Martin Smith (centre in green shirt) has been an unused substitute for two internationalsHow many people can say they got their first international call-up at the age of 49? After playing in that charity game, he was thrust into the British Virgin Islands (BVI) squad for their Concacaf Nations League qualifiers against Bonaire and the Turks and Caicos Islands last month in Anguilla. The British Virgin Islands is a British Overseas Territory, so people living there are classed as British citizens and anyone with a British passport is eligible to play for them - provided they meet residency requirements. "I'm still pinching myself now that I was involved with an international football squad," he says. Smith said his first day's training with the BVI squad was an eye-opener as he chased men more than two decades his junior along the Caribbean sands.

Source: BBC April 12, 2019 21:22 UTC