Football in Montserrat

Last updated

The sport of association football in the island of Montserrat is run by the Montserrat Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the national football league. [1] [2] They are one of the few remaining FIFA members that have never had proven women's football. Financial reports for 2020 mention expenditures for women's football initiatives and domestic competition though, so it is possible that limited activity has been starting. [3]

Contents

The sport is thought to have been introduced in the late 1960's/early 1970's with the league forming in 1974, but actual historical evidence is limited. [4] The eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano interrupted league football in 1997, with the subsequent emigration of a significant proportion of the populace and establishment of an exclusion zone over much of the island removing any chance of consistent football. [5] Since then the league has been sporadic and small in scale, with the national team primarily relying on players in their overseas disapora. Clubs have participated twice in the Caribbean Club Championship, in 2004 and 2017, but never to date in the Caribbean Club Shield. Both Ideal SC in 2004 and Police FC in 2017 lost their matches heavily.

The national team would debut in 1991, in the Caribbean Cup, though they wouldn't form the modern FA until 1994, where they would join the Caribbean Football Union and later, in 1996, FIFA. [6] [7] Matches would remain relatively sporadic, with the eruptions preventing them from playing for 4 years and they quickly found themselves towards the bottom of the FIFA rankings. This led to their participation in The Other Final, a match organised to mirror the 2002 World Cup final but between the two lowest ranked countries: Montserrat and Bhutan. [8] Losing 4-0, they would not win an official match until 2012, when they'd defeat the British Virgin Islands in 2012 Caribbean Championship qualification. Strong across Nations League qualification, they'd qualify for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B but would fail to reach the 2019 Gold Cup. As of October 2022 they would be ranked 179th in the world. [9]

League system

LevelLeague(s)/Division(s)
1 Montserrat Championship
5 clubs

National football stadium

StadiumCapacityCity
Blakes Estate Stadium 1,000 St John's

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montserrat</span> British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about 16 km (10 mi) long and 11 km (7 mi) wide, with roughly 40 km (25 mi) of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montserrat national football team</span>

The Montserrat national football team represents Montserrat in international football. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat, after cricket. The team plays at the Blakes Estate Stadium. The Montserrat football team was formed in 1973, and has entered the World Cup qualifiers since the 2002 edition, being eliminated in the first round on each occasion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbados national football team</span> National association football team of Barbados

The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Tridents, is the national football team of Barbados, and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semi-final round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2–1 win over Costa Rica, but lost their five remaining games. In 2004, Barbados gained a shock 1–1 draw at home to Northern Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grenada national football team</span> National association football team

The Grenada national football team represents Grenada in international football, and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association, a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed The Spice Boys, a reference to the country being nicknamed the "Island of Spice" or the "Spice Isle".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bhutan national football team</span> Mens national association football team representing Bhutan

The Bhutan national football team represents Bhutan in men's international football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Bhutan, the Bhutan Football Federation, which is a member of the Asian Football Federation and the regional body the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The national football team of Bhutan play their home games at the national stadium, Changlimithang.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Martin national football team</span> National association football team representing Saint Martin

The Saint Martin national football team is the football team of the Collectivity of Saint Martin, the French half of the island of Saint Martin which was previously part of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe and is controlled by the Comité de Football des Îles du Nord. Saint Martin is not a member of FIFA, and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup, but it does compete in CONCACAF competitions.

<i>The Other Final</i> 2003 documentary film by Johan Kramer

The Other Final is a 2003 documentary film, directed by Johan Kramer of Dutch communications agency KesselsKramer, about a football match between Bhutan and Montserrat, then the two lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA World Rankings. The game was played in the Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan on the same day as the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final. Bhutan won the game 4–0, their first ever victory and also the first time they had kept a clean sheet in any match. The friendly match, officially sanctioned by FIFA, saw Bhutan rise out of the bottom two of the world rankings and kept Montserrat in last place. The referee was Englishman, Steve Bennett.

The Montserrat Championship is the top association football division in Montserrat. It was created in 1974 but has been competed-for only sporadically since then, partially as a result of the Soufrière Hills eruption causing widespread devastation to the island in 1997. Between 2005 and 2015, no league was played in this country at all. The league restarted in 2016, but has not been played since 2018.

