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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #210 on: May 22, 2016, 12:11:27 AM »
The bottom line is, whether the coach right or wrong, he made his decision.

How you now will go behind his back to undermine his decision to get your way? Makes it seem like there is an ulterior motive. Whether financial or otherwise. Fill in the blanks.

There is no wrong decision..

The only blank that happen is the one Hart rest on that idiot David..

For David it is always financial, there is no love for the national team, he wants caps for his players and basically money from Feds for friendlies outside the window so he don't have to contend with KJ and crew.. Easy for him to slot in his players and partners players..

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #211 on: May 22, 2016, 01:58:01 PM »
He looking for a reason to dump Hart.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #212 on: May 22, 2016, 03:08:19 PM »
He looking for a reason to dump Hart.

DJW might be acting like an idiot but I'm sure he's not an ass

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #213 on: May 22, 2016, 10:29:27 PM »
Stuarty will be in charge soon as Hart lose couple games..

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #214 on: May 23, 2016, 01:53:37 AM »
Stuarty will be in charge soon as Hart lose couple games..

On the basis of winning de Lucozade, de Caribbean Cup, and de Pro League during the recently-concluded season?

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TTFA President aims to drive domestic football
« Reply #215 on: June 07, 2016, 07:35:13 PM »
TTFA President aims to drive domestic football
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David John-Williams, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association wants to see an upward shift in the domestic football involving clubs across the board in Trinidad and Tobago.

With emphasis on player and coaching development and now overall club expansion, Williams has begun identifying development programs which he and the TTFA believes can aid local club football.

Among those are the FIFA Compensation Workshop which is scheduled for this weekend at Naparima College as well as other courses aimed at bringing benefits to local coaches and administrators which will be coming on stream in the coming months.

“Concacaf has introduced a club licensing program which will carry club football to a different level in terms of administration,” Williams told TTFA Media as he outlined some of the initiatives that will help lift local club football.

“The Concacaf Champions League is a good benchmark for the Trinidad and Tobago clubs to gauge where they are at administratively and of course on the pitch. Concacaf level demands a certain level of administration in terms of fields, in terms of lighting and all the stuff that is required at the Champions League level and this of course gives the Trinidad and Tobago clubs an opportunity to continue to aspire to play at that level and at the same time lift the level of club football administratively and on the field,” John-Williams told TTFA Media.

Two T&T clubs will be participating at the 2016/2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, Central FC and DirecTV W Connection. They will host top clubs such as Pumas FC, Vancouver Whitecaps and Sporting Kansas FC for matches which will be aired live on Fox and ESPN. San Juan Jabloteh will join Central FC for the CFU qualifiers towards next year’s Champions League.

The upcoming National Super League promises to be another action-packed one with the national youth league also providing a stage for the upcoming talent.

John-Williams believes that with the Champions League being the pinnacle for local clubs, local players and coaches can learn a lot from following the progress of the T&T clubs at the Champions League level which leads to the FIFA World Club Championship.

“It’s an interesting match up for both Central FC and W Connection. It’s good preparation for the local players who are representing the national team. Champions League starts in early August, we have World Cup qualifiers in early September so I think they should get their games under the belts, the local players who are in coach Hart’s plans. It’s always good for the Trinidad and Tobago teams to play on the highest level of club football in the region which is the CONCACAF Champions League,” he said.

“It means a lot to the development of those players playing in the Champions League. They are exposed to a higher level of football, a serious environment and different crowds so it’s good for Trinidad and Tobago football in general,” John-Williams added.

The Club licensing program which T&T clubs will be exposed to is aimed at clarifying the outlines of the club football structure at national level and presenting a way forward towards greater professionalism in the entire CONCACAF region by using club licensing as a development tool, regardless of the participating country’s size and current development status.

It also extended the consultation process currently being carried out by FIFA with the confederations on reviewing the FIFA Club Licensing Regulations in order to create a club licensing system that ‎is global in nature. The system respects different club football structures that exist in each region, ‎is realistic and flexible enough to be adapted region to region and includes, as well as promotes, women’s football.

Professional football starts at the desk and while the major focus tends to be placed on coaches, players and officials, the club licensing program will now focus on other type professionals who contribute to the organizing of the leagues, venues and match-day experiences that will benefit the fans as well. FIFA has stated that the global club licensing framework is designed to improve club football by setting minimum standards in key areas such as stadium safety, fan experience and youth football development.

