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Do away with England, play as UK?
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:54 am
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:54 am
Has this been discussed before? England could add the greatest player to ever grace the pitch, Aaron Ramsey. Along with Bale, Northern Ireland palyers...
I saw an article on Bloomberg a couple days ago about this(can't find the link now...) but I thought it was an interesting idea given England's lack of success.
I saw an article on Bloomberg a couple days ago about this(can't find the link now...) but I thought it was an interesting idea given England's lack of success.
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Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:55 am to SoFresh
Im sure scotland would be on board with this 
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:56 am to SoFresh
They did this for the Olympics, but it think the national pride is too high in Scotland, N Ireland, and Wales for this to happen. Shame, though, because "Team GB" would be better than England imo
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:56 am to SoFresh
frick England
They all of a sudden can't compete
They all of a sudden can't compete
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:57 am to SoFresh
Posted on 6/30/14 at 7:57 am to SoFresh
It will never happen. The football associations of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are members of the International Football Association Board. They feel that if they combine they will lose their seats on the board. They already went through this with the Olympics.
ETA: The IFAB is the organization which decides the rules of the game. Since it's such a powerful organization it's not in the interest of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to join a UK team.
ETA: The IFAB is the organization which decides the rules of the game. Since it's such a powerful organization it's not in the interest of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to join a UK team.
This post was edited on 6/30/14 at 8:01 am
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:01 am to S
quote:
Im sure scotland would be on board with this
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:03 am to SoFresh
no
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:10 am to SoFresh
quote:
Do away with England, play as UK?
Here' the corollary:
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On a similar note, let's (LSU) team up with Alabama and Ole Miss to make a Gulf States Football team. We would dominate! Nick Saban would be our coach again. I'm sure all the LSU fans are on board.
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This is why that idea is hard pressed to work.
ETA: I talked to my Scottish co-worker. THEY HATE ENGLAND. He told me that his two favorite teams are Scotland and who ever is playing England. Scottish football shops typically sell jersey's of England's opposing teams in the WC.
This post was edited on 6/30/14 at 8:14 am
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:26 am to Moody_Kangaroo
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Do away with England, play as UK?
quote:lol wut
Here' the corollary:
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On a similar note, let's (LSU) team up with Alabama and Ole Miss to make a Gulf States Football team
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:35 am to Pilot Tiger
i think it's more along the lines of LSU teaming up with Tulane, ULL, Tech, and ULM...
Posted on 6/30/14 at 8:37 am to chalmetteowl
quote:true, but in that case, I think most lsu fans would be ok as we would obviously be the "hook and bull" on that team. I wanted to give lsu fans perspective as to the hate Scotland has for England.
i think it's more along the lines of LSU teaming up with Tulane, ULL, Tech, and ULM...
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:10 am to Moody_Kangaroo
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ETA: I talked to my Scottish co-worker. THEY HATE ENGLAND. He told me that his two favorite teams are Scotland and who ever is playing England. Scottish football shops typically sell jersey's of England's opposing teams in the WC.
No shite, I was in Edinburgh for the 2010 World Cup. I was in a pub watching the England v. Germany game...I was rooting for Germany and expected everyone was going to be against me. No chance, in fact everybody was probably rooting against England more than I was
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:14 am to LL012697
Buddy of mine lives in Scotland now and he was telling me how much Scotland hates England. Apparently they have a vote coming up for independence from the UK also. Either way I don't see this idea being practical.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:56 am to LL012697
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in fact everybody was probably rooting against England more than I was
Would have been cool to be there for the USA game.
Posted on 6/30/14 at 9:58 am to Nimbus2000
Basically it would be England + Bale & Ramsey
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:05 am to Broski
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Basically it would be England + Bale & Ramsey
Which would make them better
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:39 am to Nimbus2000
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Would have been cool to be there for the USA game.
Ya the USA-England match was the week before I got there. I was there for the USA-Ghana match
Posted on 6/30/14 at 10:40 am to Moody_Kangaroo
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I talked to my Scottish co-worker. THEY HATE ENGLAND. He told me that his two favorite teams are Scotland and who ever is playing England. Scottish football shops typically sell jersey's of England's opposing teams in the WC.
That depends
Rangers fans usually support both England or Scotland. Sometimes both. Celtic fans support Ireland.
The rest of the country support Scotland.
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