I d just like to answer the points three posts above by User Ohconfucius as I presume he is not a football fan The use of flags is for the third time a graphic means of presenting information instead of saying England England England England England England oh Wales England England etc ad nauseum It is NOT purely to render some colourful graphics The use of graphics to convey information is widespread in all spheres of communication not just the internet As for folk using it in other articles well if they do then that presents a consensus doesn t it No the match was not an international but the nationalities of the players are relevant in football because for the last thirty odd years since the arrivals of Ardiles and Villa nationality has been and still is a burning issue in English football There are people now who will reluctantly admit that Liverpool have more top class English players than anyone else at present but still criticise the club for employing South Americans It is very important to specify players nationalities The question asked by