Thomas qualifies for the team nicknamed the Sugar Boyz through his grandfather, but it was as much his social media skills as his lineage that led him to playing for the tiny sun-drenched islands in October as they looked to break into Fifa's top 100 for the first time. The coach I was speaking to got sacked so I didn't think I'd get called up, but then the captain Atiba Harris sent me a Facebook message and asked if I'd like to go out there and play; so I got myself over there. Thomas had just begun to work his way into the first-team picture at Cowdenbeath before he left to play in the qualifying round for the Caribbean Cup. But upon his return to Scotland he found himself out of favour.Blue is probably the operative word to sum up Thomas's mood since. He has been working for bookmakers William Hill in a Rotherham call centre while trying to find a way to continue his football career. He was one of several foreign based players who joined up with the team as they looked to progress to group phase of a competition which can lead to a place in the more prestigious Concacaf Gold Cup. It was defeat to the latter however, coupled with a heavy loss to French Guiana in an atrocious tropical storm, which prevented Thomas and his adopted nation from getting past even the preliminary roundHe picked up a groin injury and was released by the team, nicknamed Blue Brazil, in January.
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