British Caribbean Football Association

The British Caribbean Football Association were a football association formed in January 1957. The BCFA was formed having witnessed the success of the West Indies Cricket team in the 1950s and their defeat of England during the decade. The BCFA was not technically a West Indies team as players were also selected from British Guiana who were not members of the West Indies Federation

British Caribbean Football Association
Founded20 January 1957 (1957-01-20)[1]
FIFA affiliationN/A
President Ken Galt

The six inaugural members were:

None of the associated FA's were members of FIFA at the time of the formation of the BCFA.

Crest

The British Caribbean Football Association supported a design competition and the winning crest was designed by Andy Worrell, a Trinidad oilfield worker.

The Jamaica Gleaner described the crest thus: "It show flags of the West Indies Nation and the Mother Country, along with tropical scenery, typical of Caribbean waters, palm trees, birds and sun. At the top are eleven stars which serve a double purpose—representing the eleven players of the team or the eleven territories in the Association including British Guiana. All this is bounded by a gold chain linking the territories in the Association. The competition was open to residents in the West Indies and British Guiana."[2]

Executive committee

On 20 January 1957, Trinidadian Football Association Chairman Ken Galt was nominated as President of the BCFA. The first Vice-President Jamaican Winston Meekes, then Jamaican Football Association president. The second Vice-President was the Dighton H. Ward of Barbados.

The Trinidad Football Association's Eric James was installed as General Secretary of the BCFA.[3]

England Tour of 1959

The representative team embarked on a tour of England between August and November 1959. The BCFA team left from Port of Spain aboard the MV Willemstad on 17 August, and arrived in England on 30 August. They played in navy blue shirts with gold trim, and white shorts.[4]

Squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Patrick Gomez (1930-02-06)6 February 1930 (aged 29)
1GK Rawlins Baptiste
Walter Chevannes
Tyrone de la Bastide (1938-10-17)17 October 1938 (aged 20)
Willie Rodriguez (1934-06-25)25 June 1934 (aged 25)
Hubert Braithwaite
Karl Largie
Monty Hope
Noel Daniel
Doyle Griffith
Eddie Aleong (1937-05-04)4 May 1937 (aged 22)
Len Leggard (1930-01-19)19 January 1930 (aged 29)
Ken East
Owen Parker (1932-09-21)21 September 1932 (aged 26)
Syd Bartlett
Anthony Hill
George Green
Ron Gray (1939-10-13)13 October 1939 (aged 19)
Alvin Corneal (1937-10-13)13 October 1937 (aged 21)
Compton Julian
Reginald Haynes (1931-11-22)22 November 1931 (aged 27)

Ages shown are at the time of the first game on the tour.

Results
1 September 1959 (1959-09-01) Cornwall FA XI 1-0 British Caribbean St Austell
3 September 1959 (1959-09-03) Cornwall FA XI 2-1 British Caribbean Penzance
Haynes
7 September 1959 (1959-09-07) Dorset FA XI 4-2 British Caribbean Weymouth
Parker
Bartlett
10 September 1959 (1959-09-10) Isthmian League XI 3-1 British Caribbean London
Gray
12 September 1959 (1959-09-12) Athenian League XI 7-2 British Caribbean Wealdstone
?
16 September 1959 (1959-09-16) Spalding United FC 0-3 British Caribbean Spalding
Parker
East
Haynes
19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) Wisbech Town FC 5-4 British Caribbean Wisbech
Gray
Parker
Parker
Julian
23 September 1959 (1959-09-23) King's Lynn FC 3-1 British Caribbean King's Lynn
Parker
25 September 1959 (1959-09-25) Ely City FC 1-2 British Caribbean Ely
Haynes
Corneal
30 September 1959 (1959-09-30) Newmarket Town FC 1-3 British Caribbean Newmarket
East
East
Parker
3 October 1959 (1959-10-03) Peterborough United FC 4-1 British Caribbean Peterborough
7 October 1959 (1959-10-07) Barking FC 1-2 British Caribbean Barking
Corneal
Haynes
10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) Great Britain Olympic 7-2 British Caribbean Ipswich
Parker
Parker
12 October 1959 (1959-10-12) Bromsgrove Rovers FC 5-0 British Caribbean Bromsgrove
14 October 1959 (1959-10-14) Crystal Palace FC 11-1 British Caribbean London
Noakes (o.g.)
17 October 1959 (1959-10-17) Pegasus FC 3-1 British Caribbean Oxford
East
21 October 1959 (1959-10-21) Millwall FC 5-1 British Caribbean London
East


The overall tour record was: P17 W4 D0 L13 F27 A63.

References
  1. "Ceremony opens BWI Football Board". Jamaica Gleaner. 4 January 1957. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. "WI football crest". Gleaner (Jamaica). 9 April 1959. p. 14.
  3. "Caribbean Football Association Formed". Gleaner (Jamaica). 22 January 1959. p. 10. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. "England Tour of British Caribbean 1959". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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