Gibraltar

[GreatBarrWolf]

I see Gibraltar are looking to become the 54th member of UEFA and have teams competing in European Competitions during the 2014-15 season. National team would then compete in the qualifying rounds of Euro 2016.

They are also proposing to construct a new National Stadium with a capacity of 8,000.

Anybody know of the standard of football in Gibraltar?

[derby1884]

GreatBarrWolf wrote:

I see Gibraltar are looking to become the 54th member of UEFA and have teams competing in European Competitions during the 2014-15 season. National team would then compete in the qualifying rounds of Euro 2016. They are also proposing to construct a new National Stadium with a capacity of 8,000. Anybody know of the standard of football in Gibraltar?

They have two leagues - one of the clubs is called Manchester United! Matt Busby gave them the ok to use the name in 1957.
The national team beat the Faroe Islands 3-0 in a recent friendly.
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[bisphamseasider]

They also beat the England C team (non-league England team) in 2011 and play friendlies each year against visiting sides, the most recent English ones being Portsmouth and Notts County last summer. Gibraltar won both these games.

[bisphamseasider]

It has been confirmed that Gibraltar has been accepted as a full member of UEFA.

They will be allowed to enter qualifying for the 2016 European Championship but will be kept apart from Spain in qualifying groups.

[derby1884]

And intend to construct an 8,000 seater stadium in time for these qualifiers.

As I recall, there are extended highlights of a recent friendly on YouTube.
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