# Talk:Jamaica national football team

Can someone help me out with the squad for the T&T game ?Krayziegunts (talk) 11:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
and also, the players who scored during the South East Asian tour

I have added this category to track our results as time go by. Krayziegunts (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
and now some jackass deleted it Krayziegunts (talk) 14:37, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

we have to go by fifa's rule, they are the final authority in football. Also, to make it relevant to every other nation's wiki we should go by fifa's standings 07:25, 25 March 2008 Krayziegunts 
Hard to find much about the Jamaican national team's record-holders.  Based on this site - http://www.reggaeboyzsc.com/playerprofile.aspx?id=25&squad=Former-Player , I strongly suspect Brown's got the most.  Here's the list I compiled:
durrant brown 132
warren barrett - 121
hector wright - 110
linval dixon - 96
peter cargill - 84
As for goals, I think Onandi Lowe and Walter Boyd both have 19; I bet this is probably the record, but I'm not tremendously confident. Theodore Whitmore has 24 goals and holds the record.

according to RSSSF: http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/century.html Note that the Jamaican FA includes all matches, even against club sides, youth teams or olympic representations. They have Barrett at 127 and Brown at 111, not sure how recent those numbers are. Maybe just leave Brown there, put Lowe/Boyd at goals and put an * next to each, implying not FIFA official? --Dryazan 02:08, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think we ought to go by what rsssf says - I'm confident that FIFA isn't counting matches against club sides, Olympics, etc., but I'll leave the decision up to you.
The current team captain is Ricardo Gardener

Allien Whittaker was born 19 June 1983 http://nationalfootballteams.com/v2/country.php?id=93
Liioadin 13:17 7 Feb 2008  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.153.100 (talk) 18:18, 7 February 2008 (UTC) 

Both the Jamaica Gleaner and Observer, as well as International Press have reported that Fuller scored the goal. See Gleaner Observer Rasadam (talk) 14:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Surely John Barnes should have an English flag next to his name? Just like Marlon King and Deon Burton have a Jamaican flag next to theirs as they're English born but play for the Jamaican national side. The precedent is to use the flag of the country they represent(ed).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.210.76 (talk) 13:04, 19 October 2008 (UTC) 

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The Jamaica Football Federation uses the nickname "Reggae Boyz", and the "UB40" nickname is referenced by the Jamaica Gleaner. An IP maintains that the nickname is derogatory (and I agree- especially the UB40 one)- maybe the nicknames should be put in a separate section, given that the "Boyz" one seems to have official sanction. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 17:55, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

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Peter-Lee Vassell's page gives a different date of birth than this page.
EvanJ35 (talk) 15:11, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Jamaica national football team/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 14:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this one. Will post review as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 14:31, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Initial review


### Lead
"officially represent Jamaica in international football", officially seems rather unnecessary here. I'm assuming no one unofficially represented them?
 Done

Link the full wording of CONCACAF.
 Done

"competes in the Caribbean Cup and has won six times", sounds a little clunky perhaps. "Has won the competition" six times"?
 Done HawkAussie (talk) 00:14, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


### Early history (1893–1962)
"In 1910, the Football Association was formed", is this referring to the JFF? If so, include the JFF with a link.
 Done
"controlled all of the games", this seems rather vague. Needs more explaining, something along the lines of "to take control of Jamaica's domestic leagues and international side"? There may be better wording here but you get the gist.
 Done
"Jamaica had its first international match against Haiti and won all three games", again needs more explanation, we suddenly jump from the team's first international match to three.
 Done Slightly modified this sentence so this makes more sense.
Delapenha didn't play for the national side according to his article. Is that an oversight in his page? Otherwise it seems odd to list him here.
 Done It seemed to be added when Bobby was doing the c/e


### Post-independence (1962–1989)
"the Jamaica Football Federation was formed", the article for this states they were founded in 1910 but gained FIFA affiliation in 1962?
 Done I am quite sure that was when the JFF became a FIFA member.
The Netherlands > The Netherlands Antilles. Same again in the following paragraph.
 Done
Duplink of Mexico in the second paragraph.
 Done
Link hat-trick in the second paragraph.
 Done
The two sentences at the start of the last paragraph regarding missing the two World Cup qualifying campaigns could probably be merged into one.
 Done I feel like that is properly a good idea there. HawkAussie (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


### Caribbean triumph and World Cup appearance (1990–2000)
"1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed." Could drop the second 1993 here for "later that year" or similar.
 Done
"its largest-ever win margin in a 12–0 win", against who?
 Done It was against the British Virgin Islands.
"Simões searched for players and convinced Jamaican players in the UK to play for Jamaica", probably need to clarify why this was notable I.e. the number of foreign-born players who were selected called up.
 Done I have slightly modified that sentence so that it was players that had Jamaican heritage that would be eligible to play for Jamaica.
"With the help of keeper", > goalkeeper.
 Done


### Struggles at continental level (2001–2009)
"After reaching the final after wins against", slight repetition of after here.
 Done Changed the second after to with.


### Recent times (2010–)
Can't say I'm keen on the heading here (at what point will it not be "recent" for example). Is there an alternative heading?
 Done Changed to it continental finals appearances because they appeared in the 2015 and 2017 Gold Cup final.
"a historic 2–1 win over the US at home", historic seems like a WP:PEACOCK term. Why was it historic?
 Done Because it was the first time that they defeated the Americans.
Giles Barnes linked twice in two sentences in the third paragraph.
 Done
"Jamaica finished scoring no goals in three matches, ending last in its group with zero points", I'm not sure this sentence really works in its current form.
 Done Reworded it. HawkAussie (talk) 00:47, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


### Kits
"The national team has been through four clothing manufacturers that applied the official kit for Belgium." This is a little informal and I'm not sure why Belgium are relevant here?
Meant to be Jamaica here. HawkAussie (talk) 00:17, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


### Records
The UB40 note is a little oddly placed here, it's not a record after all.
 Done Meant to be in the player section. HawkAussie (talk) 00:16, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


### References
Refs 9, 23, 33, 42, 65, 74, 80 and 81 need a publisher.
Ref 39 needs an author.
Avoid shouting in ref titles, per WP:ALLCAPS.
 Done Completed all of those.
That's all I've found in an initial run through. Try to avoid repeating the team name so much as well, there are over 100 uses of Jamaica in the lead and main body. Placed on hold until the above issues are addressed. Kosack (talk) 19:51, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
@Kosack: I think I have completed those requests that you desire. HawkAussie (talk) 23:57, 6 August 2019 (UTC)


### Follow up
#### Post-independence (1962–1989)
"the JFF was formed", you've now got the JFF being formed in the first section and here in the second. Was this meant to be their FIFA affiliation?
 Done It was their FIFA affiliation which I have put in.
"from its previous World Cup team", probably best to mention qualifying otherwise it sounds rather like they made the tournament.
 Done Slighty reworded to say that it was the previous attempt in qualifying.


#### Caribbean triumph and World Cup appearance (1990–2000)
"1992 Caribbean Cup. In 1992, Jamaica competed." Could drop the second 1993 here for "later that year" or similar. This still stands from the initial review.
 Done Modified that flow through there.
@HawkAussie: A couple more things I noticed in a second run through. I've done some minor copyediting, let me know if you take issues with any of the changes but they're all relatively small. Kosack (talk) 18:57, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
@Kosack: I don't see any main issues with that as they are indeed only minor. HawkAussie (talk) 00:33, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Ok I think we're there on this one. I'm happy that this meets the GA criteria. Nice work, promoting.

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