Why not UK in Soccer?

category: general [glöplog]

Sven Goran Ericcson will be saked, I wonder who will take over. Will England ever make any succes again a'la 1966?. Probably not!
Anyway my question is, why does England, Scotland, Wales and NI have separated national teams in Soccer? In all other sports they are under UK-flag.

added on the 2005-09-09 13:01:06 by dwangi

What I don't understand is why anyone likes football at all. Seems rather gay to me to want to watch men running around in shorts.

added on the 2005-09-09 13:15:28 by xeron

It might also be that while Football is englands "national sport" so to speak, in Wales it would be rugby.

In scotland it would be... errr.... caber tossing.

added on the 2005-09-09 13:17:39 by xeron

"a'la 1966": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_World_Cup_Final#Controversial_Third_England_Goal

added on the 2005-09-09 13:36:12 by steam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_World_Cup_Final#Controversial_Third_England_Go al

added on the 2005-09-09 13:37:25 by steam

dwangi: It's actually called football. Do your lessons first before asking, especially when it comes to "the home of football". ;)

added on the 2005-09-09 14:22:14 by René Madenmann

i don't think they will give sven the boot, it would boot them out of all major cups. let's just face it, england sucks.

added on the 2005-09-09 14:32:18 by Hatikvah

Why bothering with this? Brazil will keep wining again and again and again anyway.. lol

added on the 2005-09-09 22:21:52 by acidbrain

Acidbrain: Exactly.

On the other hand, the only sport that England has that's not so freaking boring that you need to drink an entire pub in order to enjoy it is soccer.

added on the 2005-09-10 20:12:21 by Î¶Ï‡ÏˆÏ‰Î²