Keep it on the Island........which football club in the English League had that as a chant?
There are enough pitches on Anglesey fortunately-so problem solved.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/international-island-games.html
It is the anniversary of the Island Games, which were first held on July 6th 1985, when a gathering of island teams from the British Isles "colonies" came together, as part of the Isle of Man sporting jamboree.
The organisers casually asked Greenland, The Faroes, and Saint Helena from the South Atlantic if they would like to join in, so when they said, suddenly the status of the tournament was raised and the event became biennial.
Football was included on the games' menu during the third staging of the tournament, when the only FIFA affiliated island, the Faroes, who also happened to be the hosts, beat Anglesey (Ynys Mon) 6-0 to win gold. There were four matches to play and the Faroes won all their fixtures, taking gold home.
Anglesey took silver and Aland, bronze. You know Aland..Gulf of Bothnia??
In 1991 the Faroes held on to their title but having gained full FIFA and UEFA membership they had bigger fish to fry! They competed in their first major tournament on September 12th 1990 when they beat Austria 1-0 in front of a home crowd of 1,544. A 61st minute goal from amateur timber worker, Torkil Neilsen, settled the tie.
Guernsey and Jersey have been successful in the Island Games football tournament with at least two gold medal wins but spare a thought for Sark (where's that?) who in the 2003 tournament lost 20-0, 19-0, 16-0 and 15-0 in their ties....but at least they appear to have improved. Their goalie also saved two penalties.
This year the hosts won Gold beating Guernsey 2-1 and the Isle of Man cruised past Shetland 5-0 for third place.
In the Women's tournament:
Winners were in rank order: IOM, then Ynys Mon, Jersey, Hitra, Western Isles and Gibraltar.
Guess where.
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