A lowdown on one of UEFA's 'worst' leagues (Montenegro Part One)
During coverage of the World Cup in 2006, I recall Gary Lineker asking a question of Ian Wright; are you a fan of S&M? Given that they were covering a game involving Serbia & Montenegro, my 11 year old brain couldn't work out what was so funny - they gave a respectable account of themselves in a tough group featuring Argentina, the Netherlands, and Ivory Coast if I remember correctly. It's only now looking back at the quote that I recognise the double meaning. That said, I still have no idea what the other meaning stands for specifically, but in any case, the M gained independence from S fairly soon after this tournament in 2006, with 2006-07 naturally marking the start of the Montenegrin football league. In the almost two decades since the formation of the league, Montenegro still languishes near the bottom of the UEFA coefficient, with only five nations ranking lower - North Macedonia, Georgia Wales, Gibraltar, and San Marino. To date, no club from Montenegro has mana...