A “bumpy” football pitch on the Western Isles has been recognised by Fifa as one of eight remarkable places to play the game in the world.
The playing surface of the pitch at Eriskay is described as “well bumpy” by Martin Macaulay, manager of Eriskay FC, however, is set to become one of the world’s best known pitches.
A match played on the field has been filmed for screening in the football governing body’s new museum in Zurich in Switzerland.
The Fifa World Football Museum is due to be opened to the public next year.
The pitch on the remote and rugged island of Eriskay is lovingly maintained by the local football team.
Mr Macaulay said: “The pitch is well bumpy. It’s just all over the place.
“One time we had five corners, now we are down to four corners.”
But he added: “It is unique with its views of Eriskay. It is a nice place.”
Morag MacKinnon, owner of the Am Politician Bar and Restaurant on Eriskay, said: “The pitch is very special because it is maintained absolutely and totally by the football team themselves in every aspect from the grass cutting to the line painting.
“It was an area of land that was rough and rugged and over the years they have brought it on to something that at least resembles a decent football pitch.
“Everything is left to themselves from the fundraising to the organising. There are no changing facilities, no flood lighting, they have nothing at all. It is not very accessible. Everything is done for the love of football. It is a most unique space.”
A spokesman for Fifa said: “The FIFA World Football Museum will showcase the worldwide passion for football. As such, the museum is currently shooting scenes of football on all continents, weathers, landscapes. Scotland is but one of the locations chosen by the museum.
“Understandably, and in order to preserve the surprise effect for its future visitors, the museum does not wish to reveal more information regarding its collection plans.”
Eriskay is renowned for a shipwreck that inspired the book and film Whisky Galore.
The story centres on the SS Politician, which ran aground off the island on February 5 1941.
Its cargo included more than 250,000 bottles of whisky.
Author Compton MacKenzie used the grounding of the ship as the basis of his book Whisky Galore in 1947.