Montserrat Football Association

Montserrat Football Association
CONCACAF
Short nameMontserrat FA
Founded1994
HeadquartersPlymouth
FIFA affiliation1996
CONCACAF affiliation1994 (Associate member),[1] 1996[2]
PresidentJohn Krishnadath

The Montserrat Football Association (MFA) is the governing body of football in the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is in charge of the Montserrat national football team and is also responsible for the league in Montserrat, the Montserrat Championship.

History

Montserrat played their first match in 1991. They were granted associate membership to CONCACAF in 1994, and full membership to CONCACAF and FIFA in 1996.[1][2][3]

In 2011, association president Vincent Cassell and his secretary Tandika Hughes were suspended by FIFA for 60 days and 15 days respectively, in what would later become the 2015 FIFA corruption case.[4] In 2022, Cassell and Hughes were subject to a criminal investigation for the period 2013–2018, for tax offences and conspiracy to cheat the public revenue.[5] Criminal proceedings began in December 2025, and Cassell stepped down as president after 30 years in the role. Cassell and Hughes both plead guilty to multiple tax offences, after which the prosecution did not pursue further convictions for cheating the Inland Revenue.[6]

Subsequently, in January 2026 FIFA declared the MFA to be in a "state of exceptional crisis and institutional paralysis". In collaboration with CONCACAF, FIFA appointed a 'normalisation committee' to run the MFA, who would remain in place no later than 31 January 2027.[7]

Association staff

As of August 2026:

Name Position Source
Suriname John Krishnadath President [8][9]
Montserrat Ottley Laborde Vice President [8]
Montserrat Kenneth Lee Vice President [8]
Montserrat Thandie Williams Acting General Secretary [8]
Barbados Ytannia Wiggins Treasurer [8]
n/a Technical Director
Spain Gabriel Calderon Team Coach (Men's) [8]
n/a Team Coach (Women's)
n/a Media/Communications Manager
n/a Futsal Coordinator
n/a Referee Coordinator

References

  1. 1 2 April 23, 1994: CONCACAF also granted full membership to the Dominican Football Federation and associated memberships to Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Turks & Caicos Islands. "This Week in CONCACAF History: April 17–23". CONCACAF.com (2011). Archived from the original on April 26, 2011.
  2. 1 2 April 13, 1996: The Federations of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Monsterrat were granted full CONCACAF Membership during the 20th Ordinary Congress held in Guadalajara, Mexico "This Week in CONCACAF History: April 10–16". CONCACAF.com (2011). Archived from the original on April 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cole, Sean (20 September 2022). "Montserrat: Caribbean island's football team rising amid recovery from disaster". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Six more Caribbean officials banned by Fifa over bribes scandal". The Guardian. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  5. ↑ The Crown v R V Vincent Cassell and Tandika Hughes, Claim No. MNIHCR 2023/0004 / 0005 / 0006 (THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE 2024-10-24).
  6. ↑ "Richard Jory KC - R v Cassell & Hughes (Montserrat High Court, 2026)". FOUNDRY CHAMBERS. R v Cassell & Hughes (Montserrat High Court, 2026) – Instructed directly by the DPP of Montserrat to prosecute Vincent Cassell ('VC'), the former President of Montserrat Football Association ('MFA') and Tandika Hughes ('TH'), the former Secretary of MFA. Both pleaded guilty to a number of substantive tax offences at the start of what was due to be a five-day trial. Following the guilty pleas the prosecution offered no evidence on a separate allegation of conspiracy to cheat the Inland Revenue. [...] In December 2025, after these criminal proceedings began, Cassell stepped down as MFA President after 30 years in post. In February 2026 FIFA appointed a normalisation committee to take over the running of MFA and look into an apparent culture of financial mismanagement.
  7. ↑ "Normalisation committee appointed for the Montserrat Football Association". inside.fifa.com. FIFA. 31 January 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Montserrat Football Association Organisation". inside.fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "MONTSERRAT". Concacaf. 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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