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Britain's Worst Football Team Win A Game After Four Campaigns by Nobody: 11:20pm On Jul 31, 2019 |
Fort William, Britain's worst professional
football team, have finally ended a 73-game
winless run stretching back 840 days.
The Highland League side, who had a minus 221
goal difference last season, triumphed 5-2
against Nairn County in the North of Scotland
Cup.
Prior to this win, their last victory came four
campaigns ago when they defeated Strathspey
Thistle 4-1.
"Unbelievable stuff," declared the club's official
Twitter account.
"A great night at Claggan Park tonight. An
unbelievable feeling. We would like to thank
everyone who came along to Claggan Park
tonight.
"And we would like to thank everyone online,
around the world who have celebrated with us.
Your support doesn't go unnoticed."
Within minutes of the final whistle the club,
whose 1800-capacity ground is nestled in the
shadows of Ben Nevis, was trending on Twitter
as word spread of their famous victory.
"Fort William trending. What a time to be alive,"
said David Childs, while SteveSeagull wrote:
"Well done, it's like the man on the moon, you
always know where you are or were when Fort
William won."
Last week Fort announced a tie up with
Inverness Caledonian Thistle and the loan of
nine players. At least two were on target at
Claggan Park.
A BBC Scotland documentary, The Fort, followed
the club's disastrous run last season that
delivered just two draws and a minus seven
points finish due to a deduction for fielding an
ineligible player three times.
Fort William midfielder Scott Hunter took to
Twitter ahead of Wednesday's game, writing:
"Thanks to everyone for their comments, support
and love for the BBC doc and Fort William FC.
"Eyes of the world are on our result tonight."
In February the bottom side were actually
leading a game at half-time, only for it to be
abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.
The part-time club pays its players an average of
£20 a week. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Britain's Worst Football Team Win A Game After Four Campaigns by Nobody: 4:00am On Aug 01, 2019 |
Yeah, I know these guys... Followed their results a lot last year cos I was awed at how astonishingly they shipped in goals and lost matches for fun. So, they finally managed to pull off a win Interesting... That means the other team must have been really woeful! 1 Like |
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