Championship goal for Gib?
Saturday, September 28, 2013 @ 8:37 PM
GIBRALTAR has been given Champions League qualifying status following its acceptance into the UEFA in May this year.
And the Rock's national team will be able to try out for the Euro Cup 2016 as well as each of the Champions Leagues.
Gibraltar, an outpost of Britain on the southernmost tip of Spain right next to La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz), has around 30,000 inhabitants ranging from native Gibraltarians who are mostly a British-Spanish descendent mix, as well as UK nationals and Spaniards – and thousands more who live in the Cádiz province work on the Rock.
It also has eight teams in its Premier Division including Lincoln, a side which has won 11 consecutive titles, St Joseph's, Lynx, Lions Gibraltar, Glacis College Cosmo, Gibraltar Phoenix and – surprisingly – Manchester United.
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