BRITAIN'S MOST NORTHERN PLACE... & FOOTBALL CLUB!!! Wick Academy FC
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From Dunnet Head to Wick - Scottish Highlands vlog!
What a day for it! I was grateful for a bit of sunshine as I travelled from Inverness to Dunnet Head to Wick and eventually back to Inverness.
The mission was to see mainland Britain's most northern point plus visit Scotland's most northern club... Wick Academy FC! They're an incredible team, completely run by locals who play in the Highland League.
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I went to mainland Britain's most northern point & football club! Where should I go next?
If there's a club on the island of Jersey, maybe there. Assuming that you haven't already been there, of course.
@@gordieparenteau6555 Great idea! Never been there in my life! I'm really interested in football on all the islands such as Jersey, Guernsey, Shetland, Orkney etc...
Should go to the Faroe Islands and have a look at the stadium's up there really good views and some of the best football and a lot of history .
@@FootyAdventures I'd love for you to come see Canada's oldest club: Victoria West FC. They're an amateur club that play in the Vancouver Island Soccer League. Been around since 1896.
Isle of man FC would be great to see. An english tier 10 club
I was born there. I left at 5 years old and have never been back since. I remember it, I remember the house I lived in and the people I knew. I’d love to go back, see it and feel it once again
You have to return one day! Unreal up there!
I don`t know how old you are, dafty, but do it whilst you can. Don`t keep putting it off, telling yoursef you`ll get round to it one day. Talking from experience here, mate. There`s so much I intended to do that I now realise I never will.
Need to go to Orkney FC in the North Caledonian League. Every Scottish football fan should have chip in a fiver for their SFA License so they can play in the Scottish Cup. What an away day that would be.
Am English and I would more then chip in for that. Thanks for the information 👍
I was in orkney 3 time's
I have a word
What ferry did you went there pent land ferries or north links?
Over the years there have perhaps been many a traveller like yourself who have covered the ( GROUND )😁. Little pun there , lol.....that you have done. Thank you so so much for following in their footsteps. Not just the Scottish grounds, but all grounds in the UK that you WILL , If you haven't already, conquered. Thank you for keeping THEIR MEMORY alive. ⚽⚽⚽
Thanks very much Alan! I love these clubs, more coming soon!!
5,234 km(over 3 thousand miles !) has to be the longest distance to travel for any league game in the world. Wellington Phoenix plays Perth Glory in the Australian A league. (9hrs 40 mins on a plane with I stop in Sydney). Called the long-distance derby, amazingly quite a few fans travel to the game from Wellington and vice versa from Perth. Unlike most derbies, there is utmost respect for the fans traveling, and they all drink with the home teams fans when traveling to their respective grounds. Great vlog by the way.I really enjoy it. I used to love to follow with Scottish league clubs and it is great to see all their grounds. Excellent work. Please go to the stadium of light to see my home team, Sunderland. I miss them being all the way over here in New Zealand.
Hey Chris, you beat me to it. Thought id be the only one to know about that. Here's another one, Vladivostok FC v Zenit St Petersburg in Russia. Not sure of the distance here but apparently it's 9 time zones away. This match happened a few years back in a Russian cup match. Apparently, the shortest travel time for Vladivostok in the league is a 9 hour flight. Fun and games huh.
Chairman seems a top fella. People like tgat dedicate themselves to their club for a lifetime, total dedication. I love this type of football, 100% genuine and real.I would love to get up there and see if for myself. Great video mate, really enjoyed it.
Couldn't agree more! And definitely get up to the Highlands if you can!
They are the salt of the earth. Willing to give everything and take little in return.
you do an absolutely amazing job your TH-cam channel is different from many others for the better .i enjoy watching you👍
Brilliant 👏!! Love seeing this side of football, thank you.
They make good whisky in Wick at the Pulteney Distillery.
Absolutely love that you've gone all the way up there!! Miss my home thanks for representing it mate 💙
Thanks very much! And no problem at all, what a great part of the world!
Love that you came all the way up north to Wick
Great video bro. Fun fact I once walked on that pitch in 2007 when wick were playing during the last few minutes of the game. All the action was on the other side of the pitch 🤣
Love it......great video. Proper footy
I bet Wick a great place to watch football in January/ February......Hypothermia comes to mind....yet again another great vlog @ a football outpost....RESPECT to Wick Academy...👏👏👏
Love the enthusiasm Great Work mate.
Thank you!!!
Great story. What an underrated channel this is. Keep it up!
