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2018 T&T Super League Thread
« on: February 25, 2018, 06:20:24 PM »
Super League launches education programme
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The Trinidad and Tobago Super League inaugurated its Education Programme yesterday (Saturday 24 March) with a course in first aid and CPR. The course was intended to ensure clubs have trained first responders, particularly at youth level. Sixteen persons from TTSL clubs, as well as five regional association members, participated in the event, which was delivered by the TT Red Cross Society.

Course instructor Sabrina Xavier stressed the importance of paying attention to details as they "could be the difference between life and death". All participants were successful in the course examination, and will be certified by both the TT and American Red Cross.

TTSL's Education Programme continues on 17 March with a workshop on Financial Management and Control, which is intended to improve members' financial management. In April, TTSL will stage a three part seminar/workshop on Sports Nutrition, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, and Strength and Physical Conditioning, with the support of the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2018, 11:10:53 AM »
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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2018, 01:48:12 AM »
CFTL fails to honour TT$.5m Cup contract; Look Loy confident about 2018 TTSL prospects.
By Roneil Walcott (Wired868).


Despite being the all-conquering team in the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) in 2017 when they walked away with both the League and League Cup competitions, Guaya United are still to receive their prize money.

The TTSL membership had agreed to play without monetary rewards for the 2017 League competition so the southerners haven’t got any money for their League victory. But the Caribbean Football Trust Limited (CFTL) had committed to sponsoring the League Cup to the tune of TT$100,000 so there really is no reason why the champions should still be without their cash prize.

“No, we have not received our money [from CFTL],” TTSL president Keith Look Loy told Wired868. “They have not honoured our contract up to now and we are taking it very seriously.”

On 5 June, 2017, Look Loy—then in an interim role—signed off on an agreement with CFTL chairman Chris Anderson to the tune of TT$550,000. The sponsorship was due to cover two tournaments, with TT$200,000 going to the League Cup and a further TT$350,000 going to a “Winner takes all” Power Eight tournament, which never materialized.

In an enthralling League Cup final at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Guaya defeated Prisons FC to cop the top prize. Second-placed Prisons were supposed to pocket $50,000 while losing semi-finalists Cunupia FC and UTT were to receive $25,000 each. But CFTL are yet to hold up their end of the bargain.

“We have written to them several times and they keep saying they will pay, they will pay,” Look Loy went on. “That money should have been paid since November.”

Look Loy, who is also the founder of 2016 TTSL champions FC Santa Rosa, indicated that his club was one of eight TTSL teams which have not received their full winnings for their exploits in the 2016 TTSL season. Quite clearly distressed that the man who has so far failed to make good on his contractual commitment is a former Trinidad and Tobago international footballer, Look Loy stressed that it was part of a bigger problem of sport in the country which sees contracts not being treated with the respect they deserve.

“There is a trend in sport, where people sign contracts,” Look Loy said, “and if people feel to walk away from it, they walk away from it. In Trinidad and Tobago football, people don’t take contracts seriously.”

Like Look Loy, Guaya manager Jameson Rigues is hopeful that Anderson will keep his promise. And he implies that he expects the president to follow through and push the sponsor to make good on his promise.

“Mr [Keith] Look Loy was the direct connect to Anderson and his associates in Trinidad and Tobago,” Rigues told Wired868. “Anderson has made a commitment to pay the amount but he has not given a timeframe.”

Because he also sits on the TTSL Board as first vice-president, Rigues is between a rock and a hard place, feeling the heat from his own players as well.

“There is a lot of discontent where the prize money is concerned,” Rigues said. “Our plan was to reward players with those earnings.  […] All fingers are pointing to me at this point.”

Last June when they signed on the dotted line at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, all eyes were on Anderson and Look Loy. And all ears were tuned to Anderson who had some pretty fine words to share with those present.

“As a former Trinidad and Tobago youth, senior and international player,” he told the media, “my passion has always been for Trinidad and Tobago football. For the past 15-20 years I’ve seen our football decline in a way where it is totally dilapidated if you ask me.”

“When I spoke to my board of directors, they said ‘It’s your choice.’ They said, ‘It’s your country and your passion,’ and I got the full support from all my board members to do this. This is the beginning. I anticipate that we will venture into greater things as we go along…”

Rigues tried to see the positive side.

“All we have is his word,” he said. “And to me a man’s word is his bond.”

Less disposed to be generous or optimistic, Look Loy assured Wired868 that the TTSL will no longer be dealing with CFTL.

“No, we will not be working with them [going forward],” the TTSL president said, suggesting that CFTL have their work cut out for them to get back in his good books. “They have not proven to be trustworthy at all. […] They started making excuses when it was time to pay.”

Look Loy was happy to note that Guaya, Prisons, Cunupia and UTT have all declared their intention to participate in the 2018 TTSL season which is currently carded to start on 10 June.

Rigues simply cannot envisage a TTSL without Guaya United, otherwise known as the “Green Army,” and gave the assurance that, even if the CFTL does not meet its contractual obligation, the club and the community will do all in their power to ensure that the players are well looked after financially.

“We are a community team so we always try to get people in and around the Mayaro area to come on board,” Rigues said. “It would be difficult not to get the prize money but it would be hard to see a TTSL without Guaya United.”

According to Rigues, the TTSL Board does not at the moment have any plans to take legal action to force CFTL’s hand. Look Loy, however, pointed out that, should CFTL attempt to venture into any similar sponsorship deals in the coming months without first honouring its contract with the local league, the TTSL would be forced to act.

Defence Force football team manager Ryan Ottley, who held the position of interim vice-president when the CFTL deal was struck, believes the current situation could have been avoided. He said he raised an alarm shortly after the June 2017 signing.

“We can’t take this contract to task now,” said Ottley, who last August lost out to Look Loy in the race to become TTSL president. “As vice-president at the time, I warned [Look Loy] about the contract. Due diligence was not followed. […] When I saw that contract, I knew it was problems.”

Ottley suggested that Look Loy’s handling if the CFTL matter is flawed as indeed is his handling of sponsorship matters in general.

“Writing the man is good, but when it was time to bring the sponsor on, you travelled to the States and sat and talked with the guy,” said Ottley. “If somebody owes me money, I’m making sure and get that money. We had a contract and I held up my end of the bargain. […] That could never be business.

“Every contract Mr Look Loy has brought to the TTSL has been an emergency contract. It had to be signed today for today because sponsors weren’t waiting. And every one failed.”

Look Loy conceded that the season had not gone entirely swimmingly, the Power Eight competition not coming off and the much ballyhooed TTSL / CFTL “All-Star” game not going ahead as planned. However, he explained, neither he nor anyone within the TTSL could reasonably be blamed for CFTL’s slowness in meeting its obligations. And it was the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) which was at fault for the cancellation of the “All Star” event because it had simply never given the green light for it to be staged.

All of that, Look Loy assures, is now history; there are brighter days on the horizon and, come what may, there will be monetary incentives for teams in the upcoming League campaign.

“We are not lamenting on what happened last season. We are not going to let that sour the football,” he declared. “Whether we have external sponsorship or not, we will have prize money for the different competitions this season.”

