Thirty-four-year-old Darlington and 2006 World Cup goalkeeper Kelvin Jack:

"All we ever wanted was for the TTFF (Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation) to be honest with us. The entire country can now see who has been telling the truth… It has been mentally draining but I never felt like giving up.

"Young people are our greatest natural resource but they must see honesty and justice from those in authority. Hopefully this judgment will give them hope."

Michael Townley, the players' London-based solicitor:

"I knew we should win but the length of time it was taking to get the judgment made it all a bit uncertain and nerve-wracking. In the end, it was worth the wait. The judge has done a superb job and this is a really thoroughly researched and detailed analysis of the law of arbitration going back many, many years…

"I want to make a serious point to those people that have called the players greedy, mercenary, etc. A contract was made. The Federation knew how much it was making and what it could afford to offer and was not forced to agree to the bonus split.

"They did agree to pay this money, through their experienced special advisor (Jack Warner) so it's what the players are owed. I have heard that one public figure even called the players 'thieves' and that is that pure defamation. They are heroes not thieves…

"It is at least a moral victory that there was a contract promised and they were right to pursue it. Now getting paid is the next step and we recognise that we are dealing with a party who seems determined to carry on regardless of any amount of evidence...

"Nobody forced their hand to enter in an agreement so at what point will they seek to recognise it?"

Twenty-six year-old Ma Pau midfielder and ex-World Cup squad member Anthony Wolfe:

"Nobody begged for this. They are the ones who promised us so how come we are called greedy? Just like Warner and his family are living comfortable, why we can't want to live comfortable too?"

Thirty-three-year-old Ma Pau defender and World Cup player Cyd Gray:

"The ruling was a good ruling. Right now, I'm just waiting to see what happens next because I don't know what other tricks they might have but I am happy. The bonus will start one of my dreams beside football which is running my own business."

Forty-one-year-old ESPN sport commentator and ex-T&T goalkeeper Shaka Hislop:

"The judgment is exactly as we had all hoped, and believed it should be… Over the four years this has become less and less about the financial reward than about what is right and what is wrong...

"Obviously it was very easy for quite a few to accept an early and easy settlement and as much as I respect an individual's decision and reasons to do so, I think it was cowardly. That's only my personal opinion, I don't mean to imply that anyone else feels that way…

"I hold no grudge against the TTFF, I always felt that this was about two parties seeing things differently and we wanted a third party to rule on that. My father is a lawyer, so I was raised respecting the legal and judicial processes but I've been desperately disappointed by a number of people's actions or inactions, by what people have had to say, by the lies that have been told and probably will continue to be told as everyone tries to save some face or curry favour. For the most part it's all been water off a duck's back though." • See Page 5