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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #60 on: September 01, 2019, 03:15:07 PM »
Those assigned the 7-day mission to remedy football ... a reformulated quasi-emergency committee in a sense ... comprised of Moore, Browne, Baptiste, Warrick and Partap ... the bearers of the nebulous mandate ("broad, wide and powerful") ... lack sufficient arms-length from John-Williams in some instances and, in other instances, lack the requisite independence to preside, over what has been offered as being a mechanism for profound inquiry, distanced from DJW and otherwise self-interested outcomes.
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #61 on: September 01, 2019, 03:24:24 PM »
Does a second round of Ascension competition harm the Pro League? Consider that question carefully posters.

What benefits the PL?

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #62 on: September 15, 2019, 08:14:22 AM »
:puking: i not worried, cause football have a home, let football rest it head..structure, restructure, unstructure, restructure, structure, restructure...Blame Trump, yet killing Americans inside and out...wait, wrong topic..Blame the President, fk up the football inside and out...it's not fair to the President   :violin:

Tweak, Tweaky, Tweaky..De noise not stopping, De noise not stopping , I hearing ah noise ah like it, ah hearing ah noise it not stopping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JbUupJY8o

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mr Browne doh...smh

This should help clarify:

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The questions over financial integrity have become increasing uncomfortable for John-Williams’ regime with the Veteran Footballers Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago (VFFTT) led by their president Selby Browne in the vanguard of financial information requests for information on financial management, finance received from FIFA and CONCACAF and the programmes this money has been spent on.

Browne has a right to be suspicious. He suffered losses calculated at millions of dollars from the dubious removal of broadcast rights to the Caribbean Sports Television Network (CSTN) for the 2002 World Cup and other FIFA Events from 1999 to 2002 by FIFA’s then marketing agency Kirch Group. CSTN had already been broadcasting throughout the Caribbean through its national associates, some of which were state broadcasters.

The World Cup rights were then effectively given to then CONCACAF and TTFA president Jack Warner although CSTN had already begun a payment programme.

Attempts to recover losses from FIFA have proved futile, though Browne has given up.

http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2017/07/18/unpaid-italian-coaches-forced-trinidad-questions-mount-ttfa-monies/

Until now?

maxg, when is the last time you walked away from millions of dollars?

Here's the sort of messaging that is likely to work for you, if say ... you were attempting to remedy a past wrong:

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Selby Browne, president of the Veteran Footballers Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago (VFFOTT) and a new TTFA board member, emphasised that the leadership of Trinidad and Tobago should be carried out through the proper channels of the TTFA and football stakeholders across the whole community, and not by disenfranchised or ad hoc dissident groups seeking their own power bases.

http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/08/02/warner-acolytes-battle-return-control-trinidad-tobago-fa/


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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #63 on: September 21, 2019, 12:30:30 AM »
Pro League clubs reject TTFA proposal; DJW falls out with support base with elections looming.
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868).


TT Pro League clubs have rejected the financial goodies on offer by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and are prepared to enter the 2019 season armed with just TT$450,000 government subventions, in what might be the first tangible sign of a split between TTFA president David John-Williams and his support base.

John-Williams, the owner of W Connection Football Club, is one of the Pro League’s founding members and, in conjunction with a National Football Committee led by TTFA board member Selby Browne, put together an attractive financial package for the top flight clubs.

Essentially, Browne and company gutted an initial deal proposed by Concacaf and Uefa officials and diverted funds meant for prize money and operating expenses for Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) clubs to TT Pro League club owners instead.

As a result, Pro League clubs stood to bank US$108,000 per season—more than double the US$50,000 suggested by Concacaf/UEFA.

The caveat was clubs would have to place their share of the FIFA Forward money as well as their TT$450,000 government subventions into a fund managed by the TTFA, with the governing body taking responsibility for everything from hiring the Pro League’s administrative staff to paying players.

Defence Force and Police FC, who do not qualify for government subventions but were offered equal financial stakes in the Concacaf/UEFA proposal, would also be denied a share in the revenue.

Clubs were told the offer was non-negotiable. And, in a heated meeting last Saturday, they rejected the proposal.

