Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Great Britain National Teams
From: mcsdc1jpb@dct.ac.uk (john bell)
Date: 11 Dec 92 14:49:20 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In article <1992Dec10.135428.2387@dct.ac.uk>, bssbb3gjm3@dct.ac.uk writes:
> In article <1992Dec10.093210.1654@maths.tcd.ie>, ewood@maths.tcd.ie (Gareth Hinds) writes:
>> statlab1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
>> 
>>>Here is something I have been wondering about for many years.
>> 
>>>Why does FIFA and UEFA allow Great Britain to be represented with 
>>>four national teams? 
>> 
>>>Why doesn't any country complain about it?
>> 
>>>What do the readers of this list think about it?
>> 
>>>Stavros.
>> 
>> Why shouldn't they allow this? All four are countries in their own right, and 
>> more to the point have fully separate domestic league setups. The arrangement
>> has been a sore point for various countries over the years, but in my opinion,
>> the four so-called `home countries' are an important part of the heritage of
>> the game. It's not as if there is a lack of interest or support for each
>> national side or even a radically lower standard of football in comparison
>> with the rest of the world (temporary fluctuations aside). The main argument
>> against it seems to be that most of the players play in the English League,
>> but that's just because it attracts the best players (and the same could be saidabout the Italian League). Politics should not influence football issues and
>> therefore I would argue in favour of the present situation.
>> 
>> 					Gareth Hinds
>> 					ewood@maths.tcd.ie
> 
> 
> I agree with the above the above sentiments, however although it is true that
> the majority of the players in the Welsh and N.Irish teams play in the English
> League, this is certainly not the case with the Scotland team.
> 
> 
> Andy Roxburgh's ideal team is probably something like:
> 
> A. GORAM (RANGERS)
> M. MALPAS (DUNDEE UNITED)
> R. GOUGH (RANGERS)
> D. MacPHERSON (RANGERS)
> S. McKIMMIE (ABERDEEN)
> I. DURRANT (RANGERS)
> P. McSTAY (CELTIC)
> G. McALISTAIR (LEEDS UNITED)
> S. McCALL (RANGERS)
> A. McCOIST (RANGERS)
> G. DURIE (RANGERS)
> 

what team does this guy support??!!

since when have the huns signed durie?

do they need him?

they have enough cheats in their team already




> It can be seen from this that only one player is from the English League.
> 
> Therefore, the above reasoning can hardly be applied to Scotland.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>         Choppy.
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