Comments on: Gibraltar will have some Home Field Advantage http://www.theoffside.com/europe/gibraltar-will-have-some-home-field-advantage.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Trent http://www.theoffside.com/europe/gibraltar-will-have-some-home-field-advantage.html#comment-525 Trent Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:34:06 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/gibraltar-will-have-some-home-field-advantage.html#comment-525 First of all, Sark had a Spurs-style flu during that 2003 match. Second, the Sark-...ians...ers...sters had the sun, improbably, in their eyes during both halves. I saw it on the Discovery Channel's Sark Week. Not a big deal, maybe, but we Sark supporters have to be ever-diligent against ahistorical accounts of our glorious matches. More to the point, since some nations in FIFA aren't really even nations at this point (I'm looking at you England, Scotland, etc.), screwball entrants like Gibraltar should get their day in the sun as well. First of all, Sark had a Spurs-style flu during that 2003 match. Second, the Sark-…ians…ers…sters had the sun, improbably, in their eyes during both halves. I saw it on the Discovery Channel’s Sark Week. Not a big deal, maybe, but we Sark supporters have to be ever-diligent against ahistorical accounts of our glorious matches.

More to the point, since some nations in FIFA aren’t really even nations at this point (I’m looking at you England, Scotland, etc.), screwball entrants like Gibraltar should get their day in the sun as well.

]]> By: SuperRich http://www.theoffside.com/europe/gibraltar-will-have-some-home-field-advantage.html#comment-523 SuperRich Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:37:02 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/europe/gibraltar-will-have-some-home-field-advantage.html#comment-523 Chances are they could probably hold Germany to 13 goals just like San Marino. I happen to agree that it is a waste of time for countries to play teams that are no better than what you would find in a schoolyard. Chances are they could probably hold Germany to 13 goals just like San Marino. I happen to agree that it is a waste of time for countries to play teams that are no better than what you would find in a schoolyard.

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