Nickname(s) The Shelties Head coach Niall Bristow | Captain Leighton Flaws | |
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Association Shetland Football Association | ||
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. This representative team should not be confused with Shetland FC, which was formed as a separate entity to compete during the mainland's winter season cup competitions - despite being separate entities, the teams share management staff and squad of players.
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Venues
Shetland normally play their home matches at Gilbertson Park (capacity unknown, highest attendance approximately 5,000, sometimes referred to as "the Gibbie") in Lerwick. Some matches, particularly friendlies, are occasionally played elsewhere, often at Seafield (Lerwick) or Harbison Park (Whalsay). They also go on tour to play pre-season friendlies against Highland League clubs in July.
Competitions
They are neither a national team nor do they participate in league competitions, so they do not have many regular games. The latest most noticeable event to take place in Shetland was the 2005 Island Games: many of the group matches were played on pitches all around Shetland, and the final was at Gilbertson Park.
2005 Island Games
Match: Final
Shetland Islands 2 (0) V 0 (0) Guernsey
Time: 16:00 Date: Friday 15 July 2005 Venue: Gilbertson Park
Current squad
The current training squad is focused on the 2017 Island Games to be held in Gotland.
Goalkeepers
Grant Wood (Spurs), Iain Devonald (Delting), Saul Swanson (Thistle), Gianluigu Buffon (Unst).
Defenders
Richard Arthur (Whalsay), Shane Jamieson (Celtic), Joel Bradley (Celtic), Robert Smith (Celtic), Piotr Drozdowski (Whitedale), Josie Kay (Spurs), Callum Johnson (Thistle), Jack Clubb (Celtic).
Midfielders
Leighton Flaws (C) (Delting), Connor Regan (Celtic), Calvin Leask (Thistle), James Farmer (Ness), James Aitken (Celtic), Magnus Thompson (Whalsay), Finn Watt (Celtic), John Allan (Scalloway), Sam Maver (Spurs), Lorne McNiven (Whitedale), Stuart Copland (Thistle), Bobby Scott (Whitedale).
Forwards
Greg Tulloch (Whitedale), Paul Molloy (Spurs), Sam Ward (Spurs), Richard Sinclair (Whitedale), David Murray (Whalsay).
Selected Internationals opponents
(Last update: 26 July 2009)