There is this house on a side road in Auzonville, Tunapuna, so old that it is invisible to the passer-by.It has been there since before the Mount St Benedict monastery
Former captain of the St Vincent and the Grenadines senior men’s football team Roy Austin, has described the late Rudolph “Rudy” Boucher as a “gentleman”. “Rudy was not only a good footballer, but he was a gentleman… I never saw Rudy get into any trouble, any argument with anybody,” Austin assessed. [caption id="attachment 158993" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Footballers from left: Sheen Millington, Guy Lowe, Raymond Ballantyne and Fleety Grant[/caption] Austin who was …
Rise of the schoolboys; De Leon, ‘Gally’, Archibald take the stage in ’70 WCQ
In the second instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, Lasana Liburd talks to iconic playmaker Leroy De Leon:
The Trinidad and Tobago football team returned from Suriname on 15 March 1965 with red faces as the 1966 World Cup campaign ended with an embarrassing 6-1 defeat to its Dutch mainland rivals.
Photo: The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team prepare to kick off against Suriname in 1965.
Left to right (back row): Eric James, Conrad Brathwaite, Andy Aleong, Jeffery Gellineau, Alvin Corneal, Ken Galt, Sir Solomon Hochoy, Cyril Austin, Sedley Joseph, Pat Small, Clem Clarke and Sonny Thompson. Front row: Tyrone de la Bastide, Kenny Furlonge, Lincoln Phillips, Doyle Griffith and Aldwyn Ferguson.
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A ‘Tiger’ at the back and Gellineau’s good head on top; T&T’s humble W/Cup bow in ‘66
As the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team prepare to kick off their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series, journalist Lasana Liburd recalls our first campaign with former national goalkeeper Lincoln ‘Tiger’ Phillips in the first instalment of a series on T&T’s World Cup adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006:
His motherâs name was Ramirez. It was she who told him to love unconditionally.
He was born at the Port of Spain General Hospital, and grew up on the corner of Dundonald Street and Melville Lane at in the heart of the residential and business district in West Port of Spain. His mother told him about loving unconditionally.
He grew up two blocks from the Queenâs Park Savannah, which was at the time the sporting mecca in the city. From early, he was fascinated by the roars and sounds emanating from there. At Richmond Street Boysâ teachers recognised his natural talent from early.