secret ballot, was overwhelming but not unanimous. Remarkably, the decision was made despite the board being denied the opportunity to review either Lawrence’s initial two year contract or the extension that will now be handed to him by football president David John-Williams.

The president did not divulge Lawrence’s salary to the board—as, for instance, Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte revealed TSTT CEO Ronald Walcott’s financial remuneration to Parliament—but, instead, offered a combined salary for the technical staff which supposedly included the head coach.

At present, the TTFA does not have a functioning technical committee or even a technical director. Anton Corneal, who fulfils the latter responsibility, has downed tools due to unfulfilled contractual obligations. Regardless, the board voted that John-Williams essentially award Lawrence whatever terms he sees fit.

Central Football Association (CFA) representative Collin Partap said he had no idea what the terms of Lawrence’s contract will be, even though the constitution mandates the the TTFA board—and not the president—to appoint the Warriors’ technical staff.

“No information was given to us regarding financial terms [and] there were some members who wanted a performance appraisal and key performance indicators placed into the contract itself,” said Partap. “But the board [collectively] decided to pass it as is… I don’t know what the terms will be.”

Partap said he agreed with fellow board members that the team should not be disrupted before the June Concacaf Gold Cup, which the Warriors qualified for automatically once former coach Stephen Hart got them into the Hex. However, he felt Lawrence should have been further assessed after the Gold Cup; or, at the least, that there ought to be exit clauses inserted in his contract for poor performance.

“I agree that we need a head coach and didn’t think we should have disruptions before the Gold Cup; but after the Gold Cup, I felt if we didn’t have the performances and results we wanted, we should have been able to look at the situation again,” he said. “Some of the board members, including myself, wanted to know what the expense would be if we wanted to change the coach within the next two and a half years—because we are $42 million in debt.

“But it was approved for two and a half years anyway, although the details of the contract I don’t know and don’t think I will ever know; and that was a bit frustrating.

“I am a lawyer, so I would love to see the terms of the contract and the exit clauses. I would love to find out if there were other applicants for the post of head coach or if it was even advertised.”

John-Williams did not have his way on the matter of the general secretary, though, as the board refused his proposed choice of Camara David as replacement for the incumbent, Justin Latapy-George.

“The way I see it, if the constitution wanted to give complete prerogative to the president regarding the hiring and firing of the general secretary,” said Partap, “he would have [explicitly been given] the authority to appoint or dismiss; and that would be the end of it.

“Myself and some of the members—if he tries to push through the hiring of [Camara David] without the board’s approval—have decided that we will take legal action; because he is trying to circumvent the power of the board.”

The TTFA president is not believed to have conceded and he declined the chance to put the matter to a vote tonight. Instead, he is likely to try to get his man appointed again when the board reconvenes next week.

Partap believes that, with just months left on his presidential term, issues like his insistence on a new general secretary—a decision taken by John-Williams after Latapy-George admitted that the president asked him to deceive the board on Salazar’s resignation—was an unnecessary distraction for the board.

“These are issues that we shouldn’t be dealing with,” said the CFA representative. “He has seven months left on his tenure and we have the Gold Cup coming up, the Under-17 World Cup qualifying series, we have grassroots football matters to deal with… This issue of him trying to force a change of general secretary at the moment is really trivial and wasting the time of the members.

“I also think we need a board meeting once every month on a statutory date set, like the first Tuesday or Saturday of every month—that way everyone keeps that date clear, instead of the way it is being run. This is the first board meeting since November and we are in the last week of February.

“One board meeting every three months? That doesn’t fly.”

The fate of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team, which is due to start its Peru 2019 World Youth Championship campaign in May, is undetermined as their case will also be discussed next week.

The Under-17 Team have not trained since April 2018 and they do not have a confirmed coaching staff at present.

John-Williams will also try to get two vice-presidents on the board next week, as replacements for Allan Warner and Joanne Salazar who both walked out on the TTFA boss over the past two years.

North East Stars director Michael Awai and San Fernando Giants president Anthony ‘Cla Tones’ Clarke are believed to be John-Williams’ picks for the vacant roles.

One thing that is settled is that Lawrence will head the Warriors for the foreseeable future.

