https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49169963
Its a new season and the Scots have got going with the fines' list at East Fife FC. As if the players can afford it! There won't be many fines to boost the club coffers at Eriskay FC, whose pitch couldn't be improved because FIFA recognise it as a "playing surface". This video covers it nicely.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/57KfvBMt3DV20DkmYXNZRww/eriskay-football-club-the-beautiful-game-with-views-to-match
The team is pictured above on their home turf, named as one of FIFA's EIGHT most remarkable pitches.
The club gets a mention in the FIFA Museum, which also hosts a documentary about the club filmed in 2016. Worth looking up the other seven remarkable pitches .....
Eriskay, with a population of around 150, plays in the Uist and Barra League, founded in 1950 and the club also takes part in the Highland Amateur Cup. SIX teams compete in the league: Benbecula, Southend (south Kintyre Peninsular), Lochdar Saints (on South Uist), North Uist, Eriskay and Barra The club has also played in the Island Games, a global tournament first held in 2005.
Here are some of the "clubs"
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