33·Legends

Jason Scotland vs Shaka Hislop

Trinidad & Tobago against Trinidad & Tobago. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

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Jason Scotland

Trinidad & Tobago · 2005–08 · SS

Almanac rating
78
Rank in Trinidad & Tobago
#8 of 33
Clubs
St Johnstone, Swansea City A.F.C., Ipswich Town

Twenty-four goals in League One in 2007-08 made him the division's top scorer and carried Swansea up as champions, one half of a two-season stay that brought 45 goals in 90 appearances. Two PFA Team of the Year selections followed, for 2007-08 and 2008-09, after a Scottish First Division golden boot with St Johnstone in 2005-06, and for Trinidad and Tobago he took 41 caps, eight goals and a place in the 2006 World Cup squad. Career record: club career at St Johnstone, Swansea City A.F.C., Ipswich Town.

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Shaka Hislop

Trinidad & Tobago · 1998–2006 · GK

Almanac rating
82
Rank in Trinidad & Tobago
#3 of 33
Clubs
Reading, West Ham United, Portsmouth

Dortmund, 10 June 2006: Hislop, 37, kept Zlatan Ibrahimović and Henrik Larsson out for 45 minutes with ten men, and Trinidad and Tobago drew their first World Cup match 0-0 in front of 62,959. First Division title with Portsmouth in 2003, Premier League runner-up twice with Newcastle, FA Cup finals in 1998 and 2006, 26 caps, and the first of the 2006 squad into his country's Sporting Hall of Fame. Career record: club career at Reading, West Ham United, Portsmouth.

The verdict

The almanac puts Shaka Hislop ahead by 4 rating points, 82 against 78.

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