Look Loy indicated, that on 3 March, the membership agreed that part of the money clubs pay for registration will be going towards the payment of prizes come the end of the season. The TTSL president said that the League is still in talks with sponsors and a prize structure will be made public when the season gets under way in June.

The registration fee for clubs in TTSL League One is TT$45,000 while the League Two fee is TT$35,000. The deadline for payment of these fees is 30 April and clubs failing to meet the deadline run the risk of being kicked out of the League.

Even before the 30 April deadline, there is a 31 March date by which clubs must prove to the League that they are functional by producing financial audited statements, minutes of their last AGM and other pertinent documents.

According to Look Loy, Club Sando, Moruga, Marabella Family Crisis Centre and FC Santa Rosa have already met the functional club requirement and he is confident that other clubs will soon follow suit.

Ottley is of the view that the League should not be too quick to sideline its member clubs.  And he reckons that no final decision on prize monies should be made before the membership is in possession of official information on the League’s operational costs.

“We are trying to develop clubs which can be a monarch in society,” he reasoned. “The clubs make up the League; if you have no clubs, then you have no League. When we lose one club, we lose a community. And clubs are being told if you can’t pay, you don’t play?”

Look Loy, however, argued in favour of a tough stance.

“Everybody has to run the last mile for themselves and you have to show that you want to pay,” the TTSL president told Wired868. “The clubs who are prepared to do that will get stronger. […] We have to lend a helping hand but clubs who don’t want to help themselves will fall by the wayside.”

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2018, 06:08:35 AM »
Doesn't this situation mirror what happened in the Pro League? My recommendation, for such future transactions, would be to have the sponsor deposit the funds into a trust account with disbursement occuring at the time of satisfaction/ occurrence of X, Y, Z ...

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2018, 06:48:25 AM »
Doesn't this situation mirror what happened in the Pro League? My recommendation, for such future transactions, would be to have the sponsor deposit the funds into a trust account with disbursement occuring at the time of satisfaction/ occurrence of X, Y, Z ...

According to Look Loy, sponsors never pay up front.
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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2018, 10:03:35 AM »
This making Kieth look bad.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2018, 11:05:58 AM »
You can't play for promise money. You have to secure the money first and then play for it, I guess that how is should be.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2018, 04:53:36 AM »
Guaya United disappointed over lack of prize money.
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GUAYA UNITED, winners of League One and the League Cup contests, in the 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) season, are disappointed over the fact that they are yet to receive their prize monies.

Last June, the TTSL president Keith Look Loy and Caribbean Football Trust Limited (CFTL) chairman Chris Anderson signed an agreement whereby CFTL will offer a sum of $550,000 towards the running of the 2017 season.

But CFTL allegedly reneged on their deal and the TTSL has been unable to present any cash rewards to the 2017 league winners.

According to a representative of Guaya United Randy Hagley, “(This news) wasn’t received well because everybody was in high spirits. But I live in an environment where expect the unexpected.

“You can’t blame Keith and Super League for not handing out prize money,” he added, in a recent interview. Hagley is not taking on a confrontational role as far as this issue is concerned.

“If the people reneged on their promise, there is nothing we could do,” he said. “This is not the first time we win (a competition) and we didn’t get any money. We still have an outstanding balance from All Sports (Promotions, the previous organisers of the TT Super League).” Asked what would be his next step, Hagley replied, “We’re not taking legal action for that. We’re a member of the Super League and we know the Super League is strapped for cash.”

He added, “In the Super League’s case, they might be able to take legal action against (the CFTL). From where I stand, there is nothing we can do about it.”

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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2018, 07:08:38 AM »
Super League Two champs, Petit Valley Diego Martin United, cry victimisation
By Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian)


Gordon Pierre, coach of T&T Super League team Petit Valley Diego Martin United is crying victimisation by Keith Look Loy, the TTSL president for his reluctance to accept the team in the TTSL this season on the basis that it is non compliant.

The team won League Two of the TTSL last season, but is one of 14 clubs on a list to have received provisional suspensions due to it being non compliant by the T&T Football Association at an April 7 meeting held at the office of the TTFA in Couva.

Pierre said his club has been unable to provide audited financial statements for 2016 because it was not legally registered with the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Clubs can have audited financial statements only when they are officially registered with government.

The Petit Valley Diego Martin United combination team has since been incorporated, but its entry into this year's super league still depends on the willingness of Look Loy as the TTSL representative on the Board of the TTFA, to argue its case for special consideration.

Look Loy's argument will be based on documentation detailing the club's financial affairs which have already been submitted to the TTFA on March 20.

If Look Loy is unable to convince the Board that the club's is worthy of special consideration, it will be suspended for a year.

Yesterday, Pierre said Look Loy has already made it clear he will not support thev West-based club's cause for entry, having already said so at the March 7 meeting. Pierre also accused the TTSL president of infringing on the constitutional rights of members of the suspended clubs to put forward their arguments why their clubs were non compliant at the March meeting.

At an Emergency General Meeting set for April 21, a two-thirds majority vote will be required to confirme the provisional suspension and if the vote goes through, the The Petit Valley Diego Martin United team will be suspended officially.

Apart from the Petit Valley Diego Martin United outfit, the 13 other clubs that will have their fate also decided at the meeting are - Central FC, Police FC's Pro League and super league teams, WASA FC, Point Fortin Civic, Guaya United, 1976 Phoenix, UTT, Siparia Spurs, Central 500 Spartans, Perseverance Ball Runners, Harlem Strikers and Youth Stars. Pierre told Guardian Media Sports his team's entry into the super league is a matter of life and death due to the spiralling crime rate on the north-west peninsula, and called on Look Loy to be considerate about it.

Contacted Look Loy said his decision will be based purely on the documents he will be provided by the TTFA on the club.

He noted nobody likes to see a club kicked out of football, and particularly with the impact that Petit Valley Diego Martin United has on the north-west peninsula, he will definitely support the club. However, he believes that he must be given a leg to stand on, noting he will not support any team breaking the law either.

Look Loy referenced a number of individual situations by clubs in the TTSL he believes are deserving of his support, such as Guaya United which claimed all documents were submitted; Police which explained that an audit is being done on the TTPS Sports Club which include other team; and Harlem Strikers which join the league in 2017 and had no financial documents for 2016.
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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2018, 06:13:01 PM »
WATCH: Just when it looked like the T&T Super League was the only stable force in local football, there seem to be problems there too. Guardian Media Sports reporter Ryan Bachoo explores the changing nature of the league and how it could be watered down for the 2018 season, set to kick off in just over a month.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2018, 04:00:38 AM »
Super League blanks U-20s entry.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


The national Under-20 team is one of ten teams that were blanked from participating in this year’s T&T Super League (TTSL) competition.

The team which is coached by former national standout Russell Latapy failed to pay the registration fee of $45,000 as part of the entry requirement.

Keith Look Loy, the TTSL president said on Sunday that it was initially decided to have the team in the league as a guest team, but after its TTSL parent body, the T&T Football Association failed to pay the fee on two occasions, its members decided against having them in the league.