A rookie when he applied for the job, Lawrence was initially the TTFA technical committee’s third choice behind Stuart Charles-Fevrier—Lawrence’s current assistant—and Terry Fenwick. The technical committee, headed by Dexter Skeene and Alvin Henderson, resigned after the board ignored their recommendations and appointed Lawrence instead.

Lawrence, who previously worked as assistant to current Belgium coach Roberto Martinez at Wigan Athletic and Everton FC, had a mixed spell in his first job as head coach.

In 20 matches, there were five wins, four draws and 11 losses while the Warriors finished at the bottom of the Concacaf Hex—six points adrift of the second from bottom nation, USA—and slipped from 80th to 93rd in the FIFA rankings.

However, Lawrence can point to a seismic 2-1 qualifying win over USA in Couva and a 2-0 friendly win over the United Arab Emirates in Spain as evidence of his value. The board agreed he was worth keeping.

Current TTFA board: David John-Williams (president), Ewing Davis (vice-president), Raeshawn Mars (Northern FA), Richard Quan Chan (Southern FA), Anthony Moore (Tobago FA), Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association), Sharon Warrick (Women’s League Football), Julia Baptiste (TT Pro League), Collin Partap (Central Football Association), Keith Look Loy (TTSL), Bandele Kamau (Eastern FA), Sherwyn Dyer (Eastern Counties Football Union), Selby Browne (Veteran Footballers Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago).



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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #319 on: February 28, 2019, 07:28:21 AM »
So armmmm.... was he appointed or not ???

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« Reply #320 on: February 28, 2019, 08:29:05 AM »
So armmmm.... was he appointed or not ???

He was.
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When will the TTFA chaos end?
« Reply #321 on: February 28, 2019, 02:48:10 PM »
When will the TTFA chaos end?
By Colin Murray (T&T Guardian)


Last Mon­day (Feb­ru­ary 25), the start of Car­ni­val week and those of you who know me well know that I am a Christ­mas to Car­ni­val ba­by. I thor­ough­ly en­joy Christ­mas but I al­so en­joy Car­ni­val to the max.

Be­ing Car­ni­val week I have al­ready planned the fetes I will at­tend: Machel Mon­day, Kes Tues­day, Bayview and then take it from there. I was even con­tem­plat­ing writ­ing about some of my ex­pe­ri­ences thus far for this long but en­joy­able Car­ni­val sea­son.

Sit­ting as usu­al with cof­fee in hand, wham! the Guardian head­line smashed me, “Awai: Look Loy’s TTFA ap­point­ment il­le­gal”. The au­thor was none oth­er than Michael Awai, the North East Stars Di­rec­tor of Foot­ball. He very ac­cu­rate­ly quot­ed parts of the con­sti­tu­tion and the min­utes of the re­con­vened T&T Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion (TTFA) an­nu­al gen­er­al meet­ing (AGM) dat­ed De­cem­ber 23, 2017, at which Look Loy and Sam Phillips were ap­point­ed to the board.

But as far as he is con­cerned, both were il­le­gal­ly ap­point­ed as de­ci­sions re­lat­ing to ap­point­ments or dis­missals of of­fi­cers could not have been made ac­cord­ing to ar­ti­cle 24, para­graph three (Quo­rum of the Gen­er­al Meet­ing) of the TTFA con­sti­tu­tion.

Awai may or may not have sol­id ground to stand on and I am not go­ing to de­bate his po­si­tion. Phillips, the for­mer T&T Pro League chair­man, has tak­en grave of­fence and is de­mand­ing an apol­o­gy and went fur­ther to state that Awai is mis­lead­ing the pub­lic. Of course, in true "Tri­ni" style, the at­tack then be­came per­son­al as the words cho­sen by the North East Stars man has in­censed Phillips.

