I think that England & Scotland & Wales should join up for football; just imagine if we'd had the benefit of Gareth Bale in the team for this WC......
A Great Britain team
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Originally Posted by Jenny_Sawyer:
“No other countries do what we do, there isn't a Sicily or a Corsica or Alaska team.”
“No other countries do what we do, there isn't a Sicily or a Corsica or Alaska team.”
Alaska is a State, not a country.
Not a good idea, I would rather keep our own identities.
Originally Posted by FMKK:
“So in other words, England have done crap can we have Bale and Ramsey please?”
“So in other words, England have done crap can we have Bale and Ramsey please?”
Us welsh don't want to be dragged down
Originally Posted by richparr:
“Alaska is a State, not a country.
Not a good idea, I would rather keep our own identities.”
“Alaska is a State, not a country.
Not a good idea, I would rather keep our own identities.”
According to the UN, England nor Wales nor Scotland (that may soon change.....) nor Northern Ireland are countries, but the UK is, so perhaps I should've said UK rather than GB; but technically England is not a country (it doesn't say England on your passport).
Originally Posted by O'Neill:
“http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsi..._football_team
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_S..._football_team”
“http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsi..._football_team
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_S..._football_team”
Quoted from your link: The Corsica national football team (Corsican: Squadra Corsa di Balò) is the unofficial football team for the island of Corsica, France. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. Until now, the selection has played against national teams only three times : in 1967 against France, in 1998, just before the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Cameroon (as a preparation game for the Lions Indomptables), and more recently in 2009 against Congo. In the past, the selection has also played against club teams, as in 1962 against OGC Nice, or Stade Reims in 1963.
This topic comes up every time England get knocked out of a tournament.
Keep your hands off our best players, we're crap enough as it is !
What about Gibraltar, maybe you can have some of theirs ?
Keep your hands off our best players, we're crap enough as it is !
What about Gibraltar, maybe you can have some of theirs ?
Originally Posted by Jenny_Sawyer:
“According to the UN, England nor Wales nor Scotland (that may soon change.....) nor Northern Ireland are countries, but the UK is, so perhaps I should've said UK rather than GB; but technically England is not a country (it doesn't say England on your passport).”
“According to the UN, England nor Wales nor Scotland (that may soon change.....) nor Northern Ireland are countries, but the UK is, so perhaps I should've said UK rather than GB; but technically England is not a country (it doesn't say England on your passport).”
Wales is certainly a country:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...ountry-1813629
aka...can Bale and Ramsay be English please....
I think the FA's have been separate for so long that they would resist any pressure to amalgamate.
I think the FA's have been separate for so long that they would resist any pressure to amalgamate.
Originally Posted by Jenny_Sawyer:
“Quoted from your link: The Corsica national football team (Corsican: Squadra Corsa di Balò) is the unofficial football team for the island of Corsica, France. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. Until now, the selection has played against national teams only three times : in 1967 against France, in 1998, just before the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Cameroon (as a preparation game for the Lions Indomptables), and more recently in 2009 against Congo. In the past, the selection has also played against club teams, as in 1962 against OGC Nice, or Stade Reims in 1963.”
“Quoted from your link: The Corsica national football team (Corsican: Squadra Corsa di Balò) is the unofficial football team for the island of Corsica, France. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. Until now, the selection has played against national teams only three times : in 1967 against France, in 1998, just before the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Cameroon (as a preparation game for the Lions Indomptables), and more recently in 2009 against Congo. In the past, the selection has also played against club teams, as in 1962 against OGC Nice, or Stade Reims in 1963.”
Originally Posted by Jenny_Sawyer:
“No other countries do what we do, there isn't a Sicily or a Corsica or Alaska team.”
“No other countries do what we do, there isn't a Sicily or a Corsica or Alaska team.”
You made no mention of whether they needed to be official or otherwise, just because they aren't affiliated with UEFA doesn't mean they aren't a football team, what would you call them?
I was thinking about something like this recently. I mean over the years a lot of great players never got a sniff of a world cup as their national teams are just never good enough to qualify. Maybe there could be a spot reserved for a world XI. A nominated manager could pick a squad of players from among all the nations that failed to qualify. Probably an awful idea, but hey it would at least get some great players into the world cup.
Never happen JS.
Simply put, the various bunch of old boys wont want to lose their little bit of power, look what happened with the "GB" team at the Olympics. Also remember we were only allowed a GB team because we were hosts as the IOC has put the block on it in previous years.
