‘Spalksman’ bats for Warner.
By DARCEL CHOY (NEWSDAY).
SPORTS commentator Anil Roberts yesterday criticised members of the 2006 Soca Warriors football team who played at the World Cup in Germany.
On Friday, the footballers staged a press conference to express their dissatisfaction that bonuses promised to them have not been settled as yet.
At the People’s Partnership Rally at the Aranjuez Savannah yesterday O’Meara/D’Abadie candidate Roberts, known as the “Spalksman” said that from the $82 million that was given to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation, $44 million was to be allocated should the team reach second round of the World Cup.
“As far I remember we did not score a goal. We did not win a game so they are less than honest,” he said. Roberts said it was passing strange that the players led by goalkeeper Kelvin Jack spoke under a banner which he described as being in “PNM colours.”
At 3.40 pm, Roberts announced that the massive crowd stood at 44,651 and at 4.20 pm it had grown to 58, 794. Later, leader of the United National Congress and the People’s Partnership announced that 80,000 supporters were at the rally.