So why would Awai sud­den­ly take up this case? I didn’t have to wait long for the an­swer as my mo­bile phone start­ed ring­ing. ‘Town’ says that Awai is be­ing court­ed as one of the per­sons ear­marked to be a vice-pres­i­dent of the TTFA. ‘Town’ al­so went on to sug­gest that if Awai is so big on the con­sti­tu­tion, he should go back to the 2015 TTFA elec­tions as he is con­fus­ing an elec­tion with a con­fir­ma­tion. He should open the door again to ques­tion the le­git­i­ma­cy of the TTFA 2015 elec­tions as a ma­jor­i­ty of non-com­pli­ant mem­bers vot­ed. I was even sent a nine-page doc­u­ment on the TTFA elec­tions. Per­haps Awai should seek a copy and pe­ruse it.

My dear read­ers, quite frankly I am not in­ter­est­ed in the 2015 TTFA re­port­ed­ly far­ci­cal elec­tions but hope­ful­ly Awai could shed some light on it. What dis­turbs me is the con­tin­ued neg­a­tive pub­lic­i­ty that fol­lows the beau­ti­ful game un­der this regime since 2015. Two of the three vice pres­i­dents have re­signed; in one case the sec­ond vice pres­i­dent re­signed when it was re­port­ed that the pres­i­dent of the TTFA or­dered the gen­er­al sec­re­tary to with­hold in­for­ma­tion from the board on the res­ig­na­tion. This was ac­tu­al­ly ad­mit­ted by the gen­er­al sec­re­tary in the pub­lic do­main.

Soon af­ter, the gen­er­al sec­re­tary, whom I have been ad­vised was do­ing a good job, was told to be­gin to seek em­ploy­ment else­where. The end came for him a cou­ple of days ago when there were 11 board mem­bers present for a re­con­vened board meet­ing; the se­cret bal­lot vote went five-for and five-against with one ab­sten­tion. Who had the cast­ing vote? Not hard to fig­ure out, right? So good­bye to Justin Lat­apy- George the for­mer gen­er­al sec­re­tary of the TTFA. Thanks for what you tried to do for foot­ball. What was rather pe­cu­liar about this vote was that it was done by se­cret bal­lot. I won­der why? Al­so not hard to fig­ure out, right?

In comes Ca­ma­ra David as the new gen­er­al sec­re­tary of the TTFA. I met David when he was the sec­re­tary of the T&T Su­per League (TTSL). He seemed very com­pe­tent at his job and was as­sured in all that he did. He was out­spo­ken with his views and my hope is that he hasn’t changed and does what is right for the good of T&T foot­ball and stands for his be­liefs be­cause he would have failed the pub­lic and clubs if he does not. He is the third gen­er­al sec­re­tary in this regime’s tenure.

I have nev­er seen so many changes in the TTFA be­fore a four-year term comes to an end. Poor Ol­lie (Oliv­er) Camps must be turn­ing in his grave; two vice pres­i­dents and three gen­er­al sec­re­taries makes you won­der from the out­side, what is wrong? These are high pro­file po­si­tions and I would have thought the foot­balling pub­lic would know why these changes have come about but this is not so. There are about nine months to go be­fore the TTFA have their elec­tions and it is go­ing to be very in­ter­est­ing if the two vice pres­i­dent po­si­tions are filled be­fore those elec­tions. Who will ap­point those po­si­tions and who will the names be? It will be riv­et­ing or should I say in­for­ma­tive?

While I sin­cere­ly ap­plaud the idea of the “Home of Foot­ball” (hope­ful­ly we will get some true dol­lar fig­ures even­tu­al­ly), I hold my head and bawl with the gov­er­nance of foot­ball in sweet T&T.

Have a great and safe Car­ni­val. It is ours and we are proud to say it is the great­est show on earth.
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Re: TTFA News Thread.
« Reply #322 on: February 28, 2019, 03:12:15 PM »
Lawrence's contract was extended without an official contract for the board to review, either our president don't know how he's going to consistently pay him or we just backwards. I do agree with the rationale that something temporarily should be put in place for DL through the GC then we proceed with an official contract in writing after the tournament if they didn't want to disrupt their preparations.

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« Reply #323 on: February 28, 2019, 03:54:04 PM »
Lawrence's contract was extended without an official contract for the board to review, either our president don't know how he's going to consistently pay him or we just backwards. I do agree with the rationale that something temporarily should be put in place for DL through the GC then we proceed with an official contract in writing after the tournament if they didn't want to disrupt their preparations.

