GSH Mecztat Island

## Introduction

**Gelatin** **Steakhouse Mecztat/Dream Island Football Club (GSH Mecztat/Dream Island for short)** is a football club located in **Mecztatgrad, Mesto Ostrva.** They were founded in 1913 as FK Mecztat in what was then the **Otok Empire.** They are historically the best team in modern-day **Mesto Ostrva,** with 20 Otokan Leagues, which was the 1st division of the **Otok Empire,** now modern-day **Mesto Ostrva.** They are only 1 out of 2 clubs from **Mesto Ostrva** to have played in the **Mixopolan Premier League.**

## Early Days (<1913 - 1953)

The origins of **GSH Mecztat Island** goes back to the **1910's.** In this time, the Mixopolan Confederation was rapidly industrializing, but all the way in the south, in the **Otok Empire,** they could only dream of that. The **Otok Empire** was a kingdom of several tiny islands unified under the **Otokan Royal House of Thabang,** the king at this time was **Molahlehi II,** who was all in for industrialization for his empire, there was just one problem, no one wanted to invest in a heavily forested mess of small islands. But then out of nowhere, a British businessman by the name of **John Murphy** arrived to answer the call. He was experienced in building plots of land into industrial hubs of trade and tourists, and he was ready to take any challenge. So he went to **King Molahlehi II** saying that he would industrialize the kingdom, as long as the King signed a trade deal with Britain, **Molahlehi II** accepted the deal, and they started this mammoth project. During this project, a friend of **John Murphy** named **Archie Rose** arrived on the scene. **Rose** was known for finding football talent around the world, and creating clubs for those talented individuals. He proposed that he could help create a team for the kingdom in one of the cities that were already finished, that city being **Mecztatgrad, Mecztat Island,** given the name thanks to it's nickname of "The island of dreams." **Murphy** was impressed and greenlit the idea, and so they found talented players, and found an identity, using white shirts to symbolize peace and a bright future. So in 1913, **Fūtbāl Klūbā Mecztat** was founded, and they instantly became loved by the cities population. The old stadium which could only seat 1,000 people, was filled with about 7,500 people. But football in the Otok Empire was still not big enough for the nation to build a proper league, so **FK Mecztat** simply became a constant contender for the **Mixopolan Cup,** and the **Otokan League** was nothing more than an effectively fake league. They never went as far as the final. The Otok Empire was overlooked in Mixopolan sports competition still, and the big teams didn't recognize that **FK Mecztat** can fairly play competitively, leading to unwanted prejudice against Otok people, leading to an incident when they played Borussia Unova in 1947 away from home, the **FK Mecztat** fans were pelted with debris by the opposing fans after losing to Borussia Unova in the **Mixopolan Cup.**

## The Dark Ages (1953 - 2020)

After the occupation by the Soviets, **FK Mecztat** had even more troubles, as the Otok Empire was dissolved, and simply made an autonomous region of the Yuzhjugutian Territory. During their stay in the **MPR,** they never went to the top 2 divisions, instead they were stuck in their regional championship. When the Yuzhjugutian Territory declared independence as the **Republic of the Yuzhjugut/Pokémon Islands** in 1992, the **Otok Autonomous Region** joined them, and so **FK Mecztat** joined the **PIFL.** There where actually a few times that **FK Mecztat** actually played in the **Pokémon Islands Championship,** even holding a draw against an SC Hoenn side that would win the league in the 1997/98 season, but that was their only truly incredible result, as they were usually in limbo in the 2nd and 3rd divisions.

## Present Day (2020 -)

Before the 2019-20 season, the club was bought by **Gelatin Steakhouse,** and renamed to **GSH Mecztat/Dream Island Football Club.** In that season, only their 4th season in the 1st division, they just barley won an **MPL** spot. Since then, the team has always stayed in the MPL. Recently, they have been rumored to have another owner change, linked with Mixopolan billionaire **Viktor Novak.**