Look Loy said his members also found the team to be an unstable one after it was discovered that staff members had not been paid for six months.

Look Loy believes the league can be at risk of accepting such a team, fearing its members can decide to pull out if they continue to not be paid for their work.

The TTSL boss further explained that upon investigation, the TTSL also discovered that the team had not trained in a long time.

The under the 20 team is one of nine clubs that were refused the opportunity to play football in the TTSL this year, for either being non-compliant or failure to pay the required registration fee.

Guardian Media Sports also learnt that the country’s Under-17 team was also blanked entry into the FLOW Youth Pro League because of a late request.

Yesterday, General Secretary of the TTFA Justin Latapy-George said they came to an agreement with the TTSL for the U-20s to play, but we just could not make the payment.

“That is all I am going to say on that” Latapy-George said. One of the more popular teams that were also blanked is Defence Force, which was deemed compliant, but it did not pay the required $45, 000 for entry.

The others are Siparia Spurs, Central 500, Youth Stars, Marabella Family Crisis, Real Maracas United, Harlem Strikers, WASA and Palo Seco.

At a meeting of the TTSL on Sunday, officials of the Army Coast-Guard Combination team pleaded for a third deadline to pay. Due to the omission of the 10 clubs, this year’s TTSL season has been drawn down to 13 teams in a League One division only, compared to 24 teams in two divisions last year.

Look Loy said there is still a possibility that the composition of the tournament can be increased to 15 teams, after newcomers Erin FC paid half the fee Sunday and gave a promise that the SFA will pay the remaining amount, as part of their prize monies for last season.

The other team 1976 Phoenix assured it has already transferred monies to the account of the TTSL from its sponsors in the United States.

Look Loy said gave the Tobago team a deadline of yesterday to complete payment, while in the case of Erin FC, it will not accept the team into the league if all the funds are not received before the season starts.

According to Look Loy, they are changing the old culture of making deals and taking shortcuts, which has led to the death of the sport in the past. The TTSL’s stance was taken on the basis of a number of solid principles, one of which was the urgent demand for the fixtures by Caribbean Airline to secure travel for the teams on Sunday.

Look Loy, a former coach at FC Santa Rosa said: “We are treating our League as a commercial enterprise and those who don’t want to treat it as such will have to step aside. At some point in time, we have to get serious.”

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2018, 01:39:00 AM »
Super League must be fair to all clubs.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


Army going the distance

“We are not out the T&T Super League as yet,” Defence Force manager Ryan Ottley said on Monday, a day after his team was one of 10, including the T&T Under- 20 team, to be dumped out of this season’s super league action.

Ottley has already written to the T&T Football Association (TTFA) demanding fair treatment to his team and all other teams blocked from participating in the TTSL, on the basis that the TTSL granted an extension to new club Erin FC and 1976 Phoenix to pay a $45, 000 registration fee which is a requirement for gaining entry and which the 10 clubs did not pay on Sunday.

Ottley said if the TTFA does not address his issue he will then take it to the CONCACAF and then the FIFA, the world governing body for football. Erin FC paid half the amount and gave the assurance that its prize monies for winning the Southern Football Association (SFA) League competition, will be given by the parent SFA.

The SFA itself appeared to have given the TTSL a commitment it will pay.

The super league is set to kick off on June 10 and Ottley, whose team won the Premier Division title back in 2015/2016, believes his team will be ready to compete again, saying in any system where justice is sought, fairness to all is paramount.

“Once a team was given an extension on Sunday then every team ought to be treated as fairly,” he said, before slamming Look Loy for disregarding the League’s mandate of developing its members.

Ottley said while he supports the idea of commercialising the TTSL and making it more professional, the League itself has to ensure that all clubs are up to that level first before taking such a stance.

“Football in T&T has been changing and it would take some time before change is complete, as clubs face many challenges.

For instance, in the case of the Defence Force and other State agencies, we face excruciating circumstances where slow government processes have prevented us from paying the registration fee,” Ottley explained.

He added: “The current economic climate must also be taken into account, bearing in mind clubs are grappling to become compliant, yet they have to look for funding. We are already not playing for any prize monies, so what is the incentive?” Guardian Media Sports learnt that clubs only had to pay the registration fee on Sunday as no club was deemed non-compliant.

And even so, Ottley said there were teams such as Harlem Strikers and Marabella Family Crisis Centre (MFCC) that allegedly showed up with cheques to pay, but were refused.

Yesterday, Terrence Boissiere, manager of MFCC had to deal with the death of one of his players -Noah Simmons, who was also a player for Shiva Boys Hindu College, gunned down on the Trainline in Marabella. Boissiere said he was contacted by 16-year-old Simmons early yesterday morning that he was on his way to the centre, but soon after Boissiere received another call relating the sad news.

In tears, he said: “This is what happens when we are denied entry into the Super League and refused support from corporate T&T. On Sunday I told Look Loy and the membership that our entry into the league is not just to play football, but rather to save lives. We are losing our young men in this area and it’s why we have been running this centre for 26 years.”

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T&T U-20s, Harlem, Marabella among nine teams blanked from TTSL; Look Loy explains decision
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team will not have the benefit of using the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) competition to warm up for their Poland 2019 World Youth Cup campaign.

Yesterday, the TTSL’s member clubs voted to reject the national team’s application for a place in its 2018 season, after the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) failed to meet the deadline for payment of a TT$50,000 registration fee.

The young Russell Latapy-coached Soca Warriors, who begin their Caribbean qualifying phase in November, were one of nine outfits blocked from participating this season owing to either non-payment of fees or non-compliance.

The other teams who will not suit up for the second-tier competition in 2018 are Defence Force, Harlem Strikers, WASA FC, Siparia Spurs, Central 500 Spartans, Perseverance Ball Runners, Youth Stars and the Marabella Family Crisis Centre.

Tobago 1976 Phoenix FC and Erin FC received a stay of execution. Phoenix claimed their payment had been wired to the TTSL before the deadline of Friday 4 May and must now prove it.

And Erin, who are newly promoted from the Southern Football Association (SFA), paid half of their fee with the SFA standing as guarantor for the remainder. The SFA must come good on that promise before the start of the season or Erin will not play either.

It means that, for the 2018 season, the TTSL has 13 clubs which will play in one division—as distinct from the 19 teams split into two divisions as was the case in 2017.

The accepted clubs are Guaya United, FC Santa Rosa, University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), Prisons FC, QPCC, Petit Valley/Diego Martin United, Cunupia FC, Club Sando, Bethel United, Police FC, Matura Reunited and the newly promoted duo of RSSR and San Fernando Giants.

TTSL president Keith Look Loy explained his body’s decision to rescind its invitation to the National Under-20 Team.

“The meeting felt that, since they had not paid the registration fee by the required time, we could hardly suspend our members from the competition and allow an invited team—even if it is the national team—to play,” Look Loy told Wired868. “That is at one level. At the second level, the meeting felt that the team is unstable, the staff is unpaid—that’s the report—and they haven’t trained for weeks…

“We felt, given the whole matrix of factors, it would be a risky business to include them because [their internal issues] could disrupt our league and we don’t want that.”