Yuh thinking too logical.
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« Reply #324 on: February 28, 2019, 11:40:04 PM »
Why do you guys bother?

Seriously

The man does whatever he wants, to whomever, without consequence.

Why are you continuing to question and wonder and investigate etc?  It’s all to no avail

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« Reply #325 on: March 01, 2019, 05:22:32 AM »
TTFA board appoints Camara as general secretary in secret ballot; Stern named U-17 coach.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


Camara David, a UWI Sports Management part-time lecturer and former Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) general secretary, will assume the post of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary for the next 12 months, after he was appointed by the TTFA board last night.

David, who is just 28 years old and holds a FIFA Masters Degree in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport, will officially replace Justin Latapy-George on 1 March 2019, although, in truth, he began making appearances as ‘general secretary’ since December 2018—to no little controversy.

At the TTFA’s 2018 AGM, members moved a motion crediting Latapy-George for his efforts and urging football president David John-Williams not to make a change, with just eight months left in his term. Not for the first time, John-Williams proved that he is his own man.

The TTFA constitution dictates that only the president can propose the hiring or dismissal of a general secretary—which is essentially the CEO of the local football body—but the board ultimately has the power to accept or reject his suggestion.

Last Wednesday, John-Williams raised the issue of hiring David but opted not to put it to a vote with an estimated eight from 13 board members opposed to the change.

Yesterday, there were 11 members present—Sherwyn Dyer (Eastern Counties) and Julia Baptiste (TT Pro League) were both absent—for the reconvened meeting; and the president started the gathering by immediately demanding a vote. Tellingly, John-Williams requested a secret ballot, as was used the previous week to re-appoint Soca Warriors head coach Dennis Lawrence—on the suggestion of new board member and Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president Bandele Kamau.

And the vote was allegedly tallied as five for David and five against with one abstention.

John-Williams then used his casting vote as president to break the deadlock and install his namesake—an ambitious young man who has been virtually inseparable from his side over the past year.

Unlike Lawrence, David’s contract will be passed before the board and should include KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). John-Williams, who refused to reveal Lawrence’s salary to the board, is believed to have already shared the financial terms for the new appointee which was considered an acceptable sum.

David is John-Williams’ third general secretary in his still uncompleted term, which is an unprecedented figure. Counting a five-week stint as interim general secretary by Paula Chester-Cumberbatch in the lead-up to the 31 November 2015 election, the TTFA had three general secretaries in 18 years prior to the current president taking office.

Azaad Khan served as general secretary for John-Williams’ first year in office before he opted to hire Latapy-George in late 2016. Latapy-George was walking on borrowed time since September 2018, though, when he admitted to Wired868 that John-Williams ordered him to withhold information from the board on the resignation of former vice-president Joanne Salazar.

Soon after, John-Williams told Latapy-George to begin looking for a new job and it was an open secret that the president would jettison him as soon as the AGM was out of the way.

Last night was the end of the line for Latapy-George and the beginning of the David era, which may generate little enthusiasm for half of the board and a significant portion of the general membership.

“I am thankful for the faith the president and the Board of the TTFA has put in me and I am very optimistic about the challenges ahead with God’s guidance,” David told TTFA Media. “The association is slowly but surely finding its feet on solid ground and I’m excited to be part of the change. Bringing back the public’s trust in the association and their love for the game is key and part of the major objectives I intend to achieve.”

In no less meaningful news, the TTFA board also agreed to activate the Men’s National Under-17 Team, which will have roughly two months to prepare for their opening 2018 World Youth Cup fixture.

The Junior Soca Warriors open their campaign against Bermuda on 1 May at the IMG Academy campus in Bradenton, Florida while they tackle Jamaica and Mexico on 3 and 5 May respectively. Three of the four Group E teams will advance to the knock-out stage.

National Senior Team assistant coach Stern John, who has barely a year and a half’s experience as a head coach at Pro League outfit Central FC, was named National Under-17 Team head coach. The remainder of the staff will be appointed on 7 March.

