TTFA to continue legal action against FIFA despite ban
The FIFA Head office
The FIFA Head office

CMC) – Lawyers representing the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Friday signalled their intention to continue legal action against the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), less than 24 hours after the Zurich-based organisation suspended the local outfit.

On Thursday, the Bureau of the FIFA Council suspended the TTFA with immediate effect due to what it termed “grave violations” of the FIFA Statutes.
In a statement, the world governing body said the “suspension was prompted by the former leadership of the TTFA lodging a claim before a local court in Trinidad and Tobago in order to contest the decision of FIFA Council to appoint a normalisation committee for the TTFA”.
“This course of action was in direct breach of Article 59 of the FIFA Statutes, which expressly prohibits recourse to ordinary courts unless specifically provided for in the FIFA regulations,” said FIFA.

But yesterday, attorneys Dr Emir Crowne, Matthew Gayle, Crystal Paul and Jason Jones filed a notice to withdraw its application for permission to withdraw its claim which is set to be heard before Justice Carol Gobin in October.
“Take notice that the Applicant withdraws and discontinues the notice of application for permission to withdraw the claim, draft order and the affidavit of William Wallace in support of the said application dated and filed 23rd September 2020,” said the application, which was signed by Wallace, the TTFA president.
The TTFA had earlier missed by several minutes the deadline set by FIFA to withdraw the claim which challenges FIFA’s decision to appoint a normalisation committee in March to control the affairs of local football.

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