Tiresome Football Team GB question

[keekybreeks]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31980827

so it needs to be approived by FIFA, yet the Ingerland board seem to be the only ones who want it, the miserable scotch, scowling taffs and non irons seem to be having none of it

Should there be a team GB fer the Limpics ?

[JohnL]

Thats because once they do it for the Olympics - Blatter and his lot will want a GB team for everything..

[numbers]

no

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Cool story bro

[Otta]

Now it's been done at 2012, why not?

[JohnL]

The BOA/FA tried to go ahead without consulting the Celts it seems

And we know how well thats going to go down :)

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/03/wales-fa-english-rio-olympics-team

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9767645/welsh-scottish-and-irish-football-associations-do-not-support-team-gb

[Loz]

Can anyone explain why England, Scotland, Wales and NI are considered countries and not states? Well, mostly by themselves - does anyone outside the UK (and the occasional sports body) consider them separate countries? To me, they are no more a country than Bavaria or Alaska or Catalonia.

To use Pointless's definition, they are not "any sovereign state that's a member of the UN".

[JohnL]

Loz Wrote:

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> Can anyone explain why England, Scotland, Wales

> and NI are considered countries and not states?

> Well, mostly by themselves - does anyone outside

> the UK (and the occasional sports body) consider

> them separate countries? To me, they are no more a

> country than Bavaria or Alaska or Catalonia.

>

> To use Pointless's definition, they are not "any

> sovereign state that's a member of the UN".

Although Wiki claims there are 23 non independent states already including Palestine

and other potential states such as Greenland and Catalonia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA