Fishbook
The Futbol Island Fishbook: 73 sea animals, each linked to a real football club, team or story from the sea. Fishing on the island also teaches a goalkeeper’s patience: wait for the real bite, like a keeper waits for the real shot.
Where each animal lives on the island is a made-up island story. The club facts are real.
Go fishing on the islandCommon catch (22)
- Brown ShrimpSouthend United · “The Shrimpers”
- SardineSantos FC · “Peixe (Fish)”
- MackerelCelta Vigo
- Sea BassOlympique de Marseille · “Les Phocéens”
- AnchovyMálaga CF · “Los Boquerones”
- Short MackerelSamut Songkhram FC · “The Raging Mackerel”
- European HakeFC Lorient · “Les Merlus”
- Red MulletPSM Makassar · “Juku Eja”
- BonitoSolomon Islands national team · “Bonitos”
- Horse MackerelCD Tenerife · “Chicharreros”
- OysterWhitstable Town · “The Oystermen”
- Edible CrabCromer Town · “The Crabs”
- Swimming CrabClub Jaiba Brava · “Los Jaibos”
- Blue CrabCD Victoria · “Jaibas Bravas”
- Blue MusselShoreham FC · “The Musselmen”
- Rockpool ShrimpMorecambe F.C. · “The Shrimps”
- Mealy CrabMahasarakham CC F.C. · “The Mealy Crabs”
- BloaterGreat Yarmouth Town F.C. · “The Bloaters”
- SquidVanishing spray
- LanternfishBramall Lane, Sheffield
- StargazerBrazil national team
- BigeyeGoal-line technology
Good catch (23)
- HerringFC St. Pauli
- CodFleetwood Town · “The Cod Army”
- HaddockGrimsby Town · “The Mariners”
- Red SnapperMaldives national team · “Red Snappers”
- Yellowfin TunaManta FC · “Atuneros”
- BarracudaAntigua Barracuda FC
- DoradoDorados de Sinaloa · “El Gran Pez”
- Pearl OysterAl-Khaleej FC · “Al-Danah”
- Smooth StingrayIllawarra Stingrays
- Gummy SharkPort Melbourne SC · “The Sharks”
- Pacific SeahorseSouthern California Seahorses
- European EelFC Volendam · “De Palingboeren”
- Spiny LobsterPhuket Andaman FC · “The Lobsters”
- Cownose RayRhode Island Stingrays
- Tope SharkOlympic Club de Safi · “The Sharks”
- WobbegongPalm Beach SC · “Sharks”
- ArowanaPSU Surat Thani City FC · “The Killer Arowanas”
- PiranhaHampton Roads Piranhas
- Pool SeahorseWhitley Bay F.C. · “The Seahorses”
- GrouperInter (Helenio Herrera) · “Catenaccio”
- SailfishHakan Şükür (Turkey)
- Flashlight FishFK Bodø/Glimt
- Golden TrevallyJust Fontaine
Rare catch (18)
- Bluefin TunaYokohama F. Marinos · “Marinos”
- Little SharkJunior de Barranquilla · “Los Tiburones”
- Blue SharkCape Verde national team · “Tubarões Azuis”
- Hammerhead SharkPuntarenas FC · “Tiburones”
- Saw SharkCorpus Christi FC · “The Sharks”
- Mako SharkLondrina EC · “Tubarão”
- Port Jackson SharkSutherland Sharks
- SeahorseSalernitana · “Ippocampo”
- Bull SharkCD Veracruz · “Tiburones Rojos”
- Blacktip Reef SharkChonburi FC · “The Sharks”
- Coconut CrabNorthern Mariana Islands national team · “Blue Ayuyu”
- Nurse SharkRanong United · “The Andaman Sharks”
- Sandbar SharkHapoel Haifa · “The Sharks”
- Caribbean Reef SharkFC Ciego de Ávila · “Los Tiburones”
- Dusky SharkGhana beach soccer team · “Black Sharks”
- Lemon SharkSharks FC
- AnglerfishJohan Cruyff (Netherlands) · “The Cruyff turn”
- SwordfishSheffield United · “The Blades”
Legendary catch (10)
- OctopusPaul the Octopus
- Great White SharkPlatense · “Tiburones Blancos”
- Thresher SharkFC Crotone · “Gli Squali”
- Whale SharkElmina Sharks FC
- Oceanic Whitetip SharkDjibouti national team · “Requins de la Mer Rouge”
- Sand Tiger SharkAldosivi · “El Tiburón”
- CoelacanthComoros national team · “Les Cœlacanthes”
- Red Reef SharkC.D. Veracruz · “Tiburones Rojos”
- Blue MarlinSt. John's SC · “Marlins”
- Ocean SunfishMaracanã, Rio de Janeiro