🧵⚽️🇬🇱🏆 𝗗𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹"?!
With The Greenland FA (
@KAK_gfa_1971
) announcing a format change to their 2024 Men's Greenlandic Football Championship (aka "GM"), we just might!
🚨𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘!🚨
To celebrate Tonga's WCQ campaign (& 5000 followers) I'm giving away a Home or Away shirt (winner's choice) from their new kit supplier, Custom Athletics USA!👕🇹🇴
TO ENTER 👇
❤️ Like
🔄 Repost
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@FarAwayFootball
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I welled up watching this. I've known Ochirvaani for nearly a decade, celebrating and lamenting the peaks and valleys of his life & career.
I hang his Bayangol FC shirt in my office as inspiration. Keep going--no matter what.
I'm so proud of you, Wazza. 🇲🇳💪
A truly unforgettable story ❤️
In May last year, Ochirvaani embarked on a monumental bike ride from his home in Mongolia to fulfil his dream of visiting Old Trafford for the first time
He is a huge
@ManUtd
fan, and his favourite player and inspiration is
@WayneRooney
When he
At 11,000 feet (3,352 m) above sea level,
@1LadakhFC
will play in a stadium that is sure to take your breath away for more than one reason. 🇮🇳
#Ladakh
#Kashmir
It's not every day that His Holiness the
@DalaiLama
helps unveils your new shirt!
This is the
@1LadakhFC
home shirt, a design which pays tribute to the winding roads and high passes of Ladakh.
I'm actually in awe of the players from all clubs participating in the Greenland Football Championship.
Playing a physical 90+ minutes, every day, for 6 days straight is almost superhuman! 😮💨
#Greenland
🇯🇵🇧🇹 Well, the cat's out of the bag. Paro FC have signed Keisuke Honda!
Paro have gone on a spending spree, bringing in a raft of foreign players ahead of the AFC Challenge League match vs Nepal's Church Boys United on August 13th.
Wife and I went there straight from landing at the airport on our honeymoon to watch Seychelles get stomped by Libya during an AFCON Qualifier. ($5.50 🎟)
🇸🇨❤️
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 🇸🇨
Located in the Seychelles, CAF's smallest member (pop: 100,000), the Stade Linité hosts the national team & most league games.
The 10,000-capacity venue was recently renovated as it did not meet FIFA requirements for internationals.
🇳🇵🇧🇹🇱🇦
BIG NEWS! Nepal will be hosting Bhutan and Laos in a 3-Nation tournament in March.
This will be the first time in nearly 4 YEARS that the Bhutan National Team has played a match!
#nepal
#bhutan
#laos
🔥⚒️ After a fire, new player boxes and stands are built in Qaqortoq.
They're preparing to host eight teams for the Greenlandic Football championships, kicking off on Thursday! 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱
#Greenland
Absolutely fucking disgusting scenes coming from the suspended
#Atlas
#Queretaro
match.
Multiple dead/brutalized.
#LigaMX
is promising "exemplary punishment" for stadium staff--but should support the families as well.
No one should go to a football match and never come home.🇲🇽
🇦🇶🇬🇧 Another stop, another match, and sadly another loss for the HMS Protector as they fall to reserchers at Rothera Research Station.
There's definitely home field advantage w/ that stunning backdrop acting as a distraction, so you can't really fault them too much.
#Antarctica
The 8 Clubs set to participate in the ever-popular Greenlandic Football Championship! 👇🇬🇱
K-1933 (Qaqortoq)
Eqaluk 54 (Tasiusaq)
IT-79 (Nuuk)
B-67 (Nuuk)
FIFA's partnership with Eleven Sports (formerly Mycujoo) to broadcast some African leagues brings up some interesting stuff.
Live and in HD, Twamaya - Volcan Club in the Comoros league.
🇧🇹🇲🇸 Imagine chatting w/ your friend about "The Other Final", and the Bhutan Goalkeeper from that match – Jigme Singay – just happens to be sitting behind him at a match at that exact moment to give you a personal "hello!"
Day, Week, Month, Year, MADE!
As an American who loves resource-rich providers of fish products from the North Atlantic, airport codes, and... uh...assassinated Presidents?...this is a beautiful kit. 🇫🇴⭐️⭐️
It gets worse.
Thimphu City have been informed they forfeit the match for breach if a foreign player rule.
Clubs are only allowed to field 4 foreign players, and they fielded a 5th as a late sub.
Thimphu City lose the match 3-0 and Transport are awarded all 3 points.
📍🏝❄️ Qeqertarsuaq is on Disko Island, off the west coast of Greenland -- it is home to one of Football's All-Time Bucket List Pitches (if you can get to it).
🇹🇴⚽️🇺🇸 Maikeli Lomu makes the Tonga squad! He sold everything to move to Tonga from Utah after a call for players by the Tongan FA.
His wife Cassidy is set to join him soon. She's bringing a ton of new boots for the Senior Squad w/ her!
Follow his journey on IG - maikeli_lomu
GREENLAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - DAY 5, MATCH 1 🇬🇱
IT-79 have looked OK all tourney, but never this deadly.
I feel a bit sorry for Ek'aluk. After so many clubs dropped out of the tournament, they were selected as replacements, and have become a punching bag.
#Greenland
I took a crack at designing a quick Full Time Graphic (as well as a *reeeeally rough* logo concept) for the Greenland Football Championship matches this week while the kids napped.
Will try to update as i can! 🇬🇱
#Greenland
2023 GREENLAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
DAY 3 RECAP & STANDINGS 🇬🇱
A seismic day sees G-44 bully their way to the top, mid-table movement, and hosts K-33 dropping 2 places, their comfortable GD wiped out in one match.
🔝 G-44
⬆️ B-67
⏬ K-33
⬆️N-45
⬇️IT-79
↔️E-54
#Greenland
My Mother-in-Law's planning a trip to
#Norway
in a few months. She casually mentioned the
#Lofoten
Islands are on her itinerary, with a stop in
#Henningsv
ær.
I immediately asked her to visit THAT Football Stadium for me, and take *A LOT* of photos. 🇳🇴⚽️
#MotherInLawofTheGame
Here's some fun Far Away Football: I designed the tifo for my MLS Club's Home Opener (
@mnufc
) and got to watch it rise from 1,000 miles away.
Anyone else out there ever make tifo?
If you were a Baltika Kaliningrad (
@fcbaltika
) supporter driving to an Away Day at SKA-Khabarovsk (
@fcska
), do you take the toll route, or avoid it?
Yesterday, I asked how many of you follow MLS, and was surprised at how many
@MNUFC
and
@PhilaUnion
supporters I have!
Well, I'm a diehard Loon, and am heading to the
#MNUFC
/
#DOOP
match tomorrow as an Away supporter for Minnesota!
Come and say Hi if you see me!
2023 GREENLAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
DAY 4 RECAP & STANDINGS 🇬🇱
With one more match day to play, G-44 remain at the top of the table with playoffs looming, a hungry B-67 lurking right behind them.
#Greenland
My wanderlust is uncontrollable these days.
After discussing a visit to Puerto Williams with my wife, she said, "You should visit one near the North Pole, too."
I love her. I need to get to The Yuri Gagarin Stadium in Pyramiden, Svalbard, Norway. 🇳🇴☭🇷🇺
#Svalbard
#Pyramiden
South Georgia Island 🇬🇸:
King Edward Point Station challenged the crew of HMS Forth to a match on the "historical & wonderfully uneven pitch" at Grytviken.
FT: 🇬🇸KEP 2-0 HMS FORTH 👑⚓️
I have to imagine sea legs were no match for home field advantage.
#SouthGeorgia
QAANAAQ, GREENLAND 🇬🇱 🏟
Qaanaaq is in northwestern Greenland. It is one of the northernmost towns in the world. The population was forcibly relocated from its traditional home to facilitate the construction of a US Air Force base in 1953.
📸: Insuk Kim –
@visitgreenland
🇫🇲 Micronesian football has joined Twitter!
@RealFSMFootball
I'm looking forward to regular updates on the football (and futsal) goings-on within the Federated States of Micronesia!
#FSM
#Micronesia
My friend Paul sent me this picture of the
@IcarusFCphl
@GoldStarsSc
kits he got for his girlfriend. She served in the
@PeaceCorps
near Bibiani!
She's thrilled they're finally in the premier league this season and loves repping them in Washington, DC!🇬🇭🇺🇸
There is nothing better than waking up to a text message from your Mother-in-Law (who has altered her group's vacation itinerary to visit a football stadium just for you). 🇳🇴
#MotherInLawOfTheGame
#Norway
#Henningsvaer
🇧🇹 My time in Bhutan has come to an end. Thank you
@icarus_football
&
@thimphucity
for making this dream a reality.
Thank you to everyone in Bhutan who showed kindness, grace, wisdom, & humor as I explored your country.
I still have so much to share w/all of you. Stay tuned.
🔟🇬🇱clubs are slated to compete in the 2024 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship:
UB-83 Upernavik
FC Malamuk (Uummannaq)
G-44 (Qeqertarsuaq)
N-48 (Ilulissat)
FC Aqisseq (Kangaatsiaq)
Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk (Sisimiut)
IT-79 (Nuuk)
@B67Nuuk
N-45 (Paamiut)
Narsaq-85 (Narsaq)
Thinking about the Men's and Women's World Cups.
I would love to gather the lowest 32 (or 48) ranked teams and have them play each other in a tournament. ⬆️🌐⬇️
🇸🇲🇦🇮🇻🇬🇻🇮🇬🇺🇹🇨🇱🇰🇪🇷🇧🇸🇦🇼🇹🇴🇸🇨🇬🇮🇵🇰🇰🇾🇸🇴🇹🇱🇼🇸🇦🇸🇸🇹🇱🇮🇧🇳🇩🇯🇧🇩🇧🇹🇱🇦🇲🇳🇩🇲🇲🇴🇲🇩🇹🇩🇨🇺
2023 GREENLAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
DAY 2 RECAP & STANDINGS 🇬🇱
We're starting to see some separation in the table now. Heavy wins and losses see the upcoming matches become all the more important.
Upcoming Day 3 Matches:
IT-79 🆚 G-44
N-45 🆚 E-54
B-67 🆚 K-33
#Greenland
GREENLAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP - DAY 2, MATCH 3 🇬🇱
Domination from G-44. Pure and simple.
The first goal, a banger from outside the box by Peter Berthelsen, is overshadowed by 37-year-old Greenland National Team Forward Niels-Erik Eriksen hanging 5 on E-54.
#Greenland
At Woochu Sports Arena — home of 5x Bhutan Champs (& TCFC rivals) Paro FC — supporting The Dragon Girls, Bhutan's Women's National Team!
They're in a training match against Paro FC's Academy to prepare for the upcoming SAFF Women's Championship.
@kirbyhazard
would be proud.