Juan Carlos Rojas, President of Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa explained “For instance we have a project in the club that we call “stadium experience”; we want people coming to our stadium to get a wonderful experience, so much so that they want to come back. Security, infrastructure or pricing are all crucial aspects. Understand that people can find other things to do than going to the stadium, so we need to invest in bringing them to us.”

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Caribbean piracy: CFU blanked as CONCACAF-backed David John-Williams calls in Member Associations
By Paul Nicholson (insideworldfootball.com)


A fresh row has broken out in the Caribbean over what is being interpreted by national associations as back-door interference in the region’s affairs by regional confederation CONCACAF. The moves further undermine the management of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) and its executive at a time when it has already seen its power base at the region’s top political table eroded and its membership split and marginalised.

The controversy broke out following an invitation by Trinidad and Tobago president David John Williams to presidents of CFU member federations to attend a two-day meeting June 17-18 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, to discuss new developments and a pathway to the establishment of a Caribbean professional league.

The letter stated that all economy travel and hotel costs were being paid by CONCACAF with support from UEFA.

The meeting was being organised outside the governance of the CFU and without its knowledge or involvement. Insideworldfootball has learned that the funding was granted without the approval of the CONCACAF council.

The CFU and many of the Caribbean presidents have responded furiously at the move to circumvent the CFU structure in its own region, with some members saying that the professional league conversation is just a smokescreen for Williams to announce his candidacy for the CFU presidency, backed by the CONCACAF executive. The CFU election is less than two months away.

Victor Montagliani, newly elected president of CONCACAF, told Insideworldfootball: “This meeting is an initiative of an MA that is obviously our member and for the entire region (all 31 invited) not a select few.

“The  topic is of importance to not only the Caribbean but CONCACAF and FIFA.

“We support and as we move forward there will be a more detailed approach by CONCACAF but as an initial initiative this is a first step,” he said.

“The amount has been budgeted from our budget for member support and is not a directive from myself even though I support it.

“In the end CONCACAF is committed to an inclusive process with all our MAs of getting the Caribbean league to a reality.”

While CONCACAF is including all its Caribbean members with this support, it appears to be deliberately excluding the CFU, its officially recognised sub-regional association that organises all the region’s cross border competition. FIFA most recently announced that it would increasingly work with the sub-regional bodies at its Congress in Mexico City, and announced a package of financial support for those sub-regional bodies.

When the CFU questioned CONCACAF assistant general secretary Ted Howard he responded that Williams had approached them having had support funding already agreed by UEFA. As a result CONCACAF agreed funding from their resources as well but, he said, “we are not involved”.

However, high level sources at UEFA confirmed they had made “no such commitment” to Williams and that they had no intention of providing any finance due to what they interpreted as the potentially political nature of the meeting.

A professional Caribbean league has long been an ambition in the region which loses its best players, most often to Europe and the US. A concrete proposal and backing for a professional league would be a compelling vote winner in the region – though making it conditional on electing the ‘right’ president would be pushing the boundaries of governance very close to election-rigging.

CONCACAF, under Jeffrey Webb’s presidency, had established a heavyweight committee to look into the how a professional league could be established and funded in the Caribbean, but the work of that committee appears to have dried up. Williams was a member.

The concern being voiced by Caribbean members and some members of CONCACAF’s own council is that any support is being provided outside the agreed governance principles, and potentially for a political gain that would suit Williams. The financial support that has been granted was done so without the backing or knowledge of all the members of the CONCACAF council.

There is a further conflict of interest for Williams who owns one of Trinidad’s leading clubs and stands to benefit from a professional Caribbean league

Whichever way these issue now play out, it is clear that forces outside the Caribbean want to see a further dismantling of its previously strong political powerbase.

Three senior CONCACAF Council members have separately told Insideworldfootball that they want to see a change engineered at the top of the CFU and that their feeling was that president Gordon Derrick from Antigua had to be removed. He was already controversially excluded from the election for CONCACAF’s presidency in extremely dubious circumstances by FIFA with the suspicion that CONCACAF persuaded FIFA to do their dirty work for them.