National Under-20 Team manager Alexandrine Elliot-Procope declined the chance to discuss the team’s problems. However, the TTFA Media confirmed that the youth team began training this weekend after a lay-off of “two to three weeks.”

The Under-20 Team leaves for Guadeloupe on 15 May for an invitational tournament which should also include Costa Rica and Martinique.

The Under-20s’ failure to get into the TTSL competition follows on the heels of a similarly unsuccessful bid by the Under-17 Team to play in the 2018 Youth Pro League (YPL) competition, their proposed participation vetoed after the TTFA missed the application deadline.

Latapy also coaches the Under-17’s.

The national youth team’s problems hardly commanded centre-stage yesterday, though, as the decision to sideline nearly half of the TTSL’s 2017 participants led to heated exchanges.

“The deadline [to pay the TTSL’s registration fee] was moved from [April] the 13th to 30th and then Friday 4th [of May],” said Matura Reunited general manager Maurice Eligon. “Anybody who was late but paid by then was accepted in the best interest of football.”

Yesterday, Club Sando passed a motion that only clubs who met the TTSL’s registration deadline would be accepted to participate in the upcoming season. San Fernando Giants seconded the motion and, in the subsequent vote, nine clubs voted in favour, five against and four abstained. It sealed the fate of the clubs for the 2018 season.

Harlem Strikers manager and vice-president Gregory McSween was livid. He showed up at the TTSL’s meeting on Saturday with a cheque for the full registration fee. But it was not accepted since he had missed the deadline.

“We got the cheque from our sponsor [Cengem Construction Company from Chase Village] on Saturday morning and [Look Loy] said they’re not accepting that,” McSween told Wired868. “You don’t get people to put this kind of money into football now… For us to get back in the Super League, we went through a set of things to get compliance; we went to Legal Affairs to get Harlem Strikers registered and so on.

“We done buy uniforms, spectator tee-shirts printing, we have our coach [former national youth player and Defence Force defender Devin Jordan] training the team and getting ready. And, after all that, we didn’t get in?

“I don’t even know how to face my players to tell them this.”

Yet, bizarrely, McSween appeared to have voted in favour of yesterday’s motion, which essentially sealed Harlem’s fate. Although the administrator did not answer conclusively when asked about his vote, TTSL records show that Harlem said ‘yes’ to starting the 2019 season with only the clubs who met Friday’s deadline.

Defence Force (TTSL) manager Ryan Ottley, who was a defeated presidential candidate in the TTSL’s election last year, suggested that “some” club representatives were not paying attention and did not understand which way they were voting.

“Certain men were talking when the motion was raised and seconded,” said Ottley. “After people voted, some of the men stood up and said they didn’t understand [what they voted for] and asked for it to be ratified. But [the TTSL executive] said ‘no’ and they were not accepting any counter motion.”

Ottley and McSween have since announced their intention to start a lobby group, which will petition the TTFA for assistance in getting into the TTSL’s 2018 competition. Ottley accused Look Loy of favouritism and claimed that the TTSL extended its deadline to 4 May—without informing other clubs—so that Erin could make a partial payment.

“There was no message to anybody that they had until Friday [4 May] to pay the registration fee,” said Ottley. “They told everyone else the 30th [of April]. Nobody knew they had extra time, especially Defence Force.

“If you are giving an extension to one club, you have to give an extension to all. I will be writing the TTFA on the matter, as it is clearly a breach of the process and we have more than enough evidence to say the chair [Look Loy] is acting inappropriately.”

However, both Eligon and the TTSL President disputed Ottley’s claim that member clubs had no prior warning of the registration extension.

“The decision to extend the deadline was taken at a [TTSL] board meeting on 1 May,” said Eligon.

McSween and Ottley were also aggrieved at the TTSL’s decision to allow Erin to participate with only a part-payment, which they felt was inconsistent with the demands made of other teams.

“[Yesterday] Marabella asked for two additional days to make payment and they said no,” said McSween. “Perseverance won TT$25,000 from the Central Zone and they had a cheque for TT$5,000 and [Look Loy] said he’s not accepting part-money.

“But Erin paid TT$25,000 with an agreement from their zone to send the remaining money to the Super League. So how are they getting time to pay? Isn’t that part-payment too?

“Certain teams he doesn’t want in the Super League… This man is humbugging football in Trinidad.”

Responding, Look Loy pointed to a precedent for accepting a promissory note in lieu of payment by a club. He said the TTSL membership voted to accept the same thing last year, when the Central Football Association (CFA) offered a letter of comfort for Perseverance—based on prize money owed to the club.

And he insisted that there was no comparison between the circumstances of Erin, Harlem and Marabella.

“Erin paid TT$15,000 before the expiry of the first deadline on 30th of April,” said Look Loy, “and then we said we would allow a new deadline and anyone who made the payment by then, we would accept. San Fernando Giants paid TT$19,250 before [30 April], then they completed their payment on the 4th of May.

“Erin came up with a further TT$7,700 by the 4th of May. However, in addition to that, they produced a letter from the Southern FA […] which would cover the balance of their payment to the Super League.

“That is a far cry from Harlem and Marabella who paid nothing—not one red cent—by the first deadline and nothing by the second deadline.”

Look Loy stressed that all teams got to present their case at Saturday’s meeting. And, in the end, it was the TTSL’s membership that voted to proceed without the non-paying clubs.

“Clubs like Army somehow find it impossible to make a payment and didn’t even offer a defence for their failure to pay,” said the TTSL president. “But they are demanding an extension, when brand new clubs come in and within three months are able to do all that is required of them—they are compliant and paid up.

“This is not a matter of personalities, it is a matter of progressing football.”

Look Loy said some teams pointed to the social good done by community clubs as further grounds for leeway. His retort was that such teams could continue to impact positively on their neighbourhoods by playing zonal football.

It is, according to the TTSL President, time to stop paying lip service to the “business of football.”

“We cannot continue with the same decadent, lackadaisical culture that has persisted in our football for decades,” said Look Loy. “We have to introduce a respect for regulations [and] people have to understand that protocol and procedure is important to improve our football. Some teams will kick against it, some will fall by the wayside but the rest will improve.

“[We know] this is a paradigm shift. People here like to talk about treating football like a business; but when the business of football starts to squeeze their toe, they start to kick and scream.

“[…] I am in the fortunate position of not wanting to be Super League president again, so I am not looking for future votes—unlike politicians who are always looking for future votes. I have been charged with running the league properly as a commercial enterprise and that is what I am trying to do. And the majority of teams yesterday supported that and said we should go ahead.”

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2018, 01:42:09 AM »
Please save our beautiful game.
By Colin Murray (Guardian).


On Tuesday evening I arrived home early and sat down to look at the news and enjoy a relatively quiet night; maybe look at a movie, or better yet just relax. As the news started the murders and accidental crashes filled the headlines but what saddened me even further was the shooting death of a young footballer — Noah Simmons — who was allegedly shot dead by a friend.

