Talk:Football in the United Kingdom
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[edit] Northern Ireland
Can we really refer to NI as a nation? Unionists consider it part of the British nation, and Nationalists consider it part of the Irish nation. Very few indeed consider it a nation in its own right.
- It is a footballing nation. sjorford →•← 19:24, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- OMG, you're questioning something which has been debated for YEARS!Leemorrison
[edit] Comment
This article is anglocentric in the extreme.
- Is it? At every stage it covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (in that order, which is fair enough as it goes by size). England tends to dominate the history, but then England had a greater role in the early development of football than the rest of the UK. Could you point to any examples of extreme anglocentricism? - Green Tentacle 18:55, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
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- True, it's not deliberately anglocentric. Still, it's pretty crushing to look at the Northern Ireland club's performances. Crusaders 0-7...oh my gawd, we suck! Leemorrison 19:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Eligbility
but a player is generally eligible for whichever nation he, his parents or grandparents were born
This means one grandparent is enough, right? It isn't completely clear. Also, a source would be nice - I've looked in the Welsh FA regulations (but not the others) and couldn't find anything. --Dtcdthingy 22:11, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why?
"The matches were either played over two legs or in groups where teams play each other twice, the aggregate scores counting both matches in each pairing are listed below." That's a bit odd; why show aggregate scores for league results where an aggregate score was not used? --John (talk) 17:51, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