One thing is certain, piracy in the Caribbean is alive and manipulating. The problem it seems that not all the pirates are wearing pirates clothing.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #217 on: June 10, 2016, 12:38:05 PM »
Hmm, it would also appear that not all the pirates are from the Caribbean.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #218 on: June 10, 2016, 03:11:10 PM »
DJW has aligned himself with some powerful men in world football however he must be careful these men have their own agendas and usually let you take the fall when they're about to get caught in something.

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #219 on: June 24, 2016, 08:13:38 PM »
Montagliani, Gulati and Infantino manoeuvre Caribbean into submission
By Paul Nicholson (insideworldfootball.com)


Manipulation of football administration in the Caribbean is nothing new. But in a region desperate to shake off the long shadows of former presidents Jack Warner and Jeff Webb, the old ways of operating seem to be alive and kicking. They may have even taken a turn for the worse with regional confederation CONCACAF stepping into the game with the support of FIFA and its new president Gianni Infantino.

It is a new move in a powerplay that again questions the integrity of football’s regional and global governing bodies and the personal motivations and favours of their leading executives – in this case Infantino at the top of the FIFA tree, newly elected CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani and US Soccer Federation president and FIFA council member Sunil Gulati.

While Montagliani and Gulati will sit down this afternoon at a glitzy press conference in Times Square, New York, to doubtless bang the drum for their successful hosting of the Copa America Centenario, 31 of their CONCACAF member associations in the Caribbean will be wondering what the football future really holds for them and whether it is a bright one or in reality a removal from decision-making power and a consignment to the dustbin of world football and its development.

The controversy and battle for control of the Caribbean has been running for some months. The next steps in what looks like a ‘RICO-style’ conspiracy to remove control of Caribbean football from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), the regional sub-body, were taken in Trinidad last weekend when 17 member association presidents met under the auspices of establishing a new Caribbean professional league.

The meeting took place via the financial provision of CONCACAF, FIFA and UEFA, though UEFA say they provided no money and have no commitment to getting involved in Caribbean football politics.

Organised by Trinidad and Tobago football’s new president David John-Williams (pictured with Infantino), the invitations failed to extend to CFU president Gordon Derrick or general secretary Neil Cochrane. Though CONCACAF did have two observers at the meeting.

That John-Williams was even mandated to host the meeting is controversial in itself in that it is becoming evident that his election to the Trinidad and Tobago presidency broke election rules, and that FIFA knew rules were being broken but chose not to intervene.

Trinidad journalist Lasana Liburd wrote on this issue and his story gives full background at http://wired868.com/2016/06/24/djw-unplugged-an-illegal-ttfa-election-tacit-fifa-support-and-a-cfu-power-grab/

Trinidad’s John-Williams was a supporter of Infantino in the presidential elections in February and had surprised his Caribbean colleagues by declaring for him in Miami at a CFU meeting in January, a meeting that was convened to discuss CONCACAF and FIFA’s reform proposals and the candidates for the presidency.

Now it appears Infantino is making good on promises made to John-Williams to support his personal ambitions as the Trinidadian prepares for what has become a widely expected bid for the CFU presidency. A bid that is being supported centrally by CONCACAF and its North American rulers.

Infantino announced just 4 weeks ago at the FIFA Congress in Mexico that FIFA would be working through its confederations and sub-federations and providing $1 million of financial support annually to bodies like the CFU. A promise that is looking very hollow in the case of the Caribbean in light of the FIFA ad CONCACAF sponsored political manoeuvring that is currently taking place.

That Caribbean football would be enhanced by a competitive professional league is in no doubt. It is a project that has had a number of planning attempts, most recently by CONCACAF under Jeff Webb in 2014 when a task force was formed.

To attempt to organise that league outside the auspices of the CFU but with CONCACAF money that, in terms of governance protocol should have been funnelled through the CFU, raises serious questions about CONCACAF’s own reform and the integrity of its officers and president Montagliani. Montagliani was a member Francois Carrard’s FIFA reform committee, as well as a member of CONCACAF’s own reform body.

To not even invite the CFU to be part of the discussion borders on the unbelievable. More so when taking into account this brave new world of global football reform that CONCACAF, and Montagliani and Gulati in particular, have worked so hard to impress on the world’s media that they are in the vanguard of.

