Shetland football team

Shetland
Nickname(s) The Shelties
Association Shetland Football Association
Head coach John Jamieson
Captain Merv Jamieson
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Orkney 2 - 3 Shetland
(1919)
Biggest win
Orkney 0 - 7 Shetland
(29 June 2000)
Biggest defeat
Orkney 7 - 1 Shetland
(30 June 1972)

The Shetland football team represents the islands of Shetland, Scotland, in association football. It is not a member of FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup or the European Championships. The team regularly competes in the Island Games, which it won in 2005, and has a strong rivalry with the representative team of Orkney. [1][2][3]

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Stadium

Shetland normally play their home matches at Gilbertson Park (capacity unknown, highest attendance approximately 5000) in Lerwick. Some matches, particularly friendlies, are occasionally played elsewhere, often at Seafield and Harbison Park. They also go on tour to play pre-season friendlies against Highland League clubs in July. They are not part of FIFA or UEFA meaning they do not have much regular games. The latest most noticeable event to take place in Shetland was the Island Games with many of the group matches being played on Pitches all around Shetland and the final taking place on Gilbertson Park (sometimes referred to as "the Gibbie"). As of the 2008/2009 season, Shetland wil be entering the S.F.A Challenge cup (North), competing against teams from the Highland League

2005

Match: Final

Shetland Islands 2 (0) V 0 (0) Guernsey

Time: 16:00 Date: Friday 15 July 2005 Venue: Gilbertson Park

Pos. Team Played Won Draw Lost For Against Diff. Points
1st Shetland Islands 4 3 1 0 8 1 7 10
2nd Isle of Man 4 2 1 1 12 3 9 7
3rd Saaremaa 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
4th Åland 4 1 0 3 4 7 -3 3
5th Falkland Islands 4 1 0 3 3 16 -13 3

Squad 2009 [4]

The following players were in the Island Games squad in 2009.

Tournament records

Island Games record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1989 Final Round 5th 4 0 0 4 1 13
1991 5th Place Match 5th 4 2 0 2 7 8
1993 7th Place Match 7th 4 1 0 3 3 10
1997 5th Place Match 5th 4 2 1 1 4 6
1999 9th Place Match 10th 5 2 0 3 14 14
2001 7th Place Match 8th 4 1 1 2 4 5
2003 7th Place Match 7th 5 2 2 2 10 8
2005 Champions 1st 5 3 0 1 10 1
2009 13th Place Match 13th 4 1 1 2 7 9
Total 9/11 1 Title 39 14 5 19 58 72

Selected Internationals opponents

(Last update: 26 July 2009)

Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA
 Åland Islands 4 1 0 3 5 8
 Faroe Islands 24 6 2 16 37 66
 Falkland Islands 1 1 0 0 4 0
 Frøya 1 1 0 0 3 1
 Gibraltar 4 3 0 1 6 5
Gotland 2 0 1 1 1 3
 Greenland 3 1 0 2 9 7
 Guernsey 3 2 0 1 9 7
 Hitra 2 2 0 0 6 2
 Isle of Man 4 1 1 2 5 9
 Isle of Wight 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Jersey 2 0 0 2 0 7
 Minorca 1 0 1 0 2 2
 Orkney 86 50 4 32 207 156
 Saaremaa 3 2 1 0 6 4
 Western Isles 2 0 0 2 1 4
 Ynys Môn 4 0 1 3 2 10

References

  1. ^ "Shetland Shock to End: The 2005 Island Games ended with the biggest shock in island games football history". BBC Sport. 16 July 2005. http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/content/articles/2005/07/16/ig05_final_report_feature.shtml. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Football and hockey teams get ready to entertain Orkney rivals". The Shetland Times. 29 July 2011. http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/07/29/football-and-hockey-teams-get-ready-to-entertain-orkney-rivals. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Shields, Tom (22 July 2007). "Island Fling: Tom Shields investigates the very special rivalry between Orkney and Shetland" (in English). The Sunday Herald (Glasgow: Scottish Media Group). 
  4. ^ Non-FIFA News

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Åland · Alderney · Bermuda† · Falkland Islands · Faroe Islands† · Frøya · Gibraltar · Gotland · Greenland* · Guernsey · Hitra · Isle of Man · Isle of Wight · Jersey · Minorca · Orkney · Rhodes · Saaremaa · Sark · Shetland · Western Isles · Ynys Môn
† FIFA Member *N.F.-Board Member