You beat me to this one (and Brora) !! I couldn't quite justify a "small divertion" from The Isle Of Skye via Wick back to our hotel in Inverness on my birthday road trip 5 years ago !! People underestimate how big Scotland actually is and how long it takes to get from one area to another ... :-O
I think Zenit St Petersburg to Vladivostok is the furthest distance travelled for a domestic league game. Its around 6,000 miles each way. Three Zenit fans drove it in 2006 and their car fell to bits and they had to get the trans siberian railway back. The club bought them a new car.
You are right about how friendly many clubs in Scotland are. I have done the 42 once and now need to do Cove to do it again (seen a game at Kelty), but me and some mates have stopped at grounds while passing to have a look and have been invited in more often then not. Particular shout out to Stenhusemuir who gave us a full tour, Alloa Athletic and Brechin City (who offered us a beer that I had to decline as I was driving).
Gotta love how that most northern point is called Dunnet head. Can imagine the lads who first reached and named the place got there shouting we've done it!
Great vid Sam. Fascinating stuff. I remember during Auchinleck Talbot's last Scottish Cup run they had a couple of really long round trips to play Highland League teams. In the following round it must have been a great relief to play at home against Ayr United. So much so they beat the Championship side. LOL!
Haha there's certainly some long ties to be played in the Scottish Cup! Thanks for watching & sharing on Twitter :)
@@FootyAdventures - No problem Sam. A pleasure.
Remember my team lochee united beating Talbot at lochee. Lol
Really like your enthusiasm and content, the smaller clubs you have visited thats the real football. Regards from Norway.
Thanks Daniel, I love clubs of all shapes and sizes. Would love to come over your way one day & visit clubs like Molde & Brann :D
@@FootyAdventures I think Norway has the world's northernmost top-flight team, Tromsø IL.
Mate I love this channel great job
Great channel! If you're up north again, you could catch the ferry to Orkney - which is more northerly 🙂
wow , great video, worth coming up to scotland just for that breakfast :)
You did it!! I remember mentioning at one point. Great video like always. Have you thought of doing Fort William FC?
Thanks for suggesting it! I love getting all the recommendations. I can't wait to go to Fort William FC. Gotta go soon!
Should go Fort William next
ive been waiting for u to make this for ages
Nice thanks for waiting and sorry it took so long haha
Is that the Orkneys that you can see in the distance? Dunnet Head looks a great place!
Sam makes me wanna visit all these grounds 🙌
Thanks! You definitely should!
Cracking video 👏👍🏼
Cheers la!!
Great video
Cheers Josh!
Thanks for listening to my recommendation mate!
No worries thanks for suggesting it
i have never missed an academey game love it
Never heard of them before today. Thanks man
Nice thanks for watching as ever 😊
fantastic
RNAS Culdrose (Royal Navy Air Station) played a Cornwall Combination League match on a Saturday, travelled by coach on the Tuesday, played RNAS Lossimouth in the Navy Cup on the Wednesday, travelling back on the Thursday. On the Saturday they played a Combo game. A nearly 1500 mile round trip, plus the won the game going on to beat RNAS Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
I was there in August 2019. Also I visit by Old Pulteney and Dunnet Head.
Greetings from Germany. :)
And dont forget Thurso FC.^^
@@Abadon05 let's go vikings
I like this guy cause he doesn't just post English football he posts any
I love football from all different corners of the world!
@@FootyAdventures yeah your the right person who doesn't call a football team dead or a football league farmers league
I stopped off there after going to John o'Groats, Dunnet Head & Thurso fc. I wandered in , only man there & walking out of the ground almost went under the wheels of the only car around which was turning in. As for long distance travel , Carlisle in 1989/90 season played the following away matches . 27 feb Gillingham , 3 March Southend & 6 March Colchester . They lost all three games. I can't believe that can be beaten. After those they had away games at Aldershot & Maidstone. They lost those too.
Good video again mate! I could get you into Grant Park, another highland league club, my local team Lossiemouth FC
Cheers mate! I actually did a bit of Highland groundhopping and visited Lossiemouth a few days ago. That vid should be out within the next week :)
Another great video, while in two different countries but in the same league when Wellington play Peth the distance is 5,250kms.
Wow yeah true thats a long old trip!
Yay i got in Footy Adventures video!
Wick is added to the groundhopping list
Cheers for the suggestion! Keep them coming!!!
