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Post by kbola on Feb 23, 2014 11:58:46 GMT
England, Estonia, Lithuania, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland Scotland, Germany, Georgia, Gibraltar, Poland, Ireland Wales, Bosnia Herzegovna, Andorra, Cyprus, Israel, Belgium NI, Greece, Faroe Islands, Finland, Romania, Hungary Seems easy for England.  Can anyone explain how Spain are not allowed to play Gibraltar? What if they meet in the final would Spain cede the win? Ridiculous idea, maybe England should refuse to play Spain at the World Cup if they meet?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 12:26:10 GMT
I didn't know Gibraltar had a football team?
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Post by assissi on Feb 23, 2014 13:32:34 GMT
England, Estonia, Lithuania, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland Scotland, Germany, Georgia, Gibraltar, Poland, Ireland Wales, Bosnia Herzegovna, Andorra, Cyprus, Israel, Belgium NI, Greece, Faroe Islands, Finland, Romania, Hungary Seems easy for England. Can anyone explain how Spain are not allowed to play Gibraltar? What if they meet in the final would Spain cede the win? Ridiculous idea, maybe England should refuse to play Spain at the World Cup if they meet? I'm not sure if Span officially "recognises" Gibraltar, if I'm correct, keeping them apart at this stage would ensure unnecessary diplomatic tap-dancing |
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Post by crusade on Feb 23, 2014 13:38:52 GMT
England, Estonia, Lithuania, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland Scotland, Germany, Georgia, Gibraltar, Poland, Ireland Wales, Bosnia Herzegovna, Andorra, Cyprus, Israel, Belgium NI, Greece, Faroe Islands, Finland, Romania, Hungary Seems easy for England. Can anyone explain how Spain are not allowed to play Gibraltar? What if they meet in the final would Spain cede the win? Ridiculous idea, maybe England should refuse to play Spain at the World Cup if they meet? I'm not sure if Span officially "recognises" Gibraltar, if I'm correct, keeping them apart at this stage would ensure unnecessary diplomatic tap-dancing Spain and Gilbraltar were kept apart for political reasons. |
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Post by kbola on Feb 23, 2014 14:15:05 GMT
Well that's silly. You can't have countries recognised by some but not others all playing the same competition.
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Post by assissi on Feb 23, 2014 14:23:04 GMT
Well that's silly. You can't have countries recognised by some but not others all playing the same competition. Yep. Imagine Argentina playing the Falklands....well, in a football context perhaps you'd better NOT imagine that And.....advance apologies to anyone I'm going to offend here (or if too young, just confuse..)  |
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Post by kbola on Feb 23, 2014 15:51:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 18:55:14 GMT
Spain, among others, doesn't recognise Kosovo either. They're probably a bit nervous about the Basque region. Transdinistria regards itself as independent but AFAIK only Russia recognises it, everyone else says it's part of Moldova. Greece will not play against Macedonia unless they call themselves "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
Humans can be right dicks sometimes.
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Post by assissi on Feb 23, 2014 19:08:41 GMT
Spain, among others, doesn't recognise Kosovo either. They're probably a bit nervous about the Basque region. Transdinistria regards itself as independent but AFAIK only Russia recognises it, everyone else says it's part of Moldova. Greece will not play against Macedonia unless they call themselves "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia". Humans can be right dicks sometimes. Perhaps next time I see a table of international matches I'll have more regard for the poor sods who had the task of arranging it |
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Post by kbola on Feb 23, 2014 19:33:40 GMT
If Leyton Orient refuse to recognise Wolves and Brentford as clubs they can win the league easily.
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Post by the on Feb 23, 2014 19:44:33 GMT
Farcical situation the fact they even have a team is astonishing.
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Post by kbola on Feb 23, 2014 19:48:30 GMT
The Gibraltar team includes Danny Higginbotham, Scott Wiseman of Preston and a striker from Wycombe.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 19:50:21 GMT
The Gibraltar team includes Danny Higginbotham, Scott Wiseman of Preston and a striker from Wycombe. Who? |
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Post by kbola on Feb 23, 2014 19:52:34 GMT
Which striker? Reece Styche. There is also a Wrexham player called David Artell according to wikipedia. |
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Post by assissi on Feb 23, 2014 20:17:50 GMT
If Leyton Orient refuse to recognise Wolves and Brentford as clubs they can win the league easily. Love it!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2014 7:49:18 GMT
If Leyton Orient refuse to recognise Wolves and Brentford as clubs they can win the league easily. Love it!!! Nope, Preston will win it then. |
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