- Orkney representative football team
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Orkney Shirt badge/Association crest Association Orkney Amateur Football Association Head coach Andrew Corsie and Brian Firth Home stadium The Pickaquoy Centre, formerly Bignold Park Home coloursAway coloursFirst international Orkney 2 – 3 Shetland
(1919)Biggest win Orkney 7 – 1 Shetland
(30 June 1972)Biggest defeat Jersey 12 – 0 Orkney
(8 July 2001)The Orkney football team is the representative football team for the islands of Orkney, Scotland. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. The team regularly competes in the Island Games and has a strong rivalry with the representative teams of Shetland and Caithness.[1][2]
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Tournament records
Island Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA GD 2001 11th Place Match 12th 4 0 0 4 2 20 −18 2003 7th Place Match 8th 5 1 0 4 5 30 −25 2005 9th Place Match 9th 5 1 0 4 7 12 −5 Total 3/10 14 2 0 12 14 62 −48 Selected Internationals opponents
- Last game: Orkney 0–1 Shetland - Shetland - 25 July 2009. (Milne Cup)
(Last update: November 2008)
Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA Alderney 1 1 0 0 3 1 Ynys Môn 1 0 0 1 0 2 Gibraltar 2 0 0 2 1 9 Greenland 1 0 0 1 1 2 Guernsey 2 0 0 2 0 13 Rhodes 1 0 0 1 1 6 Faroe Islands 5 2 1 2 10 10 Western Isles 1 0 0 1 4 5 Falkland Islands 2 1 0 1 3 4 Jersey 1 0 0 1 0 12 Saaremaa 1 0 0 1 1 2 Shetland 86 32 4 50 156 207 References
- ^ "Inter-county football cancelled after Caithness no-show". The Orcadian. 16 July 2011. http://www.orcadian.co.uk/2011/07/inter-county-football-cancelled-after-caithness-no-show/. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Shields, Tom (22 July 2007). "Island Fling: Tom Shields investigates the very special rivalry between Orkney and Shetland" (in English). The Sunday Herald (Glasgow: Scottish Media Group).
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