Not only was another life lost to gun violence but from all reports, young Simmons was a very promising player with a bright future. Imagine police shooting at police and so many lives being snuffed out to gun violence, we must admit as a society that we have reached the depths of hell.

The lead sports story then had me really thinking: No one in this country involved in sport wants to follow rules and decisions taken — unless of course — it is in their favour. Players and administrators alike just want to do their own thing and then huff and puff to blow down anything that stands in their way.

I am referring here to the story I heard regarding Defence Force and their perceived unfairness to them at not gaining entry into the upcoming Super League season 2018. Now let us examine some facts as people tend to leave out those tiny but important details, which can be relevant to an issue. The Board of the Super League had recommended that the middle of March — the deadline for payment of subscriptions to the League, be on April 13.

However, at a general meeting, the clubs decided to extend the deadline date to April 30 and this was unanimously adopted. On April 30, 2018, only 12 clubs had paid up fully and a further two clubs — Erin FC and San Fernando Giants — had made part payments.

At a board meeting on May 1 2018, it was agreed to extend the deadline to May 4 2018, at which time San Fernando Giants paid off their subscription fully while Erin FC made a further part payment and a letter from their association — the Southern Football Association (SFA) indicating that they had prize money for them and committed to paying the outstanding amount.

If the league was unfair in their dealings they could have given both clubs back their money and said quite categorically that the deadline was not met and you can’t play. However, both these clubs had extenuating circumstances so this “unfair and biased” league showed some compassion by giving all clubs a further deadline of May 4, 2018 to complete the subscription fees.

In the case of Phoenix FC from Tobago, they claimed part payment was made directly into the Super League’s bank account, however, no evidence was given to support this claim and consequently they were given until Monday 7 May 2018 to provide this evidence.

April 30, 2018 was the date which coincided with the deadline given by the TTFA to all clubs to become compliant. In other words, the TTFA board, with ratification from the general meeting suspended all non-compliant members by the said April 30, 2018 in which they would lose all rights within football. The deadline was extended three times.

It really amazes me the thinking of some administrators. There was absolutely no correspondence from the Defence Force indicating at no time that they could not meet the deadline.

If this league has to be professional and organised, then clubs have to become a professional and step up their organisation to meet the demands of the League. The Defence Force representative claims they faced excruciating circumstances where slow Government processes have prevented them from paying the registration fee and quite frankly I could understand this.

However, why was this not communicated to the secretariat of the league?

I completely agree that we are losing our young men in areas to crime, drugs etc. and football is certainly a way out for them but we must have some order and rules to abide by in sport. We as administrators must ensure we stick to the rules and do not break them ourselves as what type of example would we be setting for our youngsters?

We as administrators need to come together and do good for the sport. Look at what is happening to all our major sports in the country. Instead, we spend 95 per cent of the time fighting one another for power when in fact we are wrong and strong.

Come on, let’s all put our heads together and work for the beautiful game!

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2018, 01:47:38 AM »
Streete joins TTSL newcomers, RSSR, as coach; Matura unveil three-year ambitions.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) rookies RSSR will not be short of tactical know-how on their bench this season, after the North Zone champions snagged veteran Pro League coach Anthony “Prowler” Streete for their 2019 season.

Streete, a former St Ann’s Rangers and Club Sando head coach, will lead the RSSR Football Academy into their debut season at TTSL level.

RSSR chairman Ruthvin “Spanner” Charles described the capture of Streete as a real coup for the club, which does not have a sponsor and paid their registration fee through a combination of their Northern Football Association (NFA) winnings, fund-raising and contributions from Charles and club co-founder Dexter Harris.

RSSR consists of players from the Port-of-Spain South and Laventille districts—including John John and Beetham Gardens—and gets its name from the first name initials of four former Trinidad and Tobago international players from those communities: Reynold George, Sammy Llewellyn, Selris Figaro and Russell Tesheira.

Charles described their promotion to the TTSL as a “tremendous step” for the club, which finished second in the 2017 Republic Bank National Youth League (RBNYL) Under-15 competition but is a relatively new force at senior level.

“We are still fully amateur and hope that we can convince someone to come onboard and assist us through our standard of football and discipline,” said Charles. “The Super League is a kind of semi-pro league and we are funding what we can from our own pocket. Sometimes [NFA president] Anthony Harford would assist us by helping us to get access to the [Hasely Crawford] Stadium to train.”

Streete, who hails from Chinapoo in Morvant, has opted to skip the Pro League in the upcoming season and will be aiming to help stabilise RSSR in the second-tier competition in the months ahead.

Last year, the wily coach served as back-up to head coach Adrian Romain at Rangers as part of a merger between the football team and sponsor, MIC-IT.

Romain, who was instrumental in bringing MIC-IT on board, allegedly insisted on being head coach.

“When Adrain came, he said he wanted me to not be around for two weeks so he could set up his team,” Streete told Wired868. “You don’t want your assistant coach to be around? I could smell the coffee. So I decided to give him the freedom to coach the team.”

Streete is the second former Pro League coach to join the TTSL this season, after two-time champion Derek King left North East Stars for FC Santa Rosa. The circumstances are vastly different, though.

“I didn’t take this job knowing what the players could do,” said Streete. “I took the job because this is my community and I wanted to give back.”

Streete pointed to striker Jevaughn Vincent and defender Keron Lawrence—who were top goal-scorer and Most Valuable Player respectively in the NFA’s 2017 season—as bright talents. However, he said there is a lot of work to be done before the players are ready to assert themselves at a higher level.

“Because there are no stipends for players, today you get a few in training and tomorrow you get another set,” said Streete. “I am not accustomed to that. The hardest point is the discipline of the players because they are not accustomed to that kind of thing.

“They are accustomed to going on to the field and doing what they want and I have to be telling them not to talk while I am talking during training and so on. I am trying to get them to understand these things that they lack. But I am willing to work with them to make them a force.”

For Matura ReUnited, it is a matter of returning to their rightful place—after they last year’s enforced hiatus due to the failure to meet the TTSL’s registration deadline.

Former North East Stars club official Maurice Eligon has taken up the position as Matura’s general manager and the club is clearly shooting for the stars. In an unusual move for a local outfit, before their first training session, Matura already had their administrative staff and business plan in place.

Stephanie Guevara, whose area of expertise is marketing, is the club’s president with Dwain Henry as team manager and US-based former national youth player Dr Carlos Lee as special advisor.

Matura are searching for a coach at present and have already interviewed Valencia Secondary coach Roland Clarke, former Trinity College (Moka) coach Marlon Minguel and Arima North Secondary and ex-national midfielder Travis Mulraine for the position.

According to the club, interested coaches must be excellent communicators with a minimum of two years’ coaching experience at SSFL, club or national team level. Email applications should be addressed to dwainhenry35@gmail.com.

“Our objective is to see if we can consolidate this season, play some proper football and start to put our business together,” said Eligon. “Our brand must be attractive to encourage supporters to come out and invest in the football… We have a three-year business plan and, by the third year, we should have the finances to go [to the Pro League].”