The answer to why the CFU has been excluded seems to lie in the north American (and US in principal) desire to get control of the CFU member association votes for their own political objectives. The Caribbean votes have often been king makers in FIFA elections in the past and while that block has now been split, it would be a powerful block to control in the future.

For the north Americans to take that control they need to replace current CFU president Gordon Derrick with their own man – in this case John-Williams.

In the recently completed CONCACAF elections Derrick was removed from the presidential race by FIFA who said that he had failed their integrity check. A highly dubious decision that FIFA was unwilling to explain though speculation at the time was that it was a decision made at the bidding of CONCACAF’s executive members and legal consultant Samir Gandhi. Speculation that has of course been denied.

Following the Trinidad meetings rumours have been circulating, emanating from attendees, that a similar move is being prepared by CONCACAF and FIFA to have Derrick removed from standing again for the CFU presidency. This would clear the way for a complete fracturing of Caribbean solidarity.

Ironically Derrick was a member of CONCACAF’s reform committee and in large part responsible for getting CFU members to agree to the reform proposals. Without that Caribbean support the proposals would never have been passed. But, frankly, the way the reform has been politically implemented subsequently makes a mockery of those reforms in the first instance.

The proposals put before the member associations at the Trinidad meeting outline a 14-team league with a three-year target revenue figure of $65 million, of which $18 million would be targeted to come as seed investment from FIFA.

In an increasingly politically charged Caribbean football world, associations will have to work out who is fooling who in this battle for power, whether financial promises are real and can be substantiated, and whether individual gain is greater than regional solidarity. Ultimately it is a battle for football sovereignty in the Caribbean associations.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #220 on: June 26, 2016, 05:34:19 PM »
Where is Insider when you need him? :devil:

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #221 on: July 07, 2016, 03:28:28 PM »
Two heavyweights ...two giants of football administration and talk ...two men on a collision course David John-Williams the President of the TTFA  .....Lasana Liburd the leading sporting investigative journalist in the country come to I-Sports this Thursday the 7th July in an electrifying atmosphere presided over by the Fearless One Andre Errol Baptiste .. It is on at 6:15pm on i95.5fm where issues of CFU and TTFA will be settled once and for all ...some may be bruised some may be wounded but all will be ok with the fearless one on board.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #222 on: July 07, 2016, 06:02:05 PM »
Alternating pace and chaos in this discussion. Expedient governance v. good governance is at the center of the discussion.

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« Reply #223 on: July 07, 2016, 06:16:45 PM »
Alternating pace and chaos in this discussion. Expedient governance v. good governance is at the center of the discussion.

I opted not to listen anymore.  We can't seem to have a proper discussion....or what passes for discussion is really who could shout more than who and interjections galore.  It rude and just descends into babble.

I eh have time fuh dat nonsense. 
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« Reply #224 on: July 07, 2016, 06:31:44 PM »
Alternating pace and chaos in this discussion. Expedient governance v. good governance is at the center of the discussion.

I opted not to listen anymore.  We can't seem to have a proper discussion....or what passes for discussion is really who could shout more than who and interjections galore.  It rude and just descends into babble.

I eh have time fuh dat nonsense.

Correct. That is a major component of how it played out. Helped in no small part by Andre's interjections.

It took a probe the size of the Mars rover to get DJW to state, unequivocally, that he is a candidate for the CFU presidency.

Albeit somewhat of an open secret, it is important that it be ventilated by the TTFA president ... without getting lost in abstractions, or in trying to control his message.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #225 on: July 07, 2016, 07:04:23 PM »
Seeker just making sure comprehend what you said, he confirmed he's running for CFU president?
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #226 on: July 08, 2016, 06:45:40 AM »
Seeker just making sure comprehend what you said, he confirmed he's running for CFU president?

Yes, David John-Williams has confirmed his candidacy for the CFU presidency.

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« Reply #227 on: July 08, 2016, 07:08:39 AM »
Posters who listened to the program (some or all), should share what they heard for the benefit of those who did not have an opportunity to listen.  After all, the forum is stakeholders heaven, ent?

One area of discussion concerned the FIFA TMS workshop held in Costa Rica last month:

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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association participated in a FIFA TMS Workshop held earlier this month at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Sharon O’Brien, on behalf of the TTFA, attended the workshop which was targeted to train and educate the TMS Association Managers and Club TMS managers on Annexe 2,3, and 6 of the FIFA Regulations and also the sanctions in breach of these regulations.

