16/11/2005: Wrexham defender Dennis Lawrence headed the only goal of the second leg as Trinidad and Tobago beat Bahrain 2-1 on aggregate to secure their first appearance at the World Cup finals.

Lawrence scored four minutes after half-time with a free header from Dwight Yorke's corner in Manama to send the Caribbean nation into the finals and earn the CONCACAF region a fourth World Cup place in Germany next summer.

Having lost Port Vale midfielder Christopher Birchall to an ankle injury midway through the first half, Trinidad still managed to conjure the best chance of a scrappy first half when Stern John did well to control Rangers defender Marvin Andrews' ball into the penalty area from deep on the right flank, but the Derby striker's effort was saved by Ali Hassan.

The game opened up more in the second half and, with four minutes gone, Trinidad claimed the goal they so desperately needed, Lawrence rising above the flatfooted home defence to head powerfully past the keeper.

Two minutes later Trinidad would have made it 2-0 but for the heroics of Hassan, who parried John's shot to relative safety as the striker bore down on goal.

Substitute Russell Lapaty should have wrapped the game up for Trinidad with 10 minutes to go, but the Falkirk striker hit the crossbar despite having the time and space to score.

Tempers flared as Trinidad ran down the clock and the Caribbean side held on to record a famous win as Hussein Ali was sent off following an altercation with the referee which involved the majority of his team-mates.