The sport of football in American Samoa is governed by the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS), the nations football association. It was founded in 1984, and affiliated to FIFA and to the OFC in 1998. It organizes the FFAS Senior League, the FFAS Women's National League, the men's national team and the women's national team.

The Montserrat national football team is the representative association football team of the small Caribbean island of Montserrat. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat after cricket, and official competitive football on the island is governed by the Montserrat Football Association (MFA). The association is affiliated to the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the team has, as of December 2009, entered seven Caribbean Cup competitions and three FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns. Montserrat played their first international fixture in 1991, which ended in a 0–3 defeat by Saint Lucia. In their second match, they secured a 1–1 draw with Anguilla. Montserrat lost their next seven matches before achieving their first ever victory on 26 March 1995, when they defeated Anguilla 3–2 at the Blakes Estate Stadium in Plymouth. Montserrat also went on to win their next match, again defeating Anguilla 1–0.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Football in Bhutan</span> Overview of football in Bhutan

Football is a sport with a comparatively brief history in Bhutan, having had an initial period of favour in the mid-twentieth century, when it was first introduced to the country by visiting teachers from India and Europe. It has only achieved significantly renewed popularity in the early 2000s, following the advent of satellite television broadcasting, with historically national sport being archery. Consequently, the domestic game was underdeveloped. After the establishment of an initial league in the late 1980s, little in the way of recorded competition took place until the mid-1990s when a formal championship, the A-Division, was created. Football became the most popular sport in Bhutan.

The sport of association football in the territory of Sint Maarten is run by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. The association administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, and various national leagues, predominantly the Sint Maarten Senior League and SXM Elite Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Football in Tuvalu</span>

Association football is the most popular sport in Tuvalu. Football in Tuvalu is governed by the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA). The TNFA became an associate member association of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) on 15 November 2006 with a further reinstatement on 16 March 2020. The TNFA has been wanting to become a full member of the OFC and a member of FIFA since 1987.

The sport of association football in the island of Bonaire is run by the Bonaire Football Federation. The association administers the men's national team, the women's national team, as well as the Bonaire League.

Julian Wade is a Dominican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish side Formartine United.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ideal SC</span> Association football club in Montserrat

Ideal Sports Club is a Montserrat sports club based in Brades. Ideal SC is best known for their football team, who plays in the Montserrat Championship the highest tier of football on the island. The football club won the championship once in 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bonaire national football team</span> Mens national association football team representing Bonaire

The Bonaire national football team is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a public body of the Netherlands. It is under the control of the Bonaire Football Federation. It became a member of the CFU and an associate member of CONCACAF on 19 April 2013. after which it became a full CONCACAF member on 10 June 2014 The team can participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Caribbean Cup because of their membership in the confederation and sub-confederation. However, Bonaire is not a member of FIFA and therefore can not compete in the FIFA World Cup or other FIFA events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montserrat Volcano Observatory Tremors</span> Football club

Montserrat Volcano Observatory TremorsFootball Club, also known as MVO Tremors and Tremors FC are an association football team based in Brades, Montserrat, however due to the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano all home matches since 2002 have been played in the town of Lookout. They compete in the Montserrat Championship, the top flight football league in Montserrat. Their colours are green and red.

This page details the match results and statistics of the United States Virgin Islands national soccer team.

References

  1. ↑ "Bhutan scores Worst Cup victory | Football | theguardian.com". The Guardian. theguardian.com. July 2002. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  2. ↑ "USATODAY.com - It's Bhutan vs. Montserrat for all the marbles". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  3. ↑ "Montserrat 2020 Financial Report" (PDF). mfainc.ms. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  4. ↑ "RSSSF - Montserrat". RSSSF . Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  5. ↑ Schuessler, Ryan (14 February 2016). "20 years after Montserrat volcano eruption, many still in shelter housing". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 23 November 2016. Montserrat's population has grown to nearly 5,000 people since the eruption — mostly due to an influx of immigrants from other Caribbean nations.
  6. ↑ "CFU - Montserrat". cfufootball.org. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  7. ↑ "FIFA - Montserrat". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  8. ↑ "Bhutan victorious in 'other final'". cnn.com. Reuters. 30 June 2002. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Rankings - October 2022". fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.