John’s willingness to work without remuneration—other than his current stipend with the senior team—is believed to have been key to his selection. Similarly, the TTFA will try to fill the Under-17 Team’s technical staff with persons who are willing to work for free.

The TTFA also promised to place advertisements for coaching staff to run the Women’s National Under-17, Under-20 and Senior Teams. All staff members will be hired for two years while the new role of Head of Women’s Football—which is essentially a women’s technical director—will come with a four year contract.

Discussions between the Pro League and Super League clubs on the proposed merged league will continue from Ash Wednesday—on 6 March—from 6pm at a venue to be determined in Couva.

TTFA board members who met last night: David John-Williams (president), Ewing Davis (vice-president), Raeshawn Mars (Northern FA), Richard Quan Chan (Southern FA), Anthony Moore (Tobago FA), Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association), Sharon Warrick (Women’s League Football), Collin Partap (Central Football Association), Keith Look Loy (TTSL), Bandele Kamau (Eastern FA), Selby Browne (Veteran Footballers Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago).

Absent: Sherwyn Dyer (Eastern Counties Football Union), Julia Baptiste (TT Pro League).

Stern John on his appointment as T&T U-17 Men's head coach

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« Reply #326 on: March 01, 2019, 01:28:47 PM »
Why do you guys bother?

Seriously

The man does whatever he wants, to whomever, without consequence.

Why are you continuing to question and wonder and investigate etc?  It’s all to no avail

Football in T&T is f**kED.  And we all know it

Ah does wonder de same ting.

A bunch of spineless, Uncle Toms who lack character, willing to sell their souls, and willing to live off of scraps will support this tyrant's evil
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« Reply #327 on: March 14, 2019, 04:29:40 AM »
Davis unaware of decisions made at TTFA meeting.
By Joel Bailey (Newsday).


EWING DAVIS, first vice-president of the TT Football Association (TTFA), said he was unaware if any unconstitutional decision was made in a recent TTFA meeting.

According to an e-mail to the TTFA stakeholders sent by Michael Awai, director of football at Pro League club North East Stars, “I have had the opportunity to review the minutes of the reconvened AGM (Annual General Meeting) of the TTFA of 23rd December 2018 held at the National Cycling Velodrome in Balmain, Couva. I wish to point you to several items which will reveal that certain actions and decisions taken at that meeting were ultra-vires and unconstitutional.”

Davis, who chaired the meeting, said on Tuesday that he was late in his attendance and was not sure of all the decisions which were made during the day.

He added, “As chairman of a meeting, the general secretary (did) the roll call and informed me whether he has a quorum or not.”

Then TTFA general secretary Justin Latapy-George was replaced by Camara David on March 1.

“I got in to that meeting late,” said Davis. “(TT Football Referees Association vice-president Osmond) Downer had called that meeting to order and I was advised there was a quorum and I went about it.”

According to a Newsday report on March 4, Awai said he was misrepresented in a recent newspaper article, which quoted him as saying the appointments of TT Super League president Keith Look Loy and ex-TT men’s team manager Joseph Sam Phillip as members of the TTFA board of directors were done illegally.

Phillip, who has threatened to take legal action against Awai, said recently, “(Awai) is saying that it’s unconstitutional but as far as I’m aware the TTFA, for which I once served, I know (don’t) indulge themselves in anything unconstitutional. If that is so, then I’m eternally disappointed in the TTFA.

“I’m asking the TTFA and the general membership to state their position on this matter where this man is alleging that (they) had two members that (were) unconstitutionally installed. If that is so, therefore all the meetings that Mr Look Loy and myself would have attended or any decisions made while we were there would be deemed null and void.”

Phillip continued, “If this goodly gentleman knows so much about the constitution, and this is unconstitutional as he said, he himself should attend no meetings where anybody is unconstitutionally installed. I am a defender against anything unconstitutional and/or illegal behaviour.”

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« Reply #328 on: March 15, 2019, 04:08:20 AM »
TTFA elects two Vice Presidents.
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Under 17 staff appointments approved

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Board of Directors at its meeting yesterday elected two Vice Presidents, Tobago Football Association (TFA) president Anthony Moore and Southern Football Association (SFA) president Richard Quan Chan were elected to replace Allan Warner and Joanne Salazar who were elected in November 2015. Both were nominated by by Veteran Footballers Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago (VFFOTT) president Selby Browne.

