Standard of Opposition ?

[hibee316]

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What was the story with their weird goal kick set up?

Fairly standard thing for teams to do if they want to play out from the back.

[Jones28]

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Bora Rangers wouldn’t have looked out of place at this stage of the tournament, how have Scottish teams sank this low?

Money, simple as that.

[Forza Fred]

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For a team of part timers that most think would play Lowland or Highland league, i thought they were technically ok individually and all wanted on the ball, even in tight areas of the park.

Of course they were no where near the standard of us but I thought they gave us a really good game.

Are they part timers though?

I can’t find anything that confirms this….very possible I admit that I am looking in the wrong places…

[H18 SFR]

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Are they part timers though?

I can’t find anything that confirms this….very possible I admit that I am looking in the wrong places…

According to Wiki:

With the fourth smallest population of any UEFA country,[24] until the admission of Gibraltar, the talent pool is small. Players are predominantly amateurs because the Andorra domestic league is only part-time. Since Andorra began playing in 1996, their average FIFA ranking is 163.[25]

‘Predominantly amateurs’

Given that they are a small village team according to what I’ve read, I recon they won’t be fully time across the full team.

[H18 SFR]

Definitely part time:

This close-quartered nature of Andorran football is reflected in the nation’s civic life, with many Primera Divisió players maintaining their passion with additional professions. “We have a policeman, a bank director, another one is a mechanic; he has his own car shop; one is an English teacher,” Llevot adds.

[ian cruise]

They benefitted from being drawn against the team from Gibraltar in the last round, if the draw had pulled them out against anyone else neither team would be in this round.

There's probably a couple of teams who went out last round looking at Santa Coloma and wishing the draw had been more favourable.

[JXM73]

There's a reason pish teams enter at this round, expect to get through one round, maybe, before meeting tougher pish in next round... unfortunately until we consistently beat this pish and that of the next round it's our level..