“Would you take your money and give it to John-Williams to manage for you?” one Pro League representative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, asked Wired868 rhetorically?

With a TTFA election looming, the Home of Football unfinished and in desperate need of funds and John-Williams’ spotty record where keeping financial promises were concerned, the Pro League voted ‘no thanks’. But it was a tight decision.

In the first vote, four clubs elected to accept the TTFA proposal, four answered in the negative and two abstained.

The four clubs who backed John-Williams’ pitch were Connection, run by the TTFA president’s daughter, Renee John-Williams, Morvant Caledonia AIA, North East Stars and Point Fortin Civic. Central FC, Club Sando FC, San Juan Jabloteh and Terminix La Horquetta Rangers voted against while Defence Force FC and Police FC abstained.

However, representatives from Defence Force and Police, after consideration, also decided to reject the TTFA offer.

It meant the clubs voted against the TTFA by a 6-4 margin.

As tempers boiled over, there was a last change. Jabloteh director Jerry Hospedales, who was not present, indicated by writing that he was overruling the club’s representative at the meeting and voting with John-Williams. So the vote was 5-5.

The Pro League’s acting chairman, Brent Sancho, had the casting ballot. And he voted ‘no’.

Another Pro League insider claimed their distrust of the TTFA eroded any chance that the the two bodies could operate in good faith.

“In the first meeting we had with Selby [Browne], he said all 10 Pro League teams were getting US$108,000,” said the anonymous insider. “However at the meeting last week in which the president was a part of, they were saying something different—which was that it would only be eight teams and there were leaving out ‘Army’ and Police…”

Another club representative pointed to issues that surfaced during the brief tenure of the League Commission, which left the clubs—long used to autonomy—feeling bullied by not only the TTFA president but also his general secretary Camara David. They are now too suspicious of both men to simply hand them control.

“One of the problems we saw with the Commission is that people applied for jobs but it appeared only the friends of the general secretary were being shortlisted,” said the representative. “So now we are saying we want [Pro League CEO] Julia Baptiste to control the League—whether we are talking about marketing or whatever. The TTFA wants to be in charge of everything from hiring the competition manager straight down to the paying of players and we had no say; none whatsoever.

“[…] It came as if they were hijacking our competition. They said when the FIFA Forward money comes if we didn’t buy into what they want, they gone. Everything was the TTFA’s way or no way.”

So far, only six Pro League clubs have received government subventions with Central FC and Point Fortin Civic both missing out due to financial discrepancies. But rather than make clubs more desperate to do a deal with the TTFA, it had the opposite effect.

“If everyone puts their $450,000 into the fund, we will have two teams not able to put any money,” said the representative. “Then two other teams, Rangers and Club Sando, said they’re not putting any money into a TTFA fund either. So you have four teams not doing it. But whether or not those clubs pay, they can’t be put out because they are [Pro League] shareholders. So it is a whole melee…”

Ultimately, the clubs voted to reject the TTFA board. However, they are open to considering an improved offer. Will John-Williams and Browne make one?

The TTFA should have held elections this month while November is the latest it can be held under the constitution. The Pro League is the largest voting bloc with 10 from a total of 47 delegates.

With the Men’s National Senior Team in free-fall, the flop of the Elite National Under-15 programme as well as poor results from other men’s and women’s national teams and the Home of Football unfinished shrouded in controversy, John-Williams could hardly afford to see the backs of his Pro League colleagues if he is to retain the post of president.

Last week, John-Williams told TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed that his ascension to TTFA president was written in the stars.

“The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is 111 years old in 2019,” said John-Williams. “It was founded on July 23, 1908—the day I was born, July 23rd. Maybe the stars were lined up that I had to be president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association…”

At present, the TT Pro League clubs are rejecting John-Williams’ right to lead them—whether by divine ordinance or otherwise.

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Ascension to sponsor re-branded Pro League
« Reply #64 on: September 25, 2019, 10:29:03 AM »
Ascension to sponsor re-branded Pro League
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday)


THE T&T Pro League is set to be re-branded as the United States clothing company Ascension will come on board as sponsor of the T&T Pro League.

Ascension has been involved in domestic club football, as the sponsors of an Invitational Tournament which is expected to conclude by the end of this month.

Richard Ferguson, the brainchild of the Ascension Invitational Tournament, director of local pest control company Terminix and managing director of Terminix La Horquetta Rangers, yesterday confirmed that a sponsorship arrangement is in place for the Pro League, inclusive of television rights.

“There is a sponsorship arrangement,” said Ferguson. “There will be a launch and part of (the deal) is that we’ll be showing 20 matches on television. Ascension will be sponsoring the 20 matches.”

He continued, “We’ve bandied about some names and one of the names is the Ascension Premier League.”

According to a story on local website Wired868, the Ascension offer will be for one year only and Ferguson is expected to foot all production costs for the league’s coverage, which will likely be aired by regional sports channel SportsMax and a local entity.

Central FC’s owner and acting Pro League chairman Brent Sancho, is pleased with the positive approach shown by Ferguson towards the top-flight domestic competition.

“There has been some positive developments for the League,” said Sancho. “We’re very excited about the (forthcoming) season. We are now looking to put together a benefit game for Jason Marcano’s family, which should be the curtain-raiser for the season.”

Marcano, a former national midfielder, died in a vehicular accident in Arouca on May 30.

A week ago, the Pro League board rejected a proposal by the TT Football Association (TTFA), led by David John-Williams, to use FIFA Forward monies into the competition on the basis that the TTFA will oversee all funds due to the participating clubs, both from FIFA and subventions from the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.

Sancho, in a diplomatic tone, said, “We at the Pro League will never leave the door closed for anyone, inclusive of the TTFA. The TTFA has been good to the Pro League in the past and, of course, we will want to leave the door open. There (have) been some positive developments for the league and, so, we will continue to move forward.

“If it’s to move forward without the TTFA, then so be it. If things come to fruition and both entities can work a way forward, then so be it as well. We’re always willing to work and partner with the governing body.”
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #65 on: September 25, 2019, 11:03:43 AM »
Good for the pro league but what about the super league teams? Looks like they get blank since no 2nd round in the Ascension league.

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #66 on: September 25, 2019, 12:36:57 PM »
Good for the pro league but what about the super league teams? Looks like they get blank since no 2nd round in the Ascension league.

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #67 on: October 02, 2019, 05:29:13 PM »


The September 12, 2019 presentation of a $3.6 million (TT) cheque to the TTFA and TT Pro League.

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #68 on: October 15, 2019, 12:58:48 PM »
Wasn't the Pro League to have started by now? Checks in hand, who sticking?

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Sancho: First Citizens Cup to kickstart new league
« Reply #69 on: October 18, 2019, 01:29:56 PM »
Sancho: First Citizens Cup to kickstart new league
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday)


INTERIM CHAIRMAN of the TT Pro League, Brent Sancho, said that the First Citizens Cup will kickstart the 2019-2020 Ascension Football League.

The tournament will be sponsored by Terminix Trinidad director Richard Ferguson and sport clothing brand Ascension.

Concerning the status of the league, which was due to kick off today, Sancho said yesterday, “We plan to make an official announcement (today) as well as a launch next week of the First Citizens Cup.”

Sancho, who is also the owner of former Pro League champions Central FC, said talks are still ongoing with the local governing body TT Football Association (TTFA) regarding the structure of the league, as well as its relationship with both Ascension and regional sports cable channel SportsMax.

“We’re still in discussions with the TTFA re the proposed Tier One and Tier Two, and we also have the contractual agreements with ourselves, Ascension and SportsMax being put together by our lawyers.”

The former Sports Minister continued, “Things are in stream. We (wouldn’t) start as planned this weekend. We have put together a game to be played, the final of the (First Citizens) Cup in lieu of the deceased Jason Marcano.”

The 35-year-old Marcano, the former St Ann’s Rangers, San Juan Jabloteh and Central FC midfielder/striker, died in a vehicular accident on May 30.

Asked when exactly the league would kick off, Sancho responded, “We have the launch of the Cup and that will give all the indications as to what is the next step. All the information will be given subsequently as it relates to when the league will start etcetera.

“We’re excited to know that First Citizens has shown interest in partnering with us,” Sancho added. “We hope to have one or two pleasant surprises for spectators and fans alike.”
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #70 on: October 18, 2019, 11:05:51 PM »
what  the ........ ? ???

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #72 on: November 05, 2019, 01:33:36 AM »
Cunupia FC welcome Pro League ‘challenge’
By Narissa Fraser (Newsday).


Coach: ‘It’s a whole new ball game’

CUNUPIA FC head coach Michael De Four says he is “welcoming the challenge” as the team makes its debut this season in the TT Pro League.

They currently hold an unbeaten run in the 2019 First Citizens Cup after defeating Morvant Caledonia AIA 1-0 in their opening match and edging San Juan Jabloteh 2-2 in the second game.

Speaking with Newsday yesterday morning, De Four said, “It has been going good because we haven’t lost a game yet. I am learning from – arguably – the best in the country.

“When they (some of the other teams) had 16 years experience and came in CFU (Caribbean Football Union) three or four times, this team was playing in Central Zone. So to come up against them was a nice achievement. It was a nice, uphill challenge.”

He has been coaching football for approximately 12 years. He believes football is more than just a sport – it’s almost like a science.

“It is no longer, ‘Hey, kick the ball here’ or ‘Come here,’. It’s more than that. Since I have that kind of logic and reasoning, it is very easy for me to apply that scientific side of football to coaching. I am being challenged to merge the human side of the game with the scientific.”

They were the 2018 TT Super League Cup champions. But more recently, they finished fourth in Division One of the recently-concluded Ascension Invitational Tournament with 19 points, which De Four says was “brilliant” and “well-executed.”

“It was a nice little snippet of how football should be at a higher level in TT – income earning, entertaining, challenging.

“We got a little taste of how the Pro League clubs play. It was nice for us as a Super League team but now they’re calling us a Pro League team.”

Captain Kevon “Showtime” Woodley has been with the team for the past three years and told Newsday he believes the team can handle the challenges thrown at them in the league this season.

“It’s our first time in the league but we are doing well. I look forward to the challenge.”

Asked which teams he considers their biggest competitors, Woodley said, “W Connection – they are one of the best teams in the country, (Terminix La Horquetta) Rangers. But the rest of the teams, we not really worried about them.”

While he said he sees room for the team’s improvement, he said they must be given time as it cannot happen overnight. He said he is hoping the team can finish within the top five on the table.

De Four also said he would like to see some improvements, but agreed that the team has been doing well.

“We are at about 75 per cent of where I would like us to be in terms of physical strength and conditioning. I would say we need to sharpen our movement off the ball and on the ball, we should have sharper movements and I need to see more of our technical tendencies while we are on the field.

“From a person on the outside watching, they’d just be excited. But from my perspective, that’s how I see it.

“It’s a whole new ball game.”

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #73 on: November 12, 2019, 02:22:42 PM »


The September 12, 2019 presentation of a $3.6 million (TT) cheque to the TTFA and TT Pro League.
I hope Sancho, his team and the league see the money this time, or they might have to join league of champions ( before it crashes - oops to late, sorry Sanch) to get some money to buy some equipment.

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Doxilly saves Connection in Pro League opener
« Reply #74 on: December 15, 2019, 09:40:53 AM »
Doxilly saves Connection in Pro League opener
By Rachael Thompson-King (T&T Guardian)


Melvin Dox­il­ly scored a late equalis­er to help res­cue de­fend­ing cham­pi­ons W Con­nec­tion with a 1-1 draw against Cale­do­nia AIA in the open­ing round of match­es in the T&T Pro League on Fri­day night at the Diego Mar­tin Sport­ing Com­plex in Bagatelle, Dei­go Mar­tin.

Aaron Richards had opened the scor­ing for Cale­do­nia in the 21st minute but nei­ther teams could find the back of the next be­fore the halfway mark, giv­ing Cale­do­nia the 1-0 ad­van­tage at the break.

On the re­sump­tion, it was more of the same as the reign­ing cham­pi­ons hunt­ed for an equalis­er. But it wasn’t un­til four min­utes be­fore the end of reg­u­la­tion time that Dox­il­ly (86th) net­ted the lev­el­ling goal to en­sure Con­nec­tion earned a share of the points with Cale­do­nia.

In the oth­er match of the dou­ble-head­er, a goal each from De­vorn Jorsling and Dar­ius Ol­livier­ra saw De­fence Force to a 2-1 vic­to­ry against Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers.

Jorsling scored the open­er in the 27th to see the sol­dier/sailor com­bi­na­tion unit go in at the half 1-0 up.

Rangers were hop­ing to lev­el the scores on the re­sump­tion but Ol­livier­ra (49th) had oth­er in­ten­tions and at the start of the sec­ond half joined Jorsling on the score­sheet in the 49th to put De­fence Force ahead 2-0.

The La Hor­quet­ta team did get a con­so­la­tion goal thanks to Isa­iah Lee in the 89th.

In an­oth­er dou­ble-head­er over at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, AC Port-of-Spain, for­mer­ly called North East Stars, and Po­lice came away with vic­to­ries.

Rashard Hy­a­centh net­ted a pair of goals in the ninth and 25th in AC Port-of-Spain’s 3-2 win against Cen­tral FC. The oth­er goal was scored by Ko­rdell Samuel (22nd).

For Cen­tral, Damani Richards (47th) and Kessan St Rose (83rd) were the goal-scor­ers in the los­ing ef­fort.

In the sec­ond match, Po­lice played to a 2-0 vic­to­ry over Cunu­pia FC with goals com­ing from Chris­t­ian Thomas (32nd) and Keion Wil­son (34th).

The oth­er open­ing-round match be­tween Tiger Tanks Club San­do and San Juan Jabloteh was resched­uled to yes­ter­day at the Man­nie Ramjohn Sta­di­um in Mara­bel­la and it was the for­mer pre­vail­ing 1-0.

Kadeem Git­tens net­ted the win­ner in the 87th minute.

Scores:

Tiger Tanks Club Sando 1 (Kadeem Git­tens) v San Juan Jabloteh 0

Fri­day

(At Diego Mar­tin Sport­ing Com­plex)

Morvant Caledonia United 1 (Aaron Richards 21st) v W Connection 1 (Melvin Dox­il­ly 86th)

Defence Force 2 (De­vorn Jorsling 27th, Dar­ius Ol­livier­ra 49th) v Terminix La Horquetta Rangers 1 (Isa­iah Lee 89th)

(At Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um)

AC Port-of-Spain 3 (Rashard Hy­a­centh 9th, 25th, Ko­rdell Samuel 22nd) v Central FC 2 (Damani Richards 47th, Kessan St Rose 83rd)

Police FC 2 (Chris­t­ian Thomas 32nd, Keion Wil­son 34th) v Cunupia FC 0
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Re: Doxilly saves Connection in Pro League opener
« Reply #75 on: December 15, 2019, 03:26:37 PM »

In an­oth­er dou­ble-head­er over at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, AC Port-of-Spain, for­mer­ly called North East Stars, and Po­lice came away with vic­to­ries.



That's news to me - they moved out of the East and into POS now? What motivated the name change?

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Re: Doxilly saves Connection in Pro League opener
« Reply #76 on: December 15, 2019, 04:26:25 PM »

In an­oth­er dou­ble-head­er over at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, AC Port-of-Spain, for­mer­ly called North East Stars, and Po­lice came away with vic­to­ries.



That's news to me - they moved out of the East and into POS now? What motivated the name change?

Buh yuh already answered yuh own question! ;D

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #77 on: December 15, 2019, 08:02:10 PM »

In an­oth­er dou­ble-head­er over at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, AC Port-of-Spain, for­mer­ly called North East Stars, and Po­lice came away with vic­to­ries.



That's news to me - they moved out of the East and into POS now? What motivated the name change?

Buh yuh already answered yuh own question! ;D

RE Q2: Maybe two bull cyah live in one pen.

