WORLD Cup Football 2006 is now in the past, but some haunting memories on the field of play during the saga of our local boys the “Soca Warriors” during their historic debut on the big stage in Germany last July, continue to linger on!

In the days following commendable performances against big name football nations like Sweden, England and Paraguay, pictures of our boys in action were splashed across international media.

One photo, however which hurt T&T most, was the one which showed England’s Peter Crouch pulling on to Brent Sancho’s dreadlocks during the crucial game.

Sancho was at the time defending his goal during the game in Nuremburg when Crouch pulled on his hair to get him out of the way and successfully scored the goal.

That period was considered the most decisive, since it was that goal which took England to victory after the Soca Warriors had put up a very good show, up almost to the end, against the side loaded with international football stars.

But while T&T cringed at Crouch’s offensive tug at Sancho’s locks, little did we know Sweden had a similar experience during that first game and Sancho was also involved.

This time according to Swedish folks it was Sancho who put the hurt on their player.

In a full page colour photo appearing in a Swedish daily newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s prized player Henrik Larsson and Sancho is seen airborne in a tussle to head the ball.

Clearly seen in the picture Sancho’s hand taking what seemed to be firm grip in a very delicate area.

“The caption reads:

“Brent Sancho of Trinidad and Tobago takes a disallowed grip on Henrik Larsson during the World Cup match in Dortmund.”