Out of a population of 1.341 million people, just about 500 turned up to see Trinidad and Tobago beat Guyana 2-0 in the final match of the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign last week Tuesday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.
The campaign was lost when the Soca Warriors were defeated 2-1 in the first leg in Guyana four days earlier.
Had Trinidad and Tobago won or drew in Guyana, the final match of the series would have still given them a chance to qualify for the next round and would probably have been sold out.
In the end Guyana qualified out of the group with 13 points, one more than T&T.
Having returned to Trinidad after migrating a few years ago, nutsman "Jumbo" cursed like mad about the poor support of the national team, once it was clear that the Soca Warriors could not advance further in World Cup qualifying.
There are apparently more virtual football supporters in Trinidad and Tobago than real ones. Many talk football on internet blogs and watch Barcelona and the big teams on television, but make every excuse not to go see an actual match.
And it's not just football, but sport in general.
Are we fair-weather, as opposed to diehard, fans? Apparently, Trinidad and Tobago captain Kenwyne Jones, T&T Pro League CEO Dexter Skeene and Guyana national coach Jamaal Shabazz think so.
"I think all-round the people that say that they love football and they love their country need to redefine the word love, cause love means regardless of. Win or lose you need to support your country," said Jones following the home win over Guyana.
"In my time I always believe that if we had the support of 10,000 people watching Pro League games, the standard of the Pro League would always be high.
"I think that the role of the fans in Trinidad and Tobago needs to change in order to lift the intensity and the excitement of the Pro League," Jones added. "But players now, they have no motivation to come on, because when they come on the field probably 20 people at best (are looking on) and 15 of them is family and friends. I don't think on a general basis we could stand up to any other country in the Caribbean, far less the rest of the world when it comes to support."
Skeene, who was among the few supporters at the "Hasely Crawford" last week, also touched on the subject.
No crowd support at Pro League matches means no gate recepits, which usually means no sponsorship and ultimately no means for professional football to support itself without Government help.
"As I sat in the uncovered stands with Clayton Morris, my teammate, watching the game T&T played against Guyana on Tuesday, with about 500 other spectators, the thought struck me that you really only know your true friends when you are in trouble and the chips are down," Skeene said. "The fact that we are no longer in the race to qualify for Brazil 2014 presents to all of us who claim to love football and Trinidad and Tobago's football in particular the opportunity to reveal our true colours."
And speaking before the critical match in which Guyana eliminated Trinidad and Tobago by winning 2-1 at the Guyana National Stadium on November 11, Shabazz said football means a lot more to Guyanese than his native Trinidadians.
"The Trinidad and Tobago public is only passionate when the national team is doing well and when they are on the last round of qualification. In Trinidad and Tobago they don't go to club football. The Guyana public come to club football, pee wee football and all kinda football. And international football is the culmination of everything," Shabazz declared.