I have asked that same question a couple weeks ago when I read the news. I questioned the move. The AC organization never made a news conference indicating the move. What is the team's plan to attract fans to their games. How are the going to work with the communities of east and west POS. Where is their main location. The move is like a Sunday morning league side. As a matter of fact Sunday morning side does move better than that.

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #78 on: December 17, 2019, 03:24:53 AM »
Exactly, seems a massive shame to uproot a team from its community...

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #79 on: December 18, 2019, 11:28:54 PM »
Exactly, seems a massive shame to uproot a team from its community...

And what an uprooting?

bad marketing when we the fans have to find this out in a "by the way" fashion in the press. SMH
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #80 on: December 18, 2019, 11:29:23 PM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #81 on: December 19, 2019, 08:09:58 AM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.

They still have the domain, but the website is non-functional. They typically provide updates on their Facebook Page, but it's not consistent.
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #82 on: December 19, 2019, 08:56:57 AM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.

They still have the domain, but the website is non-functional. They typically provide updates on their Facebook Page, but it's not consistent.

 :beermug: :beermug:

Anybody knows where I can find a schedule for PFL games for Dec. It sure as hell not on their FB page.
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Seecharan nets brace in Rangers win
« Reply #83 on: December 21, 2019, 09:59:02 AM »
Seecharan nets brace in Rangers win
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)


For­mer na­tion­al youth play­er Kishun Seecha­ran scored a first-half brace to lead Ter­minix La Hor­quet­ta Rangers to an em­phat­ic 7-2 drub­bing of AC Port-of-Spain in round two of the T&T Pro League on Thurs­day night.

Go­ing in­to the match at La Hor­quet­ta Recre­ation Ground, La Hor­quet­ta, host club Rangers were un­der pres­sure to get a win af­ter los­ing their sea­son open­er to De­fence Force 1-2 a week ago.

And it didn’t take long for Rangers to get things go­ing, as Seecha­ran fired in the open­er as ear­ly as the third minute.

How­ev­er, AC Port-of-Spain, who edged past three-time league win­ners Cen­tral FC 3-2 to kick start their sea­son, were soon back on lev­el terms through John-Paul Rochford a minute lat­er.

It took a while for Rangers to re­gain con­trol of pro­ceed­ings but Seecha­ran re­stored their slim lead in the 20th minute, which they car­ried in­to the half-time in­ter­val.

Five min­utes af­ter the restart, how­ev­er, Rangers sprung to life through out-of-favour na­tion­al mid­field­er Keron “Ball Pest” Cum­ming, who ex­tend­ed the lead to 3-1 be­fore two more for­mer na­tion­al youth play­ers, Ja­mal Creighton (62nd) and Anselm Jack­son (75th), pushed the ad­van­tage to 5-1.

The AC Port-of-Spain play­ers did not drop their heads and were hand­ed a glim­mer of hope cour­tesy a Rashad Hy­a­centh 76th strike to cut the mar­gin to 5-2, but that was as close as they would get as se­nior na­tion­al team duo Ty­rone Charles (85th) and Kadeem Corbin (87th) added their names to the score­sheet to com­plete the lop­sided win for Rangers to go top of the ta­ble with three points from two match­es. Rangers now hold the edge on goal-dif­fer­ence from Po­lice FC, De­fence Force, Tiger Tanks Club San­do and AC Port-of-Spain while Mor­vant Cale­do­nia Unit­ed and W Con­nec­tion are next on the ta­ble with a point each.

Thurs­day’s re­sult:

LA HOR­QUET­TA RANGERS 7 (Kishun Seecha­ran 3rd, 20th, Keron Cum­mings 50th, Ja­mal Creighton 62nd, Anselm Jack­son 75th, Ty­rone Charles 85th, Kadeem Corbin 87th) v AC PORT-OF-SPAIN 2 (John-Paul Rochford 4th, Rashad Hy­a­centh 76th)

Cur­rent T&T Pro League stand­ings:

Teams P W D L F A Pts
L.H Rangers 2 1 0 1 8 4 3
Po­lice FC 1 1 0 0 2 0 3
De­fence Force FC 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Club San­do 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
AC Port-of-Spain 2 1 0 1 5 9 3
Mor­vant Cale­do­nia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
W Con­nec­tion 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Pt Fortin Civic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cen­tral FC 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
San Juan Jabloteh 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Cunu­pia FC 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #84 on: December 21, 2019, 11:48:51 PM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.

