Tyrone Mears played for Jamaica despite no links to there.

[Me]

If it happened under Boxhill it would be no big deal to the anti Burrell camp just as no real investigative journalism was done into man selling tickets for the England game and not turning over money to the Englush FA.

[Bricktop]

Him madda neva memba seh it was Ebriama breed har not Clive

[Me]

Maybe she still not sure which one do it.

[OJ]

could not have happen under boxhill watch.. si dem get real big player now at villa and dem rejected him.

[Stonigut]

Only two words describe dis youth! HEEE Diot!!!

[Me]

reject him. you mean the yute who say playing for England was an easy choice.

[Karl]

I looks bad, but then again, it was not a real game, just a friendly. The JFF should have done due diligence on this to make sure the man is a legitimate Jamaican by descent. If he were to play in the Gold Cup, a FIFA sanctioned competition or in any World Cup Qualifier, then the JFF would have to have all the necessary documents in place, as they would then need to apply for a passport for the player. Mears was not involved in the GC, so. . .

It is sad though that Mears knows not his roots beyond himself. Imagine, not being sure where your father was from. So maybe he just did not know the man, but at least his information should be on his birth certificate.

I wonder why he was sure his father was Jamaican on the first go round?

I wonder if he is used that same method to now arrive at the decision that his father is from Sierra Leone?

...will he have to proffer the same excuse of "genuine mistake"...one more time?

[Me]

More and more this sound like is JOhn Barnes tell the man that him must be Jamaican.

LOL . .. Man seh him look into it.

Is them level of recruiting JB was doing.

[Jangle]

Him modda dead? Him couldn't just ask her?

[Zeppo]

So was Barnes simply going around the English leagues and asking any black player he saw if they wanted to play for Jamaica?

[OJ]

No Ashley Young then at watford..

[Zeppo]

Mears mistake! - Burnley right back claims to have no Jamaican connection

There is a thick cloud of confusion surrounding the international future of England-born defender Tyrone Mears who represented Jamaica in a friendly international earlier this year only to find out afterwards that he was not eligible to do so.

Mears, whose mother was also born in England, accepted an invitation from former National coach John Barnes in February to play for Jamaica after it was felt that he would qualify through his father, who was believed to be Jamaican.

The Burnley right back played 71 minutes in the match that ended 0-0 against Nigeria but later found out, through a private investigator, that his father had indeed been born in the African country of Sierra Leone, resulting in a huge threat to the continuing of his international career.

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[Me]

Oh you mean the man who hear bout the 2 towel for 22 man.

[Gamma]

brute! a certain david johnson did diss jamaica similarly.....nuh sorry fi none a dem...

[Mosiah]

yuh tink she know?