Isle of Man national football team
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The Isle of Man national football team is the national football (soccer) team of the Isle of Man and is controlled by the Isle of Man Football Association. The Isle of Man are not members of FIFA or UEFA, as the Isle of Man FA are members of the Football Association, with similar status to an English county. They are not eligible to enter either the World Cup or European Championship.
The Isle of Man therefore is limited to different forms of competition. They play in the annual Celtic Nations Cup, which is a tournament for semi-professional and amateur national teams from the Isle of Man, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. They managed to win this tournament in 2000, beating Scotland 1-0 in the final, despite the Isle of Man possessing the only truly all-amateur set-up (the other teams field semi-professional players).
Another regular competition they play in is the Steam Packet Football Festival, which usually features the Isle of Man along with lower division teams from the Football League. The Isle of Man achieved what is arguably their best result to date in that tournament, defeating Burnley F.C. 1-0 in the year 2000.
In 2005/06 the Isle of Man national team won The FA National League System Cup, a competition for amateur teams representing the leagues at Step 7 of the National League System and other leagues as decided by the Football Association. The Isle of Man team beat the team representing the Cambridgeshire County League 4-0 in the final and will now represent England in the UEFA Regions Cup.
The team plays in a yellow and red kit.
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