SECONDARY Schools Football League (SSFL) president, William Wallace, is the new president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA).

Wallace, a retired Carapichaima East Secondary teacher, defeated incumbent David John-Williams after two rounds in the TTFA’s Annual General Meeting yesterday.

Ironically, the election was held at the Home of Football, which has been a major talking point for this campaign with John-Williams’ supporters holding the project up as a symbol of success while critics pointed to the lack of transparency surrounding the project.

In the end, it turned out to be the venue for John-Williams’ last stand. With 46 delegates allowed to vote—the Primary Schools Football Association failed to meet the criteria—the threshold to be elected president was 24.

After the first round, Wallace had 20 votes, John-Williams had 16 and Richard Ferguson had 10. It meant Ferguson was eliminated from the ballot for the second round of voting.

It would appear that six of Ferguson’s supporters then voted for Wallace while the remaining four opted to back John-Williams. And it meant a 26-20 victory for Wallace, who would steer local football for the next four years.

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