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Scotty
10 Jul 2005, 03:16 PM
Vale's man makes mark
In a week of sporting surprises, Chris Birchall of Port Vale made football history, becoming the first white man to score a goal for Trinidad and Tobago. It happened in Miami on Wednesday in the Orange Bowl, in his country's opening Concacaf Gold Cup group game against Honduras.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,6903,1525493,00.html
MoRado
10 Jul 2005, 03:59 PM
Vale's man makes mark
In a week of sporting surprises, Chris Birchall of Port Vale made football history, becoming the first white man to score a goal for Trinidad and Tobago. It happened in Miami on Wednesday in the Orange Bowl, in his country's opening Concacaf Gold Cup group game against Honduras.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,6903,1525493,00.html
Good for him!
United color of benetton!
Good luck fot the T&T'n team!
jahman
10 Jul 2005, 05:22 PM
Vale's man makes mark
In a week of sporting surprises, Chris Birchall of Port Vale made football history, becoming the first white man to score a goal for Trinidad and Tobago. It happened in Miami on Wednesday in the Orange Bowl, in his country's opening Concacaf Gold Cup group game against Honduras.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,6903,1525493,00.html
I will do further research, but I think that this may be inaccurate.... in the mid 1900's T&T, Jamaica and most of the Carribean teams were dominated by white players. Maybe the article meant in modern times , i.e. post independence.
scaryice
10 Jul 2005, 10:22 PM
I will do further research, but I think that this may be inaccurate.... in the mid 1900's T&T, Jamaica and most of the Carribean teams were dominated by white players. Maybe the article meant in modern times , i.e. post independence.
Trinidad wasn't affiliated with FIFA until 1963, so maybe that has something to do with it.
Scotty
12 Jul 2005, 02:32 PM
I will do further research, but I think that this may be inaccurate.... in the mid 1900's T&T, Jamaica and most of the Carribean teams were dominated by white players. Maybe the article meant in modern times , i.e. post independence.
Find anything?
romero09
12 Jul 2005, 10:43 PM
um , why is this a big deal ? who cares what color he is
Metrophenomenal
12 Jul 2005, 10:52 PM
um , why is this a big deal ? who cares what color he is
because hes the trinidadian jackie robinson.
romero09
12 Jul 2005, 11:21 PM
because hes the trinidadian jackie robinson.
so whites are the lower hand in trini ?
jahman
13 Jul 2005, 12:59 PM
Try as I might, I cant find anything to confirm what I beleive....still think I am right though. In the 50's and 60's most representatives of the Island's national team (cricket in particular) were of European descent.
Metrophenomenal
13 Jul 2005, 02:34 PM
so whites are the lower hand in trini ?
no doubt about it.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
jahman
13 Jul 2005, 03:54 PM
no doubt about it.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
:) ...
In the islands, race (for the most part) does not matter - or so we tell ourselves.