The ShetlandFootball 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.
Venues
Shetland normally play their home matches at Gilbertson Park in Lerwick. Some matches, particularly friendlies, are occasionally played elsewhere, often at Seafield or Harbison Park. They sometimes go on tour to play pre-season friendlies against Highland League clubs in July.
Competitions
Beginning in 1929, Shetland played biennial matches against the Faroe Islands. These were initially played for the Adam Shield and later for the NorthAtlantic 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. 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.
2005 Island Games
Match: Final Shetland Islands 2 V 0 Guernsey Time: 16:00 Date: Friday 15 July 2005 Venue: Gilbertson Park
Group 1 matches
Current squad
This is the squad that competed at the 2018 Milne Cup held in Orkney. Goalkeepers Grant Wood, Saul Swanson Defenders Richard Arthur, Joel Bradley, Piotr Drozdowski, Jack Clubb, Stuart Copland, Liam Flaws. Midfielders Leighton Flaws , Calvin Leask, James Farmer, James Aitken, Connor Regan, Cameron Gibbs, Sam Maver, Lewis Harkness. Forwards Greg Tulloch, Gary Sutherland, Paul Molloy.
