Shetland football team

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 sometimes go on tour to play pre-season friendlies against Highland League clubs in July.

Beginning in 1929, Shetland played biennial matches against the Faroe Islands. These were initially played for the Adam Shield (donated by a Glasgow shipbuilding firm) and later for the North Atlantic Cup. The logistics of this required a 14-hour trip by boat trip and a week-long stay for the visiting team. The last such friendly was played in 1990, the same year that the Faroes joined UEFA.[5]

Shetland are neither a national team nor do they participate in league competitions, so they do not have many regular games.

However, more recently, they have entered some of the cup competitions organized by the North Caledonian Football Association.

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.

This is the squad that competed at the 2020 Milne Cup held in Orkney.[6]

Goalkeepers

Erik Peterson (C) (Ness Utd), Adrian Morrison (Whitedale)

Defenders

Andrew Flett (Spurs), Joel Bradley (Celtic), Tomas Smith (Ness Utd), Stuart Copland (Ness Utd), James Farmer (Ness Utd).

Midfielders

Sam Ward (Spurs), Calvin Leask (Thistle), Ronan Grant (Spurs), James Aitken (Celtic), Jack Clubb (Celtic), John Allen (Scalloway), Lewis Harkness (Spurs).

Forwards

Greg Tulloch (Whitedale), Paul Molloy (Spurs).

• Duncan Bray - inducted in University of Southern Indiana Athletic Hall of Fame [7]

Last update: 26 July 2009

Opponents	Matches	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Åland	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	025.00
Falkland Islands	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Faroe Islands	24	6	2	16	37	66	−29	025.00
Frøya	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Gibraltar	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	075.00
Greenland	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	033.33
Guernsey	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2	066.67
Hitra	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Isle of Man	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	025.00
Isle of Wight	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Jersey	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	000.00
Menorca	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Orkney	86	50	4	32	207	156	+51	058.14
Saare County	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	066.67
Western Isles	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Ynys Môn	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	000.00

• Island Games:
  • Champions: 2005
• North Caledonian F.A.
  • Jock Mackay Cup:
    • Winners: 2014–15

• Shetland matches on Roon ba)
• Shetlopedia entry on Shetland team
• Official Shetland FA Page