Uri Geller has a newly-declared micronation and he wants to form a football team

Taking pride in our homelands can come in many different forms – through shared history, culture and other shared interests close to our hearts.

But for many, it’s sport that brings out the fiercest patriotism.

This week, world renowned illusionist Uri Geller declared his Scottish island a micronation.

Lamb Island is situated off the east coast in the Firth of Forth and was bought by the spoon-bending celebrity in 2009.

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Uri Geller to set up football team for the Lamb, illusionist announces

URI Geller has announced he will be setting up his own national football team, after declaring the Lamb as its own micronation, complete with logo, flag and anthem.

 

The Israeli illusionist purchased the island, off North Berwick, in 2009 for £30,000, with the belief it held a mystical connection with ancient Egypt and hidden buried treasure.

Mr Geller is now offering citizenship of the Lamb for $1, with all proceeds going to a charity for children with heart conditions in Israel.

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URI-KA Uri Geller to set up football team on Scots island as spoonbender appeals for players to sign up

BARMY Uri Geller is setting up a football team on his Scots island after turning it into a micro-nation.

The Israeli spoonbender bought the Island of Lamb, on the Firth of Forth, ten years ago and people can now become citizens.

Now he’s announced that for just one dollar anyone can claim Lamb nationality and become eligible for its “national” side.

Geller, 75, said: “It’s as big as a football pitch. We’ll put up the goalposts and play with my logo.

“We have a flag, we have a constitution and we have an anthem. And now I’m going to have a football team.”

The music for the anthem – entitled My Island – was written by the great grandad of one of Uri’s pals.

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Uri Geller reveals his new football team with hopes it can ‘reach the World Cup’

Uri Geller has become chairman of a Scottish football team – and dreams of one day taking them to the World Cup.

The psychic revealed his future goals for his micronation, Lamb Island in the Firth of Forth, earlier this month.

After creating an official anthem and flag, he told Metro.co.uk of his hopes for a dedicated sports team to represent the island.

Now, less than two weeks later, Uri’s dream has become reality.

 

The famous spoon-bender has teamed up with North Berwick Amateurs FC, soon to be nicknamed the ‘Lambies’ under their new name.
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Uri Geller makes exclusive video for the Courier as he adopts North Berwick team

A NORTH Berwick amateur football club is starting its journey to the top after Uri Geller adopted them as the national side of his newly proclaimed micronation on the Lamb.

The Israeli illusionist purchased the island in 2009 for £30,000, with the belief it held a mystical connection with ancient Egypt and hidden buried treasure.

As part of his nation unveiling, he revealed a flag, anthem, constitution and notably the desire to start a football team.

 

Now, North Berwick Amateurs FC have become that team, renaming themselves North Berwick Lamb Football Club.

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Bend It Like Geller: Famous Psychic Turns His Powers to a Soccer Team

FALKIRK, Scotland—The players from the seaside town of North Berwick were up against it in the clash against local favorites Mill AFC. Win and they could go top of their local amateur soccer league here in Scotland. But Mill were tough opponents, quick to get in North Berwick’s faces.

The Uri in question is Uri Geller, the psychic propelled to fame in the 1970s for bending spoons with what he said was the power of his mind—and, since August, the North Berwick team’s chairman.

Several years ago, he bought a small rocky island lying off the town’s coast called the Lamb. The place is uninhabited, a wildlife reserve no larger than a soccer field and home to colonies of puffins, guillemots and other seabirds. Mr. Geller says he was drawn to it partly for his belief it might hold relics buried by a pharaoh’s daughter 3,500 years ago. He paid £30,000 for it when it came up for sale, though excavations are prohibited.Read More

3,000th Palestinian child has heart operation in Israel through Save a Child’s Heart

A 5-year-old boy from Gaza was brought on Sunday to the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, where Israeli doctores performed open-heart surgery to save his life, making him the 3,000th child from the Palestinian territories to undergo such surgery in Israel as part of an Israeli NGO’s program.

Amir Yichya Mabchuch from Jabaliya, just north of Gaza City, was brought by Save a Child’s Heart, an Israeli NGO that, since its foundation in 1995, has helped more than 6,000 children travel from abroad with their families for the critical operations.

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Rat removed from Lamb Island owned by ‘psychic’ Uri Geller

A single rat has been removed from a Scottish island owned by “psychic” Uri Geller which has now been declared free from invasive predators.

Volunteers spent two years finding the “elusive rat” on Lamb Island off the East Lothian coast near North Berwick.

The rodents can be a threat to breeding seabird populations by targeting their eggs and young.

“I was astounded when I saw the infrared image of the rat,” Geller told BBC Scotland.

“My island is not that tiny so to locate one rat is a big achievement. I’m very pleased.”

Lamb Island is home to seabirds such as puffins, kittiwakes, cormorants and guillemots.

Volunteers from the Lothian Sea Kayak Club and the Lothian Seabird Centre made 35 trips out to the island, which is difficult to access using larger boats.

The team used motion-triggered cameras and concluded there was likely only one rat present.

Sarah Lawrence, of the Biosecurity for LIFE project, praised the work of the volunteers.

She said: “The volunteers have spent two winters navigating harsh weather, Covid restrictions, and the frustrations of seeking a very elusive rat – and thanks to their hard work we are confident that the Lamb’s puffins and other seabirds will return to nest on a rat-free island this year.”

Emily Burton, conservation officer at the Scottish Seabird Centre, said: “It is a huge relief to know that the Lamb is free of invasive predators.”

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Swimmers brave dangerous tides to collect rock from Uri Geller island

A group of adventurers have swum to an uninhabited Scottish island to collect a rock for celebrity magician Uri Geller.

The Salty Selkies swam 2km to Lamb Island, in the Firth of Forth, which is owned by the self-proclaimed psychic.

Geller had asked the swimmers to bring back a small piece of the island to put in his museum in Jaffa, Israel.

The group of six women and one man, aged between 35 and 72, spent months training and planning the challenge.

Geller bought the island in 2009, describing it as “a very special place – possibly the most mystical island in the world”.

Boats cannot moor there, and the tides and currents in the area made it a dangerous expedition for the swimmers.

Meg Maitland – who found the rock – said: “We had to be very careful because the way the tides run we could get swept along the coast.

“The Firth of Forth is like a funnel, it drains very fast. We had to make sure there were near perfect conditions and that it was low tide.

“The island is in two parts and there is only a very tiny bit of beach.”

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How To Rule Your Own Country: Inside The Outrageous World Of Micronations

With political turmoil worldwide, divided beliefs, and mandates facing ordinary citizens, the idea of creating your own country might seem like a dream. But with micronations launching around the world, this dream has become a reality despite not being recognized by governments.

According to legal experts, a micronation is a political entity whose representatives claim that they belong to an independent nation or sovereign state, but which lacks legal recognition by any sovereign state. Micronations are classified separately from states and rebel movements and are not considered autonomous or self-governing as they lack the legal basis in international law for their existence.

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