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{{Infobox football association
| Logo                  = British Caribbean Football Association.png
| Founded               = {{start date|df=yes|1957|1|20}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Ceremony opens BWI Football Board|url=http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/809|accessdate=2 June 2012|newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner|date=4 January 1957|archive-date=19 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419015436/http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/809|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
| Headquarters          =
| FIFA affiliation      = N/A
| Region                = 
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| Subregion             = 
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| President             = {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}} Ken Galt
| Website               = 
}}

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]]

The six inaugural members were:

*{{flag|Barbados|1885}} (joined FIFA in 1968)
*{{flag|British Guiana}} (joined FIFA in 1988 as Guyana)
*{{flag|Grenada|1903}} (joined FIFA in 1978)
*{{flag|Jamaica|1957}} (joined FIFA in 1962)
*{{flag|St. Vincent and the Grenadines|colonial}} (joined FIFA in 1988)
*{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}} (joined FIFA in 1964)

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 [[United Kingdom|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."<ref>{{cite news|title=WI football crest|publisher=Gleaner (Jamaica)|page=14|date=9 April 1959}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caribbean Football Association Formed|publisher=Gleaner (Jamaica)|page=10|date=22 January 1959}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=England Tour of British Caribbean 1959|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtour-windies59.html|accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref>

===Squad===

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{{nat fs player|no=|pos=GK|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Patrick Gomez]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1930|02|06|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=GK|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Rawlins Baptiste]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Jamaica|1957}}[[Walter Chevannes]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Tyrone de la Bastide]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1938|10|17|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Willie Rodriguez]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1934|6|25|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|British Guiana}}[[Hubert Braithwaite]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Jamaica|1957}}[[Karl Largie]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|British Guiana}}[[Monty Hope]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Noel Daniel]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Doyle Griffith]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Eddie Aleong]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1937|5|4|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Len Leggard]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1930|1|19|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Jamaica|1957}}[[Ken East]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Jamaica|1957}}[[Owen Parker]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1932|9|21|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Jamaica|1957}}[[Syd Bartlett]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Jamaica|1957}}[[Anthony Hill (Jamaican footballer)|Anthony Hill]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|British Guiana}}[[George Green (British Guianan footballer)|George Green]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Ron Gray (footballer born 1940)|Ron Gray]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1939|10|13|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}[[Alvin Corneal]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1937|10|13|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|British Guiana}}[[Compton Julian]]|age=<!-- {{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|yyyy|mm|dd|df=y}} -->|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name={{flagicon|Barbados|1885}}[[Reginald Haynes]]|age={{Birth date and age2|1959|09|01|1931|11|22|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs end}}

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

== Results ==

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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|1|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Cornwall County Football Association|Cornwall FA]] XI
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 1-0
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = 
| stadium      = [[St Austell]]
| attendance   = 
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| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
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| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}

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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|3|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = Cornwall FA XI
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 2-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Haynes
| stadium      = [[Penzance]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|7|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Dorset County Football Association|Dorset FA]] XI
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 4-2
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Parker<br/> {{goal}} Bartlett
| stadium      = [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|10|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Isthmian League]] XI
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 3-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Gray
| stadium      = [[London]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|12|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Athenian League]] XI
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 7-2
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = ?
| stadium      = [[Wealdstone]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|16|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Spalding United F.C.|Spalding United FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 0-3
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Parker<br/>{{goal}}  East<br/>{{goal}}  Haynes
| stadium      = [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = W
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|19|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Wisbech Town F.C.|Wisbech Town FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 5-4
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       =  {{goal}} Gray<br/> {{goal}}  Parker<br/> {{goal}}  Parker<br/> {{goal}}  Julian
| stadium      = [[Wisbech]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|23|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[King's Lynn F.C.|King's Lynn FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 3-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Parker
| stadium      = [[King's Lynn]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|25|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Ely City F.C.|Ely City FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 1-2
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Haynes<br/>{{goal}} Corneal
| stadium      = [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = W
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|9|30|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Newmarket Town F.C.|Newmarket Town FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 1-3
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} East<br/>{{goal}} East<br/>{{goal}} Parker
| stadium      = [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = W
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|3|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 4-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       =  
| goals2       = 
| stadium      = [[Peterborough]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|7|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Barking F.C.|Barking FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 1-2
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Corneal<br/>{{goal}} Haynes
| stadium      = [[Barking, London|Barking]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|10|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Great Britain men's Olympic football team|Great Britain Olympic]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 7-2
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Parker<br/>{{goal}} Parker
| stadium      = [[Ipswich]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|12|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.|Bromsgrove Rovers FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 5-0
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = 
| stadium      = [[Bromsgrove]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|14|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 11-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} Noakes (o.g.)
| stadium      = [[London]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|17|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Pegasus A.F.C.|Pegasus AFC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 3-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} East
| stadium      = [[Oxford]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}
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| date         = {{Start date|1959|10|21|df=y}}  
| event        = 
| round        = 
| time         = 
| team1        = [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall FC]]
| team2        = British Caribbean
| score        = 5-1
| aet          = 
| goals1       = 
| goals2       = {{goal}} East
| stadium      = [[London]]
| attendance   = 
| referee      = 
| report       = 
| penalties1   = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties2   = 
| result = L
}}

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

== References==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Association football governing bodies in the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1957]]