Timeline for Why doesn't the UK compete as a single country in events such as the FIFA world cup?
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| Jan 30, 2022 at 21:42 | comment | added | James K | Plenty of NI people participted in the games, but none in the football squad (which was entirely English and Welsh) | |
| Jan 30, 2022 at 21:12 | comment | added | phoog | @StefanSkoglund the team was called "Great Britain," but it represented the United Kingdom. The same also seems to have been true in 2012: m.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPeasuJsiI. I don't know whether any people from Northern Ireland actually participated in either Olympic games, however. | |
| Aug 3, 2021 at 6:56 | vote | accept | Allure | ||
| Jun 24, 2021 at 14:42 | comment | added | gingerbreadboy | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… A politically divisive move. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 15:48 | comment | added | Stefan Skoglund | Though: i wonder if the reason that the UK had a football team in 2012 OS is the venue (London) ? One of the football teams in the 1948 Olympics were Great Britain (so excluding Northern ireland.) Though football in the olympics later become a game for the youngsters. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 8:10 | comment | added | gingerbreadboy | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 8:09 | comment | added | gingerbreadboy | Also worth noting that many casual England fans will keep another home nation on the side especially if they have some historical association (ie my Grandfather was Scottish, so I'll support Scotland too) but this tends to be frowned upon in the other home nations who tend towards an "anyone but England" stance. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 8:06 | comment | added | gingerbreadboy | @Allure Andy Murray is an interesting one. People across the UK tend to be proud of him, but Scotland is always quick to remind us he is Scottish. This is quite common in the UK, the English tend to latch on to non-english British sporting personalities more so than the other nations would. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 8:04 | comment | added | Allure | @gingerbreadboy less opportunity for their players to appear at the top level that goes both ways doesn't it - under the current setup, there's also less opportunity for Welsh / Scottish players to appear at top level, because they might not even qualify, or even if they do they might never make the final rounds of a competition where the competition is at its stiffest. The same also applies to England - all three teams come out worse. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 8:01 | comment | added | gingerbreadboy | in Rugby we do have the super national Test team British & Irish Lions which does transcend the old rivalries somewhat. But The Lions don't play in the regular international calendar, so they don't dilute our opportunity to have a pop at the English ;) | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 7:57 | comment | added | gingerbreadboy | 100%. Old rivalries between the "home nations" drive this, plus if we had a UK team it would be mostly an English team which would be seen as a detriment to Welsh and Scottish football development ie less opportunