Trinidad and Tobago played in the men's football FIFA World Cup Finals in summer 2006 in Germany, becoming the smallest qualifier, according to population, in the history of the World Cup. In this article, the questions are posed of how such a small nation has achieved this and what the contribution of Jack Warner has been to this story. The analysis is informed by a critical, investigative framework that combines sociological synthesis with qualitative forms of reportage (both academic and journalistic) and interpretation, documentary sources and focused observation (at sporting encounters), and interviews and dialogues with FIFA personnel. The article demonstrates that the football administrations of Trinidad and Tobago and the regional governing body CONCACAF have been used to further the personal and business ambitions of individuals and that the carnivalesque public face of the sport masks processes and dynamics of self-aggrandizement and individual profiteering.
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