The Board also elected Anthony Moore as the TTFA Representative to the new Commission. He will join the other Representatives to the Commission Brent Sancho and Jamal Shabazz elected by the Pro League along with Keith Look Loy and Terry Joseph elected by the Super League. The Board at the previous meeting instructed that the new National League will begin this year 2019, and will include clubs from the Pro League and Trinidad and Tobago Super League. The Commission will be comprised of seven members and upon the appointment of the other two members, the Commission will be responsible for all preparation for the start of the new National Football League to be launched by the TTFA.

Camara David, new TTFA General Secretary informed the Board of the CONCACAF decision that TTFA clubs would not be participating in the CONCACAF Club Competition 2019, due to the fact that Club Licensing requirements submitted were not found to be in good order. The Board instructed that all measures to have the Club Licensing addressed be immediately  taken and accepted the offer of CONCACAF to conduct a training exercise at the TTFA in the coming days. The Board also instructed that positions be filled by trained persons and the post of Club Licensing Officer be immediately advertised.

The TTFA President was Chairman of the Board meeting which was attended by twelve directors.

The TTFA board  approved the appointment of the U -17 Technical staff members, namely; Kenwyne Jones (assistant coach), Caleb De Souza (assistant coach), Ross Russell (goalkeeper coach), Aaron Pollard (manager) and Devin Elcock (equipment manager). The members were all recommended by National Under-17 Team head coach Stern John.

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“[The] appointment [of the two TTFA vice-presidents] were broadcast throughout the media and even on the official website of the TTFA, and appeared in the roll call list for the meeting […] when, in fact the, appointment of these two ‘vice-presidents’ was not in keeping with the dictates of the present Constitution of the TTFA.

“[…] I proceeded to move the following motion: ‘Whereas the selection of 2 Vice-Presidents for the TTFA at the last Board Meeting was not done in keeping with the Constitution of the TTFA, be it resolved that the AGM now directs the Board of Directors to now proceed to elect the three Vice-Presidents, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, separately in keeping with the dictates of the TTFA’s Constitution’.

“This motion was seconded by Mr Clynt Taylor of the Central Football Association (CFA) and unanimously accepted by the delegates present.”

The following statement on the improper election of TTFA president David John-Williams’ two vice-presidents, Richard Quan Chan and Anthony Moore, at a recent board meeting was issued by TTFRA vice-president Osmond Downer, who helped frame the TTFA Constitution:

Dear fellow delegates to the general meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the members of the board of directors (BOD) of the TTFA,

I wish to express great disappointment on two things arising out of the reconvened AGM that took place yesterday morning at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva:

First, the apparent non-interest and, indeed, non-commitment, on the part of a large number of the members’ delegates, and also of the majority of the members of the board of directors of the Association;

Second, the shocking lack of knowledge of the up-to-date changes in the Constitution of the Association on the part of the members of the board.

Delegates to the general meetings of the TTFA are elected by their respective members of the TTFA to represent such members at general meetings of the Association.

Such delegates must understand that they are obligated to be present at all such meetings so as to be informed enough to report back to their respective members on matters that affect their members and football in general. If a delegate accepts such an appointment then he/she must undertake to fulfil these obligations and the delegate’s member association must also ensure that these obligations are fulfilled.

It is indeed shocking that many general meetings over the last few years have not been able to conduct the important business of the Association because of a lack of quorums for these meetings. Also it is the duty of members of the BOD to attend all such general meetings to give relevant information to delegates.

We have had two reconvened general meetings in February and last Sunday to complete the discussions on the very important item of amendments to the Constitution but we were unable to do so because the Constitution stipulates that a majority of over 50% must be present for such amendments to be considered. Also, at Sunday’s meeting only the President and Vice-President of the Board Members were present at the start, with two other members arriving after the end of the meeting.

At the starting time of the meeting, 9:00am, only five delegates were present, the full two representatives from the TTFRA and full three from the CFA. About four other delegates arrived after the start.