They still have the domain, but the website is non-functional. They typically provide updates on their Facebook Page, but it's not consistent.


???


 :beermug: :beermug:

Anybody knows where I can find a schedule for PFL games for Dec. It sure as hell not on their FB page.


Seriously!!

We have a national league and no one know when the games are.
There was a double header at the HCS on Friday which I would have gone to.

I hate to say it but our football program is just a regressive joke.
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #85 on: December 22, 2019, 03:47:31 AM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.

They still have the domain, but the website is non-functional. They typically provide updates on their Facebook Page, but it's not consistent.


???


 :beermug: :beermug:

Anybody knows where I can find a schedule for PFL games for Dec. It sure as hell not on their FB page.


Seriously!!

We have a national league and no one know when the games are.
There was a double header at the HCS on Friday which I would have gone to.

I hate to say it but our football program is just a regressive joke.

Breds, I think you should find employment in the TT pro league updating they website. Oh shims, I forget. They eh have money to pay You, and You eh tying up yourself to wuk for free.

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #86 on: December 22, 2019, 09:00:40 AM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.

They still have the domain, but the website is non-functional. They typically provide updates on their Facebook Page, but it's not consistent.


???


 :beermug: :beermug:

Anybody knows where I can find a schedule for PFL games for Dec. It sure as hell not on their FB page.


Seriously!!

We have a national league and no one know when the games are.
There was a double header at the HCS on Friday which I would have gone to.

I hate to say it but our football program is just a regressive joke.

Breds, I think you should find employment in the TT pro league updating they website. Oh shims, I forget. They eh have money to pay You, and You eh tying up yourself to wuk for free.
I reached out to the relevant people in the Pro League multiple times a while back and offered to provide them a website (any charges would've likely been minimal) as we have done for Jamaica Premier League and also collaborated with the Super League in 2018.  I never got any reply.

I do not have any insider information, but as I saw at the last board meeting they have a commission in place to implement the T-League, it is possible the Pro League doesn't want to invest much time in to something like a website right now.  I will say though that that is hardly an excuse as the Pro League has lagged behind for years in terms of coverage.
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Caledonia, Club Sando lead at break
« Reply #87 on: December 22, 2019, 10:25:22 AM »
Caledonia, Club Sando lead at break
By Nigel Simon (T&T Guardian)


Mor­vant Cale­do­nia AIA and Tiger Tanks Club San­do will share the lead at the top of the 2019/2020 T&T Pro League ta­ble for the two-week break for the Christ­mas hol­i­days, af­ter con­trast­ing re­sults in round one on Fri­day night.

Play­ing in the fea­ture match of a dou­ble-head­er at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, the “Stal­lions”, as Mor­vant Cale­do­nia are known by their ador­ing fans, edged out Po­lice FC 2-1.

Cale­do­nia took the lead as ear­ly as the sec­ond minute through Aaron Richard and on the stroke of half-time Je­vick Mac Far­lane made it 2-0 to the de­light of their team­mates.

How­ev­er, on the re­sump­tion, Po­lice clawed their way back in­to the con­test when Keon Wil­son net­ted in the 56th. But that was as close the Law­men would get to their ri­vals, as Mor­vant Cale­do­nia held on for their first win in two match­es to climb to four points and joint top of the 11-team ta­ble with Club San­do.

In the oth­er match on the night at Mu­cu­rapo, for­mer cham­pi­ons Jabloteh picked up their first points of the cam­paign in the 1-0 tri­umph over three-time Pro League cham­pi­ons Cen­tral FC, cour­tesy an 84th-minute item from for­mer na­tion­al Un­der-20 strik­er Mic­ah Lan­siquot.