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http://ttfootball.org/2016/06/27/ttfa-participates-in-fifa-tms-workshop/

Lasana Liburd observed that DJW's daughter, Renee, was also in attendance. Liburd sought clarification as to why RJW's presence was not mentioned in the release above. The clarification explained that RJW's presence was requested by CONCACAF.

Lasana indicated that he would be interested in seeing substantiation of the CONCACAF request or invitation.

It was shared that the CONCACAF request emerged based on RJW's prior participation at a similar forum.
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #228 on: July 08, 2016, 09:32:37 AM »
Seeker just making sure comprehend what you said, he confirmed he's running for CFU president?

Yes, David John-Williams has confirmed his candidacy for the CFU presidency.
Yes, it is stakeholders heaven here. Excuse my ignorance but I'm assuming he'll have to step down as TTFA president if he becomes the CFU president, or can he do both?

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #229 on: July 08, 2016, 09:51:10 AM »
Seeker just making sure comprehend what you said, he confirmed he's running for CFU president?

Yes, David John-Williams has confirmed his candidacy for the CFU presidency.
Yes, it is stakeholders heaven here. Excuse my ignorance but I'm assuming he'll have to step down as TTFA president if he becomes the CFU president, or can he do both?

He is de owner of a team in the T&T pro league AND he is the T&T Football Federation President and that somehow never disqualify him......being CFU President go stop him?

Doh be naive nah man
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #230 on: July 08, 2016, 12:46:44 PM »
Not sure if he can but have not seen anything that says he CANT.

Currently, the President of CFU is Gordon Derrick, whom is the General Secretary of Antigua & Barbuda FA(ABFA). The President of the ABFA is Everton Gonsalves. It seems like CFU membership is a mix of Presidents and General Secretaries maybe dependent on size of Association.

However, it seems like the TTFA still need fixing before he make such a move

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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #231 on: July 09, 2016, 07:28:43 AM »
http://wired868.com/2016/07/08/we-dont-need-the-ttfa-board-djw-and-salazar-lift-the-lid-in-explosive-i95-5-interview/

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John-Williams and Salazar confirmed that all coaches and managers must re-apply for their current positions, even in cases where they had letters of appointment. It could mean that Hart can have his technical staff altered against his wishes.

Seems we have a next Warner
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #232 on: July 09, 2016, 09:00:10 AM »
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #233 on: July 09, 2016, 09:15:13 AM »
http://wired868.com/2016/07/08/we-dont-need-the-ttfa-board-djw-and-salazar-lift-the-lid-in-explosive-i95-5-interview/

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John-Williams and Salazar confirmed that all coaches and managers must re-apply for their current positions, even in cases where they had letters of appointment. It could mean that Hart can have his technical staff altered against his wishes.

Seems we have a next Warner
Lasana keeping on their heels and exposing them. I'm looking forward to this interview once it's posted.

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« Reply #234 on: July 09, 2016, 11:05:46 AM »
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this not even on the ttfa website and another thing anyone notice Jamal shabazz is in TnT national team kit but he is head coach of guyana ...
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« Reply #235 on: July 12, 2016, 11:57:09 AM »
CFU Announces Candidates for Upcoming Elections


12 July 2016
http://cfufootball.org/index.php/latest-news/9848-cfu-announces-candidates-for-upcoming-elections

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Delegates attending the XXXIX Caribbean Football Union Ordinary Congress on July 23, 2016 in Miami, Fl. will vote for an Executive Committee to lead the organization for the next four years.

The CFU president, Mr. Gordon Derrick, will seek another four-year mandate. He is being challenged by Mr. David John-Williams, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, and Mr. Hillaren Frederick, president of the United States Virgin Islands Football Association.

Mr. Cheney Joseph (Grenada, incumbent) and Mr. Osiris Guzman (Dominican Republic) are vying for the 1st Vice President position.

Mr. Rignaal Francisca (Curacao, incumbent) and Mr. Anton Sealy (Bahamas) are vying for the 2nd Vice President position.

Mr. Fabrice Baly (St. Martin) and Mr. Lyndon Cooper (St. Lucia, incumbent) are vying for the 3rd Vice President position.