However the meeting, being a reconvened one, was convened and the last item on the Agenda, ‘Any other business’, was dealt with. I moved a motion that the consideration of the remaining proposals to the amendments of the Constitution be dealt with at the Annual General Meeting in November—where, being an election year, nearly everyone will turn out—so as to not waste any more of the precious time of the conscientious delegates.

This motion was passed unanimously I will state here that the records will show that the two delegates of the TTFRA have been present at all the general meetings of years of this session.

I raised the matter of the selection of two ‘Vice-Presidents’ at the recent meeting of the board of directors and that such appointments were broadcast throughout the media and even on the official website of the TTFA, and appeared in the roll call list for the meeting as ‘two Vice-Presidents’ with the names of the incumbents—when, in fact the, appointment of these two ‘Vice-Presidents’ was not in keeping with the dictates of the present Constitution of the TTFA.

I expressed shock and, indeed, dismay that no board member had brought to the attention of that Board meeting the fact that there was a change in the Constitution concerning the posts of Vice-Presidents in Article 33, proposed by the TTFRA and accepted at the reconvened AGM of 27/01/2019 by a large majority vote.

I referred the meeting to Article 32 of the Constitution regarding ‘Effective dates of Decisions’ which states ‘Decisions passed by the general meeting shall come into effect immediately…’

All the changes made in the Constitution on 27/01/2019 were printed and presented to delegates by the previous General Secretary, Mr Justin Latapy-George, at the reconvened AGM held in February.

The President, Vice-President, and other board members were present at the meeting of 27/01/2019 when these changes were made.

Article 33 of the Constitution dealing with the composition of the BOD stated in the previous Constitution states ‘The Members of the BOD are: 1 President, 3 Vice-Presidents and one member representing each of the named Member Associations’. The amendment accepted at the AGM of 27/01/2019 changed ‘3 Vice-Presidents to 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, and 3rd Vice-President’—three separate posts.

I put to the meeting that my information was that at the board meeting nominations for the two posts of ‘2 Vice-Presidents’ were invited and that Mr Selby Browne proposed two names which were seconded and that Mr Keith Look Loy proposed one name which was seconded, and that voting proceeded. And that eventually the first two receiving the most votes were named as the ‘2 Vice-Presidents’.

This was accepted as what was actually done. I put to the meeting that the proper procedure, in keeping with the change in the Constitution, should have been as follows: the election for the three posts of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Vice-Presidents should have been done separately with each board member having the right to make or second only one nomination for each post and voting done for each post separately.

I even suggested that for the post of 1st Vice-President, the Chairman [David John-Williams] could have put to the meeting that someone propose that Mr Ewing Davis—because of his present standing as the only remaining original Vice-President—be nominated and chosen as the 1st Vice-President, and then proceed to elect the 2nd and 3rd separately.

I proceeded to move the following motion: ‘Whereas the selection of 2 Vice-Presidents for the TTFA at the last board meeting was not done in keeping with the Constitution of the TTFA, be it resolved that the AGM now directs the Board of Directors to now proceed to elect the three Vice-Presidents, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, separately in keeping with the dictates of the TTFA’s Constitution’.

This motion was seconded by Mr Clynt Taylor of the Central Football Association (CFA) and unanimously accepted by the delegates present.

Members, therefore we remain now with only one named VP, Mr Ewing Davis, but we do not have a 1st, 2nd, and third VP of the TTFA. Also Constitution changes could be considered to encourage greater participation in all general meetings.

Yours in Football,
Osmond O Downer


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« Reply #329 on: March 16, 2019, 12:14:50 AM »
TTFA Vacancies.
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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is looking for someone to lead the new club licensing department of the TTFA, to ensure club football is at a high level in administration, infrastructure hence producing good football on the field of play.

Click here to View Job Description- Club Licensing Manager

Under 20 and Under 17 Women’s Head Coach Position

The TTFA is accepting applications for the positions of Under 20 and Under 17 Women’s Head Coach.

Click here for Job Descriptions- Head Coaches U-20 & U-17 Women

Interested persons can keep following the TTFA Social Media platforms and TTFA Releases in the Press for more openings in the coming weeks.

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