This argument kinda petty, but here are the stats just to bring a little bit of the actual truth to the proceedings..now if the Jamaicans could dispute this, I welcome them to provide their own stats..but I think these are very accurate. I am only counting the Caribbean Cup/Copa Caribe/Digicel (all the same tournament..just different names thry time), WC qualifying, Gold Cup, Friendlies. I am not counting Caribana Cup games (not real national teams) and Youth and Women games. I am also not counting the friendly in JA that 'T&T' lost 6-1 in 1997 after JA qualified for WC 1998 cuz that team had 4 non Trinis in the starting lineup..in other words, that was not our national team. So in other words, these are full senior team matches in either competition or friendlies.
Since 2000, JA has had the better of the rivalry: Played 5 times and Jamaica has won 4, T&T won 1. T&T's last win was in 2001 in the Copa Caribe, a come from behind 2-1 win. Since then Jamaica has beaten us twice. 2-1 in a WC qualifier in 2001 in T&T and 2-1 in the Digicel Cup in 2005 in Barbados. So in the last 3 games it has been tight. But JA can truly say they have dominated since 2000. Of course we then went and qualify for WC2006..so dat kinda trump anything
..oh yeah, back to the stats
In the 1990s JA we were even. The teams played a massive 15 times, with T&T winning 5, JA winning 5 and 5 ties.
In the 1980s the teams played twice with 1 win each...even
In the 1970s, they only played once...JA won
In the 1960s the teams played 6 times: T&T won 4, JA won 1 and there was 1 tie
In the 1950s, JA and t&T faced off 7 times with JA winning 4 and T&T winning 3
In the 40s, T&T won 9 times aginst our northern rivals, JA won 5 times and there was 1 tie
And in the 1930s T&T won 5 times, and JA were winless.
So T&T dominated the 30s and 40s. We were pretty even in the 50s with JA having the edge that decade. T&T dominated the 60s and JA won the only game played in the 70s. We were dead even in the 80s and 90s. And then JA leads the 00s by a bit. So...that should add some perspective. Only real old timers can actually remember when JA was no match for T&T. But by the 80s, the actual head to head was even, and then after 2000, we were 2nd best. The overall record is T&T wins 23, JA wins 21, with 7 ties.
Nice rivalry and pretty even...keep cool fellaz..later