Joe Public F.C.

Following the disappointment in 1996 of the Trinidad national team, which saw the country fail to qualify for World Cup 1998, Austin "Jack" Warner proposed that creating a league to produce home grown players would function as the building blocks to qualify for the next World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Thus, the need for a professional league and the ability for clubs to operate as business entities, the Joe Public Football Club was formed. After entering and winning the Eastern Football Association's Competitions in 1996, Joe Public qualified for and won the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association's Champion of Champions Tournament. This allowed the club entry into the Semi-Professional Football League (SPFL) after only one season in existence. During the beginning years of the club's existence, Joe Public had established an operative football office with paid staff and employed several players from countries throughout the Caribbean, Nicaragua, Mexico and Brazil. The club finished second in their first season of the SPFL in 1997, and in 1998 they won the Champions' League Tournament, the Craven A SPFL League title, and the CFU Caribbean Club Championship. However, in 2004, Joe Public withdrew from the Professional Football League to play in the National Super League, Trinidad and Tobago's second division, but returned after two years for the 2006 season, in which they clinched the league championship title. In November 2007, as a result going undefeated through the…

Domestic

TT Pro League: 3 1998, 2006, 2009 FA Trophy: 3 2001, 2007, 2009 Runner-up (2): 1999, 2000 First Citizens Cup: 0 Runner-up (2): 2008, 2009 TOYOTA Classic: 1 2007, 2009 Runner-up (1): 2005 Digicel Pro Bowl: 1 2009 Invitational

Kashif & Shanghai Knockout Tournament: 1 2007 International

CFU Club Championship: 2 1998, 2000 Runner-up (2): 2007, 2010