Oasis_City said:
Let me get this right!
Our stadium can all most fill the entire population of the Faroe Islands?!?!?!?!?!?!
Well, the current total population of the Faroes (the biggest ever in fact) is slightly below 49 thousand.
So, principally it is possible to get the entire Faroese population to fill City of Manchester Stadium, with babies sitting on their parents' knees... ;-)
If you want to know something about Faroes, there are some links:
Very good tourist video:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAB9Y5cZmfI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAB9Y5cZmfI</a>
WORLD FUTBOL report about Faroese football from 1995:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76QWMMsro6k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76QWMMsro6k</a>
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scbzEhw2AIk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scbzEhw2AIk</a>
The golden moment of Faroese football, the National Team's debut in international competitions and the stunning triumph against Austria, back in September 1990 (great emotional Faroese commentary):
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTss_6KsZk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoTss_6KsZk</a>
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKvC2V1Ynvs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKvC2V1Ynvs</a>
A couple of classic Faroese matches, vs. Scotland:
1999
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuDqNrnGb1A" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuDqNrnGb1A</a>
2002
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebEnIrxb3g" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebEnIrxb3g</a>
BTW, another former HB Tórshavn (Gunnar's original club) & Faroese international keeper with 4 caps in 1991 & 1992, Kaj Leo Johannesen, is presently serving as a prime minister of the Faroes!