Former Under-20 World Cup goalkeeper Glenroy Samuel is expected to rejoin the club as well as ex-Naparima College attacker Isaiah Lee. And the Secondary Schools Football League’s decision to allow school boys to represent their clubs up until their first game of the SSFL season is a boost for Matura, who plan to use a fresh-faced squad, including St Benedict’s College and National Under-17 midfielder Keon Boney.

“We are trying to go very young and will be focusing on development,” said Eligon. “The north-east region has a lot of young, talented players who have to leave to go elsewhere to play their football. We want to give them a place to showcase themselves right here.

“So we expect to have players from Valencia High School and the Valencia area, for instance, involved.”

The TTSL competition will consist of between 13 to 15 clubs this season with just one division. So Matura and RSSR can anticipate a baptism of fire from the likes of Guaya United, FC Santa Rosa and Cunupia FC.

They are looking forward to it.

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« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2018, 08:40:25 AM »
.Good Luck. I will be rooting for RSSR. One of the few entities tying to put a positive light on the areas East of the Dry River.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2018, 01:38:59 AM »
Defence Force hopeful of Super League entry.
T&T Newsday Reports.


Ottley queries outstanding $$ owed from 2016

RYAN OTTLEY, manager of Defence Force’s Super League team, is hopeful his squad would be allowed to participate in the 2018 TT Super League (TTSL) season.

Defence Force were one of eight teams from the 2017 season who were not permitted to feature this year due to either non-compliance or non-payment of fees.

Ottley, in an interview, on Wednesday, complained that Defence Force have yet to receive the $100,000 jackpot from winning the Premiership Division of the 2015/2016 season, but have to fork out $50,000 to play in this year’s edition.

“The Super League owes the Defence Force $100,000 from the 2016 season and we still have not received it yet,” said Ottley. “The argument in that regard is this – you’re owing me some money, you can’t pay me but you’re asking me to pay you. It’s a little bit of tit-for-tat.”

He added, “It’s a bit of an uncomfortable position where you can’t even pay money that is owing but you’re asking men to pay money to run a competition again.”

Ottley, who failed in his bid to unseat Keith Look Loy as TTSL president last year, pointed out that the current economic woes afflicting the twin-island republic have also been a factor in Defence Force’s inability to pay the registration fee.

“However, we did ask for an extension and it was totally disregarded by the executive at the general meeting at the TTSL,” Ottley said. “In that same meeting, an extension was granted for two clubs, Erin FC and Phoenix. From my take, that’s a kind of bias because we asked for one and it wasn’t granted, but you granted it for two others. You’re being unfair to the Defence Force in that regard.

“It’s not a good thing at all for football, especially as Defence Force has been a part of (the Super League) from the inception,” he added.

Asked what would be the team’s next step, Ottley replied, “I’ve written to the TTFA, indicating the circumstances under which Defence Force is being debarred from playing in the 2018 season. I’ve also identified the clear biasness by what was enforced by the Super League executive.”

Ottley, who is a flying officer in the TT Defence Force, ended, “I’m still awaiting their response on the matter. I’m hopeful that good sense will prevail, just like how it would have prevailed in the TTFA compliance meeting, and that the team will be allowed to play in the 2018 season. If not, we’ll make a decision moving forward.”


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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2018, 11:49:47 AM »
Former Rosa youths lead influx of new players.
FC Santa Rosa Release.


With the 2018 Super League season set to begin on Saturday 9 June, FC Santa Rosa has recruited several new players, some of whom began their football career as Santa Rosa youths. New coach Derek King's squad has been strengthened with the arrival of:

1. Kishun Seecharan (forward, from Northeast Stars FC)
2. Akeil Guevara (midfielder, ditto)
3. Jesse Peters (goalkeeper, ditto)
4. Giovanni Abraham (forward, ditto)
5. Shane Hospedales (midfielder, UTT)
6. Gorean Highley (forward, Cunupia)
7. Hayden Tinto (forward, San Juan Jabloteh FC)
8. Noel Williams (defender, 1976 Phoenix FC)
9. J'deem Parris (midfielder, UTT)
10. Dakeil Ferreira (defender/midfielder, Sangre Grande Dream Team)
11. Carlon Nicholas (midfielder/defender, Damarie Hill FC)

Seecharan and Guevara are former Rosa youth players. Goran Ratty Highley joins his son Mikaeel (Rosa Under-12s) at the club.

The Rosa newbies bring tremendous attacking force to add to the Big Cannons well known defending ability - Santa Rosa has conceded the least goals in the league over the past three seasons).

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2018, 12:10:41 AM »
Cudjoe pledges support for TTSL.
T&T Guardian Reports.


A two-man delegation from the T&T Super League (TTSL), led by president Keith Look Loy and Board member Clayton Morris, met with new Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe yesterday morning at her St Clair office.

The Minister was accompanied by her administrative team, which included Permanent Secretary Nicolette Duke and Director of Sport Patrice Charles for what was said to be a very cordial meeting that focused on the formation of the league in 2018, the upcoming season due to begin on June 9 and the TTSL's request for the Ministry's support for annual expenditure on inter-island travel for its members.

A release yesterday said the minister expressed her appreciation for TTSL's effort to introduce professional standards and protocols into football, as well as the League's effort to maintain its national character by paying for member clubs to travel between the two islands.

Minister Cudjoe also pledged her support for a Ministry subsidy for TTSL inter-island travel, which would await the release of funds to the ministry by the central government.

The availability of government funding for such travel would allow TTSL to commit funds now allocated to inter-island travel to the League's development projects.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2018, 04:41:38 AM »
Super League signs TV deal.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


Live TTSL matches for fans

T&T Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy is making good on his promise to have the super league on television for local and international audiences.

Yesterday, the TTSL boss signed a two-year gentleman’s agreement with Peter C Lewis, the T&T Entertainment Network owner at the Hutt Shutts Sports and Entertainment Centre, Tacarigua with the intentions of improving the quality of the super league, as well as provide an opportunity for clubs to become self-sustainable.

The arrangement will see each club receiving live television coverage on FLOW, while a half-hour packaged programme will be put together for airing every Wednesday night from 9 pm.

Fans can catch a glimpse of matches via ttentv.com or tten on any google device. Broadcasted matches will also be picked up all the way up to the Caribbean in Barbados, Curacao, St Vincent, St Lucia, Bahamas, St Thomas, Grand Cayman and St Maarten, where potential markets exist.

Look Loy yesterday said, however, that clubs will have a responsibility to sell themselves and the league through advertising, based on the stage they put before the public.

While the new deal will provide a chance for some teams to receive gate receipts, other clubs that do not have a closed or fenced facility as its home can capitalise on increased spectator support that can lead to the sale of jerseys and other memorabilia. Look Loy believes a criteria for clubs to maximise on the new partnership deal is by structuring itself internally or being prepared to deal with coming opportunities.

The league is set for kick-off on Saturday with a mouth-watering clash between FC Santa Rosa and Tobago campaigners Bethel FC at the Arima Velodrome, Arima.

Look Loy said a treat awaits fans and supporters through live entertainment from soca artistes Olatunji, Rome and others, as well as a popular Arima rhythm section and other entertainment. He also did not rule out an after match lime.

