Football in Trinidad and Tobago has a long history of popular following in the country. Only Guyana and Haiti have older established football federations than the TTFF, established in 1910. With the decline of the West Indies cricket team, it would be possible to claim that football has surpassed cricket in popularity for the younger generation even after the advent of T20 cricket.

In the North and East of Trinidad, as well as Tobago, football as the preferred sport has been long entrenched. However, no region or any other division possible amongst the population of the islands has kind of relevance at the grassroots level.
The game is widely followed and played with a level of organization and regularity that is rarely present in many other sectors of life in the country.
There has been a regular informal Sunday evening pickup football game (every informal football game in Trinidad and Tobago, is referred to as a “sweat”) in the village where my grandparents live since my father was a young child. Despite vast changes, from independence to mass migration to spiralling crime levels, this Sunday game continues to exist despite an ever-evolving roster of participants. Without formal organization, it simply requires everyone to get their gear and go to the field. It continues as it has been doing and will likely continue until there is no one left in the village to play, which may be soon enough as rural villages in Trinidad have an increasingly elderly population.