Mr. Raymond Anderson (Jamaica), Mr. Richard Dijkhoff (Aruba) and Mr. Hillaren Frederick (USVI) are vying for the 4th Vice President position.

Nine individuals are in the race for the four spots as Executive Committee Member. They are Mr. Bruce Blake (Cayman Islands); Mr. Vernold Coombs (St. Vincent and the Grenadines); Mr. Hillaren Frederick (USVI); Mr. Randolph Harris (Barbados); Mr. Eric Labrador (Puerto Rico); Mr. Alain Mijdt (French Guiana); Mr. Maurice Victoire (Martinique); Ms. Jeaninne Wong Loi Sing (Bonaire); and Mr. Wayne Forde (Guyana).

The XXXIX Ordinary Congress will be held at Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel, Pan Am Ball Room, starting at 9:30 am.





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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #236 on: July 12, 2016, 12:24:53 PM »
I hope he does not win ....... time to get  him out now ........
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #237 on: July 12, 2016, 12:36:16 PM »
I hope he does not win ....... time to get  him out now ........

With the backing of FIFA President Infantino....this is a done deal. 
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Re: David John Williams Thread.
« Reply #238 on: July 12, 2016, 01:00:32 PM »
Anyone having buyers' remorse?

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Tobago football boss: Focus on alliances before regional leadership
« Reply #239 on: July 12, 2016, 03:16:17 PM »
Tobago football boss: Focus on alliances before regional leadership
Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian)


‘Lets not focus on Caribbean leadership as yet’, Anthony Moore, the Tobago Football Association (TFA) president and a member of the board of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) Anthony Moore said, in the wake of football association president David John-Williams’ pursuit of the leadership of the Caribbean Football Union.

Moore, considered a guru in finance, has called for the TTFA and the country to first build alliances with the regional territories, following the Jack Warner’s reign as CFU and Concacaf president for many years.

Moore was responding to John-Williams’ announcement on I95FM radio last Thursday in which he said he will be running for the leadership of CFU. Moore revealed that this decision by the TTFA president is without consultation of the board and the president has used TTFA funds to champion his cause.

He explained that while he did not have a problem with anyone seeking improvement, he reminded that football is a team sport, both on the field and at the administrative level. “I think what we have to do first is build alliances with our regional neighbours. We have built alliances in the past but that was under Jack Warner and that has totally been broken down now, so we have to do so all over again before we can think about going outside,” Moore told the Guardian.

The TTFA will, on Saturday hold a Special General Meeting at Naparima College, San Fernando, which will be a continuation from November 29 last year that was held soon after the Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers of the TTFA.

Moore explained that all financial accounts for the period 2008 to 2015 will be dealt with at the meeting, as well as concerns of the president’s strive for regional leadership.

“He will have to convince us how his pursuit of CFU leadership will be the best thing for the country, the sport and the T&T football federation at this point in time. One in which the TTFA is still attempting to be freed of the stigma of local and regional blunders in the past,” Moore said. Only recently John-Williams received a slap on the wrist from his board after singlehandedly deciding to support Gianni Infantino for the president of the world governing body for football-Fifa, Moore added, admitting they had shrugged it off as inexperience.

Quizzed if the board had been placed in a position where it had to support the goals of its president, Moore said no, noting that it will depend on the support of regional territories that will ensure that he get the CFU top spot.

He believes regional territories were severely hurt by that decision, which now enhances the need for John-Williams and the T&TFA to seek an audience with them to seek forgiveness and rebuild trust and support within the Caribbean. 

“Sometimes you take things for granted and if you want to know more about that, then you can just ask David Nakhid, who was expecting some of his regional partners to support him in the lead-up to the Fifa presidency, but some of them went against him,” Moore explained.

He dismissed a response from John-Williams on a radio programme last week that other regional territories had also voted individually. He said: “We are to stand firm as leaders and not show weakness because of the actions of others.”

Moore, is calling for John-Williams and the TTFA to seek regular communications with Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean territories to find a way on how to move forward. He said: “It is only when we garner this type of support, we can consider leading the Caribbean.”     
 
He calls for members to stay focus on first ensuring that are opportunities for young men and women and that the sport continue to grow locally before it can compete regionally and internationally.
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