Tristan da Cunha Football Field

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Tristan da Cunha's only able field to play soccer on. The placement can be guessed thanks to the second photo in the article www.tristantimes.com/art_5144.html where you can see the blue warehouse, the mast and one of the dishes.

The first kickabout against foreign opposition was played sometime during the 1940s, though details are scant. The exact location is unknown, but games have been played on the American Field, named in honour of US soldiers stationed there during the Second World War, in recent years.

The fearsomely-sloping American Field has played host to kickabouts featuring locals and staff from Royal Navy and South African fishing-boats; games were played as and when vessels called to the island.

It wasn't until June 2005 when the locals, under the tutelage of Leon Glass, got together and founded Tristan da Cunha FC (TDCFC for short). Glass takes up the story.