Down at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um in Cou­va, Club San­do missed out on a chance for the out­right lead at the top af­ter hav­ing their per­fect win­ning start to the sea­son halt­ed in a 1-1 draw against Cunu­pia FC.

Six min­utes in­to the sec­ond half of a close­ly fought match, Club San­do, who edged San Juan Jabloteh 1-0 in their sea­son open­er, went ahead via a strike from Shaq­keem Joseph. How­ev­er, Cunu­pia FC got the equalis­er in the 72nd minute thanks to na­tion­al beach soc­cer stand-out Kevon “Show­time” Wood­ley.

The match be­tween W Con­nec­tion FC and Point Fortin Civic FC at Cou­va was post­poned due to the un­time­ly pass­ing of Shah­don Win­ches­ter of W Con­nec­tion FC in a trag­ic ve­hic­u­lar ac­ci­dent on Thurs­day along with three of his friends. The league will re­sume on Jan­u­ary 3, 2020.

T&T Pro League re­sults:

Fri­day (Dec 20):

CLUB SAN­DO 1 (Shaq­keem Joseph 51st) v CUNU­PIA FC 1 (Kevon Wood­ley 72nd)
MOR­VANT CALE­DO­NIA AIA 2 (Aaron Richard 2nd, Je­vick Mac Far­lane 45th) v PO­LICE FC 1 (Keon Wil­son 56th)
SAN JUAN JABLOTEH 1 (Mic­ah Lan­siquot 84th) v CEN­TRAL FC 0
W Con­nec­tion v Pt Fortin Civic - post­poned

Thurs­day (Dec 19):

LA HOR­QUET­TA RANGERS 7 (Kishun Seecha­ran 3rd, 20th, Keron Cum­mings 50th, Ja­mal Creighton 62nd, Anselm Jack­son 75th, Ty­rone Charles 85th, Kadeem Corbin 87th) v AC PORT-OF-SPAIN 2 (John-Paul Rochford 4th, Rashad Hy­a­centh 76th)

Cur­rent stand­ings:

Teams P W D L F A Pts

1. Mor­vant Cale­do­nia 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
2. Club San­do 2 1 1 0 2 1 4
3. L.H Rangers 2 1 0 1 8 4 3
4. Po­lice FC 2 1 0 1 3 2 3
5. De­fence Force FC 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
6. San Juan Jabloteh 2 1 0 1 1 1 3
7. AC Port-of-Spain 2 1 0 1 5 9 3
8. W Con­nec­tion 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
9. Cunu­pia FC 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
10. Pt Fortin Civic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11. Cen­tral FC 2 0 0 2 2 4 0
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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #88 on: December 22, 2019, 10:36:13 AM »
Does the TTPFL still have a website. googled but couldn't find it.

They still have the domain, but the website is non-functional. They typically provide updates on their Facebook Page, but it's not consistent.


???


 :beermug: :beermug:

Anybody knows where I can find a schedule for PFL games for Dec. It sure as hell not on their FB page.


Seriously!!

We have a national league and no one know when the games are.
There was a double header at the HCS on Friday which I would have gone to.

I hate to say it but our football program is just a regressive joke.

Breds, I think you should find employment in the TT pro league updating they website. Oh shims, I forget. They eh have money to pay You, and You eh tying up yourself to wuk for free.
I reached out to the relevant people in the Pro League multiple times a while back and offered to provide them a website (any charges would've likely been minimal) as we have done for Jamaica Premier League and also collaborated with the Super League in 2018.  I never got any reply.

I do not have any insider information, but as I saw at the last board meeting they have a commission in place to implement the T-League, it is possible the Pro League doesn't want to invest much time in to something like a website right now.  I will say though that that is hardly an excuse as the Pro League has lagged behind for years in terms of coverage.

It wasn't always like this. In the past their website even had videos of past games - full games.

How the hell can someone come to a game if  they don't know when and where it is. I would have gone to the double header at the HCS on Friday. STEUUUPPPSS!!!

And now I begging the PFL for a schedule.

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Re: 2019/20 T&T Pro League Thread
« Reply #89 on: December 22, 2019, 10:47:24 AM »
League just start and on a two week break already? Steups.

 

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