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Let’s get things started with Skyros. Not a huge amount to the shirt, but definitely some care gone into it. Bright yellow on the collar and sleeve cuffs, with the milder yellow pattern across the front, mildly reminiscent of an older Adidas template. In the wider stripe we have “473,” the country’s dialling code tiled. This is something I’ve never seen before and don’t think we’ll see from any other country, but it is done pretty well and, if nothing else, is intriguing. The 7 stars are from the flag, representing the administrative districts and the capital, helping to add some personality to the shirt. The rear of the shirt is blank though, and the FA logo is fairly cheaply done. Good, but not quite great.
Used only for a short time, this shirt saw action across Grenada’s 2019-20 Nations League season. They’d qualified for League B and, drawn with French Guiana, St Kitts and Nevis and belize, could have been in for a tough time. Instead, they beat all three in their home matches by a single goal, did the same away to belize and managed 0-0 draws in the other two other matches to top their group, gain promotion to League A and qualify for their first Gold Cup in a decade. A superb effort!
On the other hand, Canadian brand Savi took their inspiration from Puma’s 2010 template and created something spectacular. The yellow patterning goes all the way up the shirt, front and rear, and while it loses the stars we keep the 473 patterning in the middle front. Don’t get me wrong, that’s still weird, but I like it. Red on the collar and sleeve cuffs (with yellow highlighting at the cuffs too) ensure that all of Grenada’s colour is represented and the FA logo is rubberised and stands out beautifully. Savi’s logo is on a cutaway from the main pattern, which helps to avoid it being a bit same-y too. All in all, a great shirt.
The design came in time for the 2021 Gold Cup, though the away shirt was used in the 3 matches they played before they were eliminated, losing to Qatar, Honduras and Panama. Their debut League A Nations League season would also prove difficult, with a home draw against El Salvador proving to be the highlight. They lost the corresponding away match and their other opponent was the USA, where the matches did not go well. Restructuring means they’ll stay up though and here’s to better luck next time out!
These recent times are very much a highlight in Grenada’s footballing history. As a nation they’d more regularly been involved in preliminary round matches in qualifying. However, they had several highlights. These came primarily from the Caribbean Cup, where their fortunes would often be mixed (qualifying 6 times out of 20 attempts) but they’d finish 2nd in 1989 and 2008 as well as 4th in 1997 and 2010. The later results would bring them to their first and second Gold Cups in 2009 and 2011, though all three of their Gold Cup appearances have ended without any points. They’ve shown their strength before, but the latest generation might just cement their status amongst some of the best in the Caribbean.
On the women’s side, Grenada has struggled more. They first played in 2008 CONCACAF W Championship qualifiers, progressing on a walkover into a group stage where they’d receive a harsh welcome from Trinidad and Tobago. They would grab their first draw, 2-2 against Dominica, though. Their first win would come a year later, 3-2 against St Vincent and the Grenadines, but they’ve not entered a few sets of qualifiers since and haven’t met with much success, falling down the rankings. Men’s youth football has been a slightly mixed bag, with a number of withdrawals from qualifeirs over the years. However, they have generally been fairly middling, never qualifying for an U20 or U17 Championship (though participating in 4 U20 Championships with no need for qualifiers, mainly early years) but often taking positive results here and there. Their U15 results have been similar, not finishing top or bottom. Their women’s youth teams have been fairly active, though similar to the senior side in that they occasionally don’t participate. They have, however, performed a bit better. They qualified for the 2020 U20 Championship, in the insane system where qualification teams were seeded into the knockout rounds, and subsequently were eliminated 12-1 by Mexico. They also hosted the 2016 and qualified automatically for the 2022 U17 Championships. They lost all 6 matches quite heavily. They missed the 2018 U17 Championship on goal difference but have had little notable action at U15 level.
Neither futsal nor beach soccer have been focuses from Grenada, which isn’t uncommon for the smaller islands, with neither being played to date.
For 2022 they were drawn in a balanced qualifying group, with El Salvador, Montserrat, Antigua & Barbuda and the US Virgin Islands. Grenada were expected to be fairly competitive but they struggled a little. A 1-0 win over the US Virgin Islands would prove to be their only points, with 2 single goal losses and a 2-0 loss to group winners El Salvador. Far from dominated, but not quite enough.
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