His best players leaving for free??? On information and belief, this team is a semi-pro outfit. I understand players are being told not to leave their day jobs
Tobago Utd lose key playersFriday, April 6th 2007
Tobago's lone professional football club, Tobago United has lost two of its best players for the 2007 season.
Kwame Wiltshire and Noel Williams who were outstanding for the Peter Granville coached team in 2006 and earned their first national caps recently have terminated their contracts with the Club.
Wiltshire will be sporting the colours of the 2006 Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champions team Joe Public for the upcoming season schedule to commence next month while Noel is still weighing his options. Both players are from Trinidad.
Though it is still to be confirmed, the Club may also lose their most celebrated player in Dwayne Jack who is expected to sign up with a Trinidad club soon. Efforts to contact the Tobago born player for his status with the club proved futile up to press time while Granville told the Tobago News that he could not comment because Jack has not indicated to him that he was contemplating leaving the Club.
However, Granville is not being stressed out by the loss of the players because he said that this was what professional football was all about. The bigger clubs will always lure the star players away from the smaller clubs.
Granville said their preparations for the season was in progress and he was presently looking at some players though he has made no signings as yet.
Among the players that Granville is interested in are Shelton Williams, Dominic Kerr and goalkeeper Jeffrey Delpeche, all from Tobago's Super League team, Angostura 1976 Phoenix, Simon Nedd and Kevin Keith.
He is also watching Trinidad players Pierre Joseph and Coly Hercules. Tobago United has been campaigning in the Pro League for the last three years but to date they are yet to win a League Championship game.
However, despite this dilemma, credit must be given to Granville and his management team for not withdrawing from the League despite their very poor record and the huge financial cost it takes to effectively manage a pro team.
Tobago News