Look Loy, whose team finished runner-up to Hydro Tech Guaya United last season, told the media that invitations for his opening match have already been sent out to Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe, who will be a supporter of the Tobago team, and Arima Major Lisa Morris Julian, who has supported Santa Rosa for many years.

Lewis said the super league appealed to him because of its organised structure which features promotion and demotion.

He called on corporate T&T to follow in their footsteps to help local sports, saying: “Charity begins at home.”

The partnership, Lewis explained, is aimed at helping clubs to help themselves so that they will not have to go begging for handouts.

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« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2018, 06:10:56 AM »
The league is set for kick-off on Saturday with a mouth-watering clash between FC Santa Rosa and Tobago campaigners Bethel FC at the Arima Velodrome, Arima.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaan! Walter, you is the best!!!! a mouth-watering clash.

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« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2018, 03:41:23 PM »
Great work by TTSL. Organizational operations very professional so far, along the lines of any pro-league. I'm sure this will bode well for future professional aspirations and endeavors.Besides the fact of setting examples and giving the young footballers and their clubs some sense of worth.
T&T football will rise again, due to this building from below, in spite of the association charged with the job of the country's management and development. Possibly TTSL and supporters will eventually inherit that program as well.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2018, 01:48:42 AM »
New look Guaya faces PVDM in TTSL Sunday.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


Guaya United, the T&T Super League champions will begin the defence of their titles (League and CFTL League Cup) on Sunday against Petit Valley Diego Martin United.

The new-look Guaya outfit will be without its sponsor Hydro Tech and influential coach Ron La Forrest, both parting ways with the club due to differences in the direction it ought to go. La Forrest’s position has been taken by understudy coach Calvin Hughes, while four other key players have moved on to other T&T Pro League teams.

Guaya won the Caribbean Football Trust Limited (CFTL) League Cup and League titles after losing just twice for the entire season, but this time they may lack the fire power it had last year.

Guaya faces a Diego Martin team that won League Two of the TTSL last year and squeezed into this year’s tournament after being among a list of teams to have received provisional bans for being non-compliant.

Sunday’s encounter will be played at the St Anthony’s College Ground, Westmoorings from 4 pm and will be crucial for both teams sending a warning to their opponents.

The 14-team competition gets going tomorrow with last year’s runner-up in the League FC Santa Rosa hosting Tobagonians Bethel FC at the Arima Velodrome from 6 pm. New Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe is expected to be on hand to support the Tobagonians, while Arima Mayor Lisa Morris Julian is set to don the yellow and blue shirt of the Big Cannons.

Keith Look Loy, the FC Santa Rosa president has said to expect an entertaining atmosphere with performances from soca artistes Olatunji, Rome as well as other rhythm sections, that will add to an expectedly high-quality match by the teams. The game will also be televised live by the T&T Entertainment Network.

Saturday’s opening day will also comprise a match-up between newcomers Matura ReUnited FC and Queen’s Park at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Arima from 4 pm, while UTT will be up against another debutant club RSSR FA, the Northern Football Association (NFA) campaigners from 7 pm at the O’Meara Campus Ground in Arima.

Another newcomer to the league, Metal X Erin FC will take the field on Sunday in a match-up against Club Sando at its Erin Recreation Ground from 6 pm. Metal X, an engineering company from central Trinidad, agreed to sponsor the team for the season to the tune of $51,000.

The team’s triumph at the Southern FA has brought much fame to its community and has led to the support of Member of Parliament for the La Brea area Nicole Olivierre, as well as LNG, TGU and R Lalla & Company.

Team president and owner Jason Gordon said his charges are excited to play their first match in the super league after eight years of trying to qualify. For the match, there will be live entertainment as well as food and drinks on sale.

Matches

Tomorrow:

FC Santa Rosa vs Bethel United,Arima Velodrome, 6 pm
Matura ReUnited FC vs QPCC, Larry Gomes Stadium, 4 pm
UTT vs RSSR FA UTT, O’Meara Campus 7 pm
San Fernando Giants vs Cunupia FC, St Margaret’s Recreation Grd, 4 pm

Sunday:

Prisons FC vs Police FC, YTC, Arouca, 3.30 pm
Petit Valley/Diego Martin Utd vs Guaya United, St Anthony’s College, 4 pm
Erin FC vs Club Sando, Erin Recreation Ground, 6 pm

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« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2018, 04:24:09 PM »
WATCH LIVE: FC Santa Rosa vs Bethel United in the 2018 Trinidad and Tobago Super League.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #23 on: June 09, 2018, 07:47:03 PM »
Doesn't this situation mirror what happened in the Pro League? My recommendation, for such future transactions, would be to have the sponsor deposit the funds into a trust account with disbursement occuring at the time of satisfaction/ occurrence of X, Y, Z ...

According to Look Loy, sponsors never pay up front.

You avoid this situtation by signing a contract, thus both parties are legally obligated to meet their duties.
If the sponsor could overs just so and not pay then in the middle of the competition the league could turn their back on the sponsors.

In this day and age if we taking ppl word for it for a national league it shows what an unappealing entity it is to the corporate TT.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2018, 04:49:02 AM »
Guaya held in Super League opener.
T&T Newsday Reports.


Despite no shortage of firepower, defending champions Guaya United and Petit Valley/Diego Martin United opened their 2018 TT National Super League accounts with a goalless stalemate on Sunday. The match was played at St Anthony’s College Ground, Westmoorings.

Both teams are expected to put in a strong challenge for the season but will have to play catch up from match day two.

Erin FC, who recorded a 2-0 win over former champions and southern neighbours Club Sando, took an early lead on goal-difference in the 14-team standings. Keyon Alexander and Israel Williams scored one each in the second half. FC Santa Rosa and UTT were the only other winning teams over the weekend, both securing 2-1 results over Bethel United and RSSR FC, respectively.

For FC Santa Rosa, former national youth player Gorean “Ratty” Highley scored the winner in the 77th minute. Rashad Griffith has fired FC Santa Rosa in front from the penalty spot in the 24th, and Bethel got a penalty of their own which was scored by Akeilon Murphy in the 48th minute.

The match, held at the Arima Velodrome, was attended by Arima Mayor, Lisa Morris-Julian, and the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, a Bethel native.

Saturday’s results:

FC Santa Rosa 2 (Rashad Griffith 24th pen, Gorean Highley 77th) vs Bethel United 1 (Akeilon Murphy 48th pen)

Matura Reunited FC 2 (Isaiah Lee 58th, Patrick Parris 90th+4) vs QPCC 2 (Sean de Silva 7th, Elton John 53rd)

UTT 2 (Shaquille Smith 25th, Shaquille Nesbitt 45th+2 pen) vs RSSR FC 1 (Jevon Vincent 43rd)

San Fernando Giants FC 1 (Ken Bhola 81st) v Cunupia 1 (Theon James 16th)

Sunday results:

Prison Service FC 1 (Anthony Parris 54th) v Police FC 1 (Jason Boodram 43rd)

Petit Valley/Diego Martin United 0 v Guaya United FC 0

Erin FC 2 (Keyon Alexander 49th, Israel Williams 63rd) v Club Sando 0

Match Day Two

Saturday’s fixtures:

Guaya United v Prison Service FC, Guaya Recreation Ground, 5 pm
Club Sando v Matura Reunited FC, Dibe Rec Ground, Long Circular Rd, 6 pm

Sunday’s fixtures:

Police FC v FC Santa Rosa, Police Barracks, St James, 4 pm
RSSR FC v Petit Valley/ Diego Martin United, Trinity College, Moka, 4 pm
Cunupia FC v Erin FC, Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima, 4 pm
QPCC v UTT, St Mary’s College Ground, St Clair, 4 pm
Bethel United v San Fernando Giants, Montgomery Recreation Ground, Tobago, 6 pm

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2018, 03:31:26 AM »
FC Santa Rosa thrashes Guaya 3-0.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


FC Santa Rosa rebounded from a 1-0 loss against Police FC last week by thrashing arch-rivals Guaya United FC 3-0 at the Arima Velodrome on Friday night.

Playing at its home ground for a second time this season, the Big Cannons, as they are called by their fans, the host got a double strike from Kevon Cornwall, who also had a hand in the third item.

He opened the scoring in the 18th minute and then gave the Big Cannons a two-goal cushion when he climbed unchallenged to head home in the 57th minute, which followed a neat build-up down the right flank.

Kheelon Mitchell then drove the nail in Guaya’s coffin with his goal in the 60th minute to lift the Arimians following the disappointing result in their last match.

Afterwards, team president Keith Look Loy said the win was a statement of intent for his team.

“We have a hardcore of players who played last year and for the last few years for Santa Rosa. In fact, seven of them started, these are returnees, but we have added strategically.

“We have brought in new players and it is a statement of intent,” Look Loy said.

He noted “We slipped a little last week because the boys underrated Police, but we had a team talk and everything is as it should be, we showed that last night.

We have to work hard because we know in this league there are no easy matches.

“Every team in this league is going to give you a hard run, and we take that for what it is, we go one match at a time,” the Santa Rosa boss said.

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2018, 03:31:37 AM »
Matura ReUnited wins thriller to go top.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).


Nick Guy netted a double as Matura ReUnited won a seven-goal thriller over Metal X Erin FC, 4-3 at Erin Recreation Ground, Erin to go top of the 2018 T&T Super League on Saturday.

However, it was the hosts who looked well set for all three points earlier in the contest after strikes from Jardel Sinclair and Keyon Alexander, two and three minutes into time added on at the end of the first-half resulted in a 2-0 advantage at the break.

But it all unravelled quickly on the restart for Erin FC as Guy banged in a quick double in the 49th and 52nd minute to get Matura ReUnited back on level terms and silence the home crowd.

Isaiah Lee then fired Matura ReUnited ahead for the first time in the contest in the 72nd minute and six minutes from full-time Irvin Reyes made it 4-2 to the visitors and well set for all three points.

There was still a late twist to the match as Keyon Alexander handed Erin FC a lifeline with his 91st minute goal, but in the end Matura ReUnited held on for the win, its second in three matches to go to seven points, one ahead of FC Santa Rosa and University of T&T (UTT) while Police is next with five points.

This after UTT earned a 1-0 win over Club Sando at its O’Meara Road, Campus courtesy a 35th minute Shaquille Smith strike while San Fernando Giants and Police FC battled to a goalless draw at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. Matches continued yesterday.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Matura ReUnited 4 (Nick Guy 49th, 52nd, Isaiah Lee 72nd, Irvin Reyes 84th) vs Erin FC 3 (Jardel Sinclair 45th, Keyon Alexander 45th, 90th)

San Fernando Giants FC 0 vs Police FC 0

UTT 1 (Shaquille Smith 35th) vs Club Sando FC 0

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Re: 2018 T&T Super League Thread
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2018, 02:47:32 PM »
Mike Grayson, former 'Gustine coach told he went the Arima Velo to see Santa Rosa the other night. He said the crowd attendance was big. The pro league don't have nothing like that. Yes, the standard of play is not as good as the pro league. He said that Lookloy has done a very good promotion of the league.

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« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2018, 12:11:35 AM »
Mike Grayson, former 'Gustine coach told he went the Arima Velo to see Santa Rosa the other night. He said the crowd attendance was big. The pro league don't have nothing like that. Yes, the standard of play is not as good as the pro league. He said that Lookloy has done a very good promotion of the league.

Rosa played Guaya which is 2nd vs 1st from last season. Guaya also has the largest support base of any club in the country so that's not too surprising either.

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« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2018, 03:54:25 AM »
Woodley’s double sends Cunupia to the top.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).


A double strike by Kevon Woodley for Cunupia FC brought an end to Matura ReUnited’s short stint at the top of the T&T Super League 13-team standings and installed his team as the new leaders.

ReUnited led the standing for just one day, following its hard-fought 4-3 triumph over Metal X Erin FC on Saturday night at the Erin Recreation Ground, sending them to seven points in three matches. A day later, Cunupia surged to the top by virtue of a superior goal difference after thrashing Bethel United FC 4-0 at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima.

Woodley, the prolific Cunupia striker who led his team’s scoring last season, was on point Sunday when he scored in the 27th and 37th minute, before Michael Darko gave the Central unit its third goal in the 43rd, and Keron Clarke, the former FC Santa Rosa forward, rounded off the scoring with a 69th minute item.

The win pushed Cunupia to the top where it shares that position jointly with Queen’s Park CC on seven points.

Both Cunupia and the Parkites, which Queen’s Park is commonly called, are inseparable with the same amount of points and a similar goal difference of five.

Matura ReUnited is on seven points also but has a goal difference of two.

The Parkites’ climb to the summit came from a 2-0 victory over Petit Valley Diego Martin United at St Anthony’s College Ground, West moorings. The Parkites got the opener from Yohance Marshall in the 51st minute before Kern Gardiner sealed the win in the 60th minute.

In another match, Sunday, Prisons FC, runners-up in the Caribbean Football Trust Limited (CFTL) League Cup last year, was held to a goalless draw by RSSR at the Youth Training Centre (YTC) in Arouca. FC Santa Rosa, on the other hand, is in the third position in the standings with six points after Friday’s impressive 3-0 victory over defending League One champs Guaya United FC at the Arima Velodrome.

Since the departure of former national coach Ron La Forrest and sponsors Hydro-Tech Limited from the Guayaguayare outfit, the team has struggled this season to date, still hoping to receive its first win as the League enters its fourth round of matches.

STANDINGS

TEAMS P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Cunupia FC 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7
1 QPCC 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 7
2 Matura ReUnited 3 2 1 0 8 6 2 7
3 FC Santa Rosa 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6
4 UTT 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 6
5 Police 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 5
6 RSSR FC 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 4
7 Metal X Erin FC 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
8 San Fernando Giants 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
8 Prisons FC 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
9 Guaya United FC 3 0 2 1 1 4 -3 2
10 Bethel United 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1
10 Petit Valley Diego Martin Utd 3 0 1 2 0 5 -5 1
11 Club Sando FC 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 0

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