Sark F.C.
The Sark Football' represented the Association of Sark in football.
It isn't the Sark Football Club, it is the Association.
The Association was made in 2004.
If you have already visited the original Sark football association, you can skip this part, the story.
Football was first played on Sark in the 1950s, with islanders typically playing friendlies against visiting ship’s crew members and seasonal staff coming to work in the summer. But it wasn’t until 2001 that an official football team was created, Sark FC. Having joined the Guernsey FA, Sark Football Club played in the GFA Cup for three years and regularly played against social club teams from Guernsey. However, Sark’s footballing community were on the hunt for more competitive action. They entered a football team for the 2003 Island Games, just two years after founding the island’s football club. With a population of just 600, it was inevitable that Sark national football team would be the outsiders. Competing against the likes of Greenland, which boasts 55,000 inhabitants, and Guernsey – population 65,000 – Sark were the underdogs from the outset. Unfortunately, Sark’s first encounter resulted in defeat, a significant defeat at that – they lost 19-0 to Gibraltar. This was a loss that struck deep wounds into the heart of the Sark squad, quite literally. In the three matches that ensued, Sark’s team was made up of the players who weren’t nursing an injury. This was a factor that created immense difficulty for the Sarkees, but it was the inexperience and lack of fitness of a squad including 50-year olds that ultimately ruined Sark’s tournament. Following their humiliation at the hands of Gibraltar, Sark went on to lose 20-0 to the Isle of Wight, 16-0 to Greenland, and even received a drubbing by Frøya; a tiny Norwegian island of 4,000 people. Sark’s football team conceded 70 goals, and scored none.
Sark have not competed in the Island Games football tournament since their humiliating 2003 campaign, somewhat unsurprisingly, but continue to retain the slightly unfashionable title of the worst football team in the world. Chris Drillot, Sark FC’s Chairman, believes that labelling Sark as the world’s worst team is unjust:
Sark are no longer part of the Guernsey Football Association, and because of this have no official season. But, in spite of having no organized competition to take part in, they continue to play friendlies against social clubs from neighboring islands.
Coaching history
Chris Drillot (2000–2002)- Shane Moon (2002–2003)
- Simon Elmont (2003–2007)
- Matt Joyner (2007–2011)
- Neil Williams (2011–2013)
- Gary Hamon (2013–2015)
- Neil Williams (2015–2018)
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