Fort William
Banks o' Dee
KÌ Klaksvik (Faroe Islands) but I don't know the COVID restrictions over there
Nottingham Forest (my hometown club)
@@joshquinn4964 Faroe Islands is literally my dream groundhopping trip!!
@@FootyAdventures same here its a beautiful country
excellent sam i hsve put your links on some websites i use asking people to follow you i said you will not be disapoined another cracking one i look forwars to these so much now be lucky and thanks steve
Cheers Steve, really appreciate you sharing my content! I've just uploaded a new video from the Highlands if you're keen for more new videos :)
Not football, but I play chess competitively in Scotland. There is a UK championship between the best club sides from England, Scotland & Wales. In that championship, many years ago there was quite a draw: Devon v Shetland.
Was just wondering if they had a football team on the Isle of Mull, once visited this amazing place, and the people were lovely 😍
Most of the Scottish islands have their own leagues. Most are basically public park level,but they do exist. Shetland and Stornoway have strong amateur set ups.
Great video once again mate and think Sunderland vs Plymouth is a good distance over 6 hours one way
Cheers and yeah true that's a long journey!
Carlisle to Plymouth is the furthest however in non league it would be Truro City v Morpeth Town i would think. That is pushing 500 miles.
Great video Sam, and if you think that a nine foot slope is big you should see Beith Juniors slope.
Haha I'll check that out one day!
@@FootyAdventures Kilbirnie Ladeside and Dalry Thistle are close by too.
What needs to be done now, is take in the junior clubs, from Stonehaven to Lochee, take in a bit of Dunbar and Auchinleck etc etc..
My Nana lives in Kirkcudbright where
St Cuthbert’s Wanderers play, You should go down to them and make a video. It’s a good wee club
Oh cool yeah I definitely will!!
I was lucky enough to visit Wick for match. Had to take a 3 hour coach from Inverness!
Yeah it's even so far from Inverness! Such a cool place
You mention Inverness, do you live there now?
Nice video on wick academy
I think the longest one I've heard of was a French FA Cup Tie between Reunion Island and a team in mainland France - 25 hour plane ride and something like 7000 kms between the two.
The Coupe de France throws up some very long journey's with teams from the French dependencies possibly travelling half way around the world. In Scotland, Orkney play in the North Caledonian League so games are scheduled to fit in with the ferry.
Ah yeah the French cup ties are actually mad sometimes! Teams having to travel to islands off the coast of Africa etc. That's why I love football for stories like that. The Orkney ferry one is cool too. Will have to check that out!! Thanks for watching as ever
Portuguese League too. There are teams from Madeira and also the Azores.
Try the Welsh Prem, maybe a Euro game. Its great seeing you search out these smaller clubs, football would be nothing without grass roots.
Thanks very much! I'll definitely go to Wales soon, I'll do my best to get EUROs tickets!
The New Saints are the most successful club in the Welsh Premier League,but they hail from Oswestry ENGLAND which is a quirky fact.
Connahs Quay won the league this season though. The New Saints are like Berwick Rangers in that the are English but play over the border. They also of course qualify for Europe most seasons,as the top 3 in Wales each season get into either the Champions League or Europa League qualifiers. The New Saints knocked out Zilina of Slovakia last season in a huge surprise. Connahs Quay a few years ago knocked out Kilmarnock. Connahs Quay and The New Saints are the two most successful clubs over the last decade and have a big rivalry. If going to Wales check out Bangor City and Caernarfon Town too. Thats Welsh speaking Wales,and by far the biggest rivalry in Welsh semi pro football. Bangor have an amazing history,played Atletico Madrid one season in Europe. They are in the second tier now,Caernarfon are in the top tier. Barry Town United in South Wales too are worth a visit. The biggest semi pro outfit from South Wales in the Welsh Premier. There is Merthyr Tydfil who are bigger,but they play in the English pyramid,refusing to join the Welsh league.
Next stop! Shetland Islands
Ive scored 2 against wick back in 2005 for lossie . Slope is something else
Perth in the A league have to travel 100s of miles for all away games, closest is Adelaide
And Wellington Phoenix who are in NZ! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :) More content coming soon!
Head to the Isle of Lewis, plenty of amateur teams there to visit!!
Any closer to uploading the Macclesfield Town video (sorry if I'm beginning to annoy you)?
I'll be getting back to northern England to film more videos in June, I'll get to Macclesfield then! And definitely not annoying!! Keep the suggestions coming :)
@@FootyAdventures Thanks man. You've made my week. Up the Silkmen!