Simply put, the various bunch of old boys wont want to lose their little bit of power, look what happened with the "GB" team at the Olympics. Also remember we were only allowed a GB team because we were hosts as the IOC has put the block on it in previous years.
Originally Posted by Lojen:
“I was thinking about something like this recently. I mean over the years a lot of great players never got a sniff of a world cup as their national teams are just never good enough to qualify. Maybe there could be a spot reserved for a world XI. A nominated manager could pick a squad of players from among all the nations that failed to qualify. Probably an awful idea, but hey it would at least get some great players into the world cup.”
“I was thinking about something like this recently. I mean over the years a lot of great players never got a sniff of a world cup as their national teams are just never good enough to qualify. Maybe there could be a spot reserved for a world XI. A nominated manager could pick a squad of players from among all the nations that failed to qualify. Probably an awful idea, but hey it would at least get some great players into the world cup.”
It'd never happen but you'd have a very good team - Handanovic, Coleman, Ivanovic, Benatia, Alaba, Matic, Mkhitaryan, Hamsik, Bale, Yarmolenko, Ibrahimovic and subs - Cech, McGregor, Skrtel, Subotic, Piszczek, Nuri Sahin, Ramsey, Erikssen, Arda Turan, Konoplyanka, Salah, Lewandowski. That's my quick 23.
I like these kind of hypothetical scenarios.
Originally Posted by Peter Venkman:
“No thanks pal. Surely the team would only get worse if Welsh and Scottish players were in?”
“No thanks pal. Surely the team would only get worse if Welsh and Scottish players were in?”
The only difference it would realistically make is that Bale and Ramsey would start in that England side. Adding those two players isn't going to make any team worse.
Originally Posted by Joooe:
“Isn't the Faroe Islands technically part of Denmark? They have a FIFA team.”
“Isn't the Faroe Islands technically part of Denmark? They have a FIFA team.”
It's a good shout, but technically the nearest to the UK situation could be if Greenland (don't laugh...look it up!) joined (either) UEFA/FIFA as they are within the Kingdom of Denmark.
But the UK situation is bizarre...and amazing how we get away with it. For EVERY sport it should be either (England/Scot etc) OR GB/NI, I'm sure foriegners assume we make it up as we go along (eg, English hockey team.....GB for the Olympics and one Champion's Trophy....) but it's to do with associations rather than countries (eg Gibraltar FA).
I wonder what would happen if one "country" had two FA's. It might even happen somewhere? Belgium clearly doesn't, but that country would be ripe for having a Wallonia FA and Flemish FA.
Originally Posted by Lojen:
“I was thinking about something like this recently. I mean over the years a lot of great players never got a sniff of a world cup as their national teams are just never good enough to qualify. Maybe there could be a spot reserved for a world XI. A nominated manager could pick a squad of players from among all the nations that failed to qualify. Probably an awful idea, but hey it would at least get some great players into the world cup.”
“I was thinking about something like this recently. I mean over the years a lot of great players never got a sniff of a world cup as their national teams are just never good enough to qualify. Maybe there could be a spot reserved for a world XI. A nominated manager could pick a squad of players from among all the nations that failed to qualify. Probably an awful idea, but hey it would at least get some great players into the world cup.”
Originally Posted by Jim_McIntosh:
“It'd never happen but you'd have a very good team - Handanovic, Coleman, Ivanovic, Benatia, Alaba, Matic, Mkhitaryan, Hamsik, Bale, Yarmolenko, Ibrahimovic and subs - Cech, McGregor, Skrtel, Subotic, Piszczek, Nuri Sahin, Ramsey, Erikssen, Arda Turan, Konoplyanka, Salah, Lewandowski. That's my quick 23.
I like these kind of hypothetical scenarios.”
“It'd never happen but you'd have a very good team - Handanovic, Coleman, Ivanovic, Benatia, Alaba, Matic, Mkhitaryan, Hamsik, Bale, Yarmolenko, Ibrahimovic and subs - Cech, McGregor, Skrtel, Subotic, Piszczek, Nuri Sahin, Ramsey, Erikssen, Arda Turan, Konoplyanka, Salah, Lewandowski. That's my quick 23.
I like these kind of hypothetical scenarios.”
Me too. I know it's fantasy but it would be great - especially if the Rest of World manager could not pick more than 1 or 2 players from any particular country (to avoid the scenario where a big team cocks up in the qualifiers and the manager picks 7/8 of theiir team).
Could be used in Europe too, so stars like Bale get to play in finals.
Also once your country got knocked out it would be pretty easy to support R of W or R of E.
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