A peak of 113 people watched Rumori’s cup defeat by Tallinna Kalev on YouTube, with 52 watching live at the Kotka Staadion”It would be fairytale stuff, like something from Football Manager.” Welcome to the strange world of the Estonian Cup, where senior teams, under-19 sides and Sunday League outfits go head to head.Some of the teams involved read like names you might see in your local five-a-side league. Here for Beer and Eyjafjallajokull, named after the Icelandic volcano that disrupted flights across Europe in 2010, have played in recent years.Among the 75 teams competing this season are Puhkus Mehhikos (Holiday in Mexico), FC Kohvile (FC Coffee), Maardu Aliens and the surely Premier League-themed Eston Villa and EstHam United.Some of the teams involved are not used to the offside rule because the Rahvaliiga – which translates as the People’s League – does not use it. That showed in some of last season’s scorelines of 32-0, 26-0, 24-0 and 21-0. Fifth-tier Rumori Calcio are managed by Englishman Matt Dowling, and Welsh defender Michael Stacey is a stalwart of the team. The Rumori Calcio team who took on top-flight Tallinna Kalev in the Estonian Cup last 32Neither played at any significant level back home – with Stacey at “step nine or 10” as a youngster and Dowling at amateur level.Both met partners from Estonia in the UK and moved there before finding their way to an ‘int… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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