What is the answer?
I'll lead up to it. Give people more chances to guess. What happened at this festival is Trinidad played Arsenal first. The T&T met Jamaica who had signed up a Brazilain coach, Jorge Penna, who introduced the 4-2-4 where you had 4 forwards, 2 "linkmen" and 4 defenders. Trinidad was still playing the archaic 2-3-5 and lost pretty bad.
Then Jamaica played Arsenal, all hell broke loose and the ref blew off the match before half time.
Ten Arsenal players, officials here
Source: Jamaica Gleaner, page 12
Date Published: 1965-08-01Seven footballers and three officials from the Arsenal Football club arrived in the island yesterday afternoon in the first group of Arsenal players who will be here for the Independence Football Festival at the National Stadium this Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The rest of the Arsenal team is expected in the island this afternoon at 1.30.
Players who came in yesterday were Ian Ure, Joe Baker, Alan Skirton, Don Howe, Jon Sammels, Bob Wilson and Peter Storey.
The players were accompanied by manager of Arsenal Billy Wright and directors S. C. McIntyre and P. Hillwood.
On their arrival they were met by representatives of the Jaycees organizers of the tour, Mr. Gene McDonald of Martins Tours and Mr. Bunny McLean, representing Lig-Mona, promoters of the tour. The Festival is being sponsored by Frank Wilson.
Sports Editor's Diary
Source: Jamaica Gleaner, page 12
Date Published: 1965-08-01
Author: Keith BrownThe famed 'Gunners'On Tuesday night, Jamaica soccer fans will see a team with one of the richest and most colourful histories, Arsenal, a team whose play, as bright as their crimson jerseys, made them one of the legendary teams in world soccer in that memorable period in the 1930s and 1940s.
I remember vividly reading of the famed "Gunners of Highbury" who crushed everything in their path. Names like "Juggler" James, the genius among artists in Arsenal's classic ball-playing days, the majestic Bernard Joy, a master tactician who was the rage in Arenal's days of methodically ruthless soccer and left winger Cliff Bastin who played for England at 16, still linger in memory.
Today, Arsenal, understandably, is no longer a fantastic team, but the Arsenal legend lives on and thousands of Jamaicans are certain to be at the Stadium on Tuesday night to see the "Gunners" fire away.
They won't be disappointed. I wasn't when I watched them for 90 minutes at Highbury last year. Today they have no James, Joys, or Bastins, but they have Ian Ure, George Eastham and Joe Baker. Ure, tall blonde and brilliant in the air, a fine long kicker; Eastham, a high calibre thinker, who unobtrusively rips a defence open and Baker, a dynamic goalgetter who has thrilled hard to please Italians and today thrills his thousands of home admirers. I remember too, the sharp, electifying burst by the diminutive and brilliant left winger George Armstrong.
Trinidad Face Arsenal
Source: Jamaica Gleaner, page 18
Date Published: 1965-08-03
Independence Football Festival Stars At Stadium Tonight
KC-Cornwall In First MatchJAMAICA'S first Independence Football Festival swings into operation tonight at 8.30 when the powerful Arsenal squad face Trinidad's strongest XI in the first match of the three-game series between Jamaica, Trinidad and Arsenal at the National Stadium.
At 7.00, Kingston College and Cornwall will meet in a preliminary match.
There is no doubt that the Arsenal squad will be going all out and holding back nothing. "We will be going all out," said manager Billy Wright yesterday. "These matches are very important for they are a part of our pre-season training and we have to do well and get into top shape."
From the interest and skill that the full squad showed when they worked out for the first time at the National Stadium yesterday afternoon, they seem intent on carrying out the orders of the manager to the letter.
The sharp-shooting of stocky Joe Baker at centre forward and the brilliant defence play of the costly Ian Ure promise to be outstanding features of tonight's game. Altogether the Arsenal bunch looked a fine group of footballers.
The team for tonight is Jim Furnell (goal), Don Howe (RB), Billy McCullough (LB), Frank McLintock (RH), Ian Ure (CH), Terry Neil (LH), Alan Skirton (OR), George Eastham (IR), Joe Baker (CF), David Court (IL), George Armstrong (OL).
Manager Billy Wright has made it clear that this team is quite a good one and may very well be the one that represents the Club in the next English Football season.
Although the Trinidad side is less experienced than the Arsenal squad confidence abounds in their camp. Their team includes players who have been regular representatives of the Trinidad national team for some while now. Goalkeeper Lincoln Phillips is regarded as the top man in the country at his position and is also in the rating among the Caribbean's top goalkeepers.
Tonight could be a good time for him to prove his skill for undoubtedly he will have a lot of testing.
The team practised at the National Stadium yesterday morning and seemed to master the art of short passing and positioning. Centre forward Gerry Brown and outside right Bobby Sookram are the dangers on the frontline while in the defence right half and captain Sedley Joseph could be responsible for the breakup of quite a few Arsenal raids.
The Trinidad team is Lincoln Phillips (goal), Bertrand Grelle (RB), Baldwin Ferguson (LB), Sedley Joseph (RH), Clem Clarke (CH), Tyrone DeLaBastide (LH), Bobby Sookram (OR), Jeff Gellineau (IR), Gerry Brown (CF), Victor Gamaldo (IL), and Alvin Corneal (OL).
The Independence festival is sponsored by Frank Watson, promoted by Lig-Mona and organized by the Jaycees.
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HERE FOR THE SERIES: Trinidadian footballers and officials who arrived in the island on Sunday afternoon for the Independence Football Festival with Jamaica and Arsenal. The Trinidadians are front row (l to r) Gerry Browne, Richard Nieves, Everald Cummings, Henry Multzac and Alvin Corneal; Second row (l to r) Ken Hodge, Bertrand Grelle, Tyrone DeLaBastide and Ken Henry; Back row (l to r) Lincoln Phillips, Baldwin Ferguson, Jean Moutett, Dudley Joseph (capt.), Mr. Ken Galt (president of the Trinidad Football Association), Clem Clarke, Jeff Gellineau, Conrad Brathwaite (coach), Victor Gamaldo, Cecil Thompson of the JFA and Bobby Sookram.