A beautiful part of the world. Great video but could be out of date soon. When the North Caledonian League joins the Pyramid in summer Wick won't be the most northerly senior club anyone. There is at least a couple further north like Thurso.
Ok Sam , you've been to the northern most club only seems logical to to go to the Southern most club would really be interested to see that ground.
Truro City FC
Longest travel for a game in Canada is Pacific FC vs HFX Wanderers. 5793 km by car. 4476 km by plane.
Wow that's long!!!
I don’t know how far it is exactly, but Team Hawaii @ Cosmos or Connecticut Bicentennials in 1977 would have been a pretty long haul.
Coyr up the brora
I'm in Brora if you fancy a pint. I can get you into their club probably as well. Let me know. 👍🏻
Cheers mate, sorry just seen this! I've been to Brora for a video before, here's the link... th-cam.com/video/QokvZGN0QhY/w-d-xo.html - Brilliantly run club and Jack is a great lad! I interviewed Jack at BRFC for a new video recently, that should be out tomorrow. Back home now, but hopefully see you when I'm back up for the return of fans!!
@@FootyAdventures no problem mate! Cracking bunch of guys indeed. I look forward to it, although I may be back in Fife. Watching Dundee vs Kilmarnock 2nd leg play off final tonight so you better be watching! 😂
How do you manage all the different Scots accents
I'm getting used to them all! I'm yet to hear anyone speak Gaelic!
I have been there 😃
In Shetland Maybe???!!!
If you think 400 miles is long, you should look at the MLS 😂
Thurso i believe is actually the most Northern club rather than Wick,but tbf they are a level or division below.
I'll need to get there soon! Had a few requests after the Wick vid!
sorry for any typing spelling mistakes as i have to type one finger looking through a magnifing glass it is hard for me steve
Should check thurso Fc
I advice to you Leiston FC, By the way this Club, England Side :)
Mon eh scorries
🙌🙌
Asteras Tripolis Xanthi
Perhaps 10-11 hours drive or 2 hours with airplane I think
Oh wow that is a long trip!
Ipswich v Carlisle 318 miles ⚽️💙⚪
I thought that Orkney FC was the most northern team in Britain and are based at tier 6 of the Scottish League system
There are a couple teams north of Wick in the North Caledonian League. To the best of my knowledge it is an amateur league and not part of the pyramid. If any NCL teams wanted to enter the pyramid though, they would go into the Highland League.
I think the NCL also has a cup competition that Shetland participates in.
Edit: Just checked and I think you're correct starting from next season. Back up the road he goes!
@@marcmacfarlane5270 Yeah I think a new league is starting next season with Orkney FC in it but I count the rest as amateur and different
Ipswich v Plymouth Argyle 311 miles ⚽️💙⚪
Oh yeah they arent the most northern John O Groats fc are and Thurso fc
Dunnet Head is the most northern point on the British mainland
Shetland Islands must be most northern UK place
Do you mean Wick is the most northerly football team ?
Even Thurso FC would take that title. Wick Academy you might class as the most northerly semi professional team. If you could call the Highland league semi pro.
technically orkney are most northern, and thurso are the most northern mainland team, both in the north caledonian league, sorry to be so pedantic!
Was there 2 weeks ago with the Inverurie Locos ... Great place to visit. Match footage : th-cam.com/video/_HVmL8wn58Q/w-d-xo.html
When u go to KFC you mybe need to get in touch with club
Forres mechanics and Forres thistle
Coming soon!!!
Any one else here live in wick?
you should visit clachnacudin fc in inverness most successful highland league team
Here you go mate 👍 th-cam.com/video/0_oXx_QDykQ/w-d-xo.html
thanks
Thurso is the most northern
Do Wick Groats fc
Aye and thay postponed the Scottish Cup game v Musselburgh athletic for NO REASON three times Dirty tactics in ma book.
Then had the cheeck to ask Cowdenbeath to move there fixture because thay did not want to travel on boxing day,THANK FUCK Cowdenbeath won that game.
Mon the burgh & the blue Brazil 🇧🇷💙
Great video, what a nice bloke the Wick Chairman is. Talking of long distances for teams although Luton Town are quite a centrally located club in England they did drop down to the Southern League Division 2 in the yeara before World War 1 when transport was not much more than Horse & Cart or train (if you are lucky) this league was almost entirely made up of Welsh clubs. Out of 16 clubs 4 were English, Stoke, Croydon, Brentford and Luton Town. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Southern_Football_League#Division_Two