British Caribbean Football Association

British Caribbean Football Association
Founded 20 January 1957 (1957-01-20)[1]
FIFA affiliation N/A
President Trinidad and Tobago Ken Galt

The British Caribbean Football Association were a football association formed in January 1957. The BCFA was formed having witnessed the success of the West Indies Cricket team in the 1950s and their defeat of England during the decade. The BCFA was not technically a West Indies team as players were also selected from British Guiana who were not members of the West Indies Federation

The six inaugural members were:

None of the associated FA's were members of FIFA at the time of the formation of the BCFA.

Crest

The British Caribbean Football Association supported a design competition and the winning crest was designed by Andy Worrell, a Trinidad oilfield worker.

The Jamaica Gleaner described the crest thus: "It show flags of the West Indies Nation and the Mother Country, along with tropical scenery, typical of Caribbean waters, palm trees, birds and sun. At the top are eleven stars which serve a double purpose—representing the eleven players of the team or the eleven territories in the Association including British Guiana. All this is bounded by a gold chain linking the territories in the Association. The competition was open to residents in the West Indies and British Guiana."[2]

Executive committee

On 20 January 1957, Trinidadian Football Association Chairman Ken Galt was nominated as President of the BCFA. The first Vice-President Jamaican Winston Meekes, then Jamaican Football Association president. The second Vice-President was the Dighton H. Ward of Barbados.

The Trinidad Football Association's Eric James was installed as General Secretary of the BCFA.[3]

England Tour of 1959

The representative team embarked on a tour of England between August and November 1959. The BCFA team left from Port of Spain aboard the MV Willemstad on 17 August, and arrived in England on 30 August. They played in navy blue shirts with gold trim, and white shorts.[4]

Squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Trinidad and TobagoPatrick Gomez (1930-02-06)06 February 1930 (aged 29)
1GK Trinidad and TobagoRawlins Baptiste
JamaicaWalter Chevannes
Trinidad and TobagoTyrone de la Bastide (1938-10-17)17 October 1938 (aged 20)
Trinidad and TobagoWillie Rodriguez (1934-06-25)25 June 1934 (aged 25)
British GuianaHubert Braithwaite
JamaicaKarl Largie
British GuianaMonty Hope
Trinidad and TobagoNoel Daniel
Trinidad and TobagoDoyle Griffith
Trinidad and TobagoEddie Aleong (1937-05-04)4 May 1937 (aged 22)
Trinidad and TobagoLen Leggard (1930-19-01)1 July 1930 (aged 28)
JamaicaKen East
JamaicaOwen Parker (1932-09-21)21 September 1932 (aged 26)
JamaicaSyd Bartlett
JamaicaAnthony Hill
British GuianaGeorge Green
Trinidad and TobagoRon Gray (1939-10-13)13 October 1939 (aged 19)
Trinidad and TobagoAlvin Corneal (1937-10-13)13 October 1937 (aged 21)
British GuianaCompton Julian
BarbadosReginald Haynes (1931-11-22)22 November 1931 (aged 27)

Ages shown are at the time of the first game on the tour.

Results


The overall tour record was: P17 W4 D0 L13 F27 A63.

References

  1. ↑ "Ceremony opens BWI Football Board". Jamaica Gleaner. 4 January 1957. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "WI football crest". Gleaner (Jamaica). 9 April 1959. p. 14.
  3. ↑ "Caribbean Football Association Formed". Gleaner (Jamaica). 22 January 1959. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "England Tour of British Caribbean 1959". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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