Palos,
No English team ever come down in TT and give them 6 when I was around. Maybe in all yuh time. When Charlie Cook came down with Chelsea, they were the FA and UEFA cup champions. Chelsea had all the their stars for that game. Bonetti, Alan Hudson(one of the best mid-fielders England ever produce, Alf Ramsey did not like him), Peter Osgood. Our team was all local. Figeroux, Rondon, Murren, Dennie, Texiera, Arnim David, Jimmy Springer , Buggy, ray Roberts, Keith Reno, Ulric Boxhill, Leo Brewster. At times Chelsea school TT with their one touch and their positional play. We match them with speed, fitness and individual skill. Chelsea had about 60% possesion of the ball. They beat us 3-2. Buggy and Ray Roberts score. We also play Southhampton and lost 1-0 in Skinner Park. We played Hull City, St. Mirren, Nautico(Brazil) and all the performance were credible for an amateur team playing pros. Venezuela came to TTand got hammered in the 3 games we played them. Ven. send a university side. They think TT was soft. Buggy and Steve David bust one set a goal on them.
Bro in the late 60's and early 70's when only on team use to qualify for WC, Mex. was top dog. In the Caribbean, Haiti, Suriname, TT/Cuba were the top teams. Martinique and Quadeloupe were good but they could not play WC. I telling all yuh, B'dos team with the Goodard bros was a good team. JA was going thru a real funk. They had good individuals(Cole, Woodstock, Art Welch) but Cuba and Haiti use to pass them out in WC and Olimpics early o'clock. All yuh would not know that. Because all yuh was not dey. All yuh talking to the ultimate ball-jumbie. That is ME.
We should have gone to the 74 WC. Poor refereeing mess we up. How we would have done is a different story. Haiti got beat up, but they scored a goal. After 74, a combination of the bummbling TTFA, lack of gov't and business support, and all know who, are some of the things that has retarded TT football. The passion and crowd support was incredible in my times.I ain't exaggerating. That is a fact. The players nowadays maybe stronger and faster and have more opportunities, but with the exception of the recent WC team performance in Germany, the performances of the current teams are POOR.