Iceland is famous around the world for the views of the Aurora Borealis, the warming Blue Lagoon and more recently the Viking Thunderclap. An island so astray from the European mainland and with a tiny population when compared to many other European nations.

The Shetland Islands, an archipelago belonging to Scotland and north of the mainland, is a place with a rich historical past more associated with the Nords than the Scots and populated with people who would much rather identify themselves as Shetlanders over Scottish.

A group of islands with an estimated population of 23,000, long cold winters and short warm summers, but what is the story behind the football on the islands?