FC Isle of Man: Non-League club with dreams of emulating Athletic Bilbao | Football Focus
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2022
- BBC Sport's Football Focus visit's the Isle of Man to see how the island's football club is bring the community together around a shared dream of a professional team of Manx players.
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FC Isle of Man: Non-League club with dreams of emulating Athletic Bilbao | Football Focus - Sport
It puzzles me why the Isle of Man, like Jersey and Guernsey, do not apply for FIFA and UEFA membership. Yes, they can have a team playing in the English leagues - after all, FC Andorra play in the Spanish leagues, San Marino Calcio in the Italian and teams from Liechtenstein play in the Swiss leagues - but surely it would help the island's development as a football nation to be involved playing the likes of Germany, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain etc. Further, if Gibraltar and the Faroes are both members of FIFA and UEFA despite not being independent states then why not the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey?
Having lived on the island about twenty years ago, I can vouch that the standard of football is quite high for an amateur league and they would easily hold their own against teams from Malta, Cyprus and Andorra, as well as potentially beating San Marino and Liechtenstein.
Isle of Man FC is on my matchday vlog list for my channel
Decent film but seems to have filmed a while ago, and doesn't mention promotion or a cup final plus a big increase in crowds to 3000 plus?
Wythenshawe Town are in the area April 22nd 2023. We'll bring a few! Can't wait.
You got the right spirit. That's what matter the most👍👌
Good luck to you all!
Good luck to them!! I don't know if the island or travel industry could cope with away crowds - especially if you get to hosting a Premier League top 6 club in a Cup Competition - the security, travel and infrastructure needs to be there but by playing in a league, you'll get the trade every other week to invest in that infrastructure to build it up
So good luck to you ALL
The island could definitely cope with away fans but not sure about the club though. The TT is currently on with up to 40.000 visitors expected. However the ground only holds a little over 3.000
@@IWC5LFC by the time they're in the prem they'd probably have done some renovations
@@noah6351 I would of hoped so! lol
My comment was more about if the island could cope or not with away fans. Premier League is a very distant dream but a nice one to have all the same 👌
@@IWC5LFC You're right. The Bowl only holds a little over 3,000. But the infrastructure is definitely there to cope with away fans.
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Update?
Would this country gonna be member of uefa like the others?
Hello from the Isle of man hahahahahaha
Isle of Man trying to join member to UEFA but fail!
You want them to fail. We don’t need peoples like you saying when they are still at the beginning of their journey.
At least they are trying
Isle of Man is not a member from UEFA nor FIFA!
So what
Isle of Man trying to be a member of UEFA but fail!
@@trungnguyentai5916 so what
Isle of Man is not a UEFA members nor FIFA!
Isle of Man will meet UEFA for upcoming press conference
Don’t care
😭😂😂
Who asked
Better fans than united 😂
@@haydenismyname3387 your dad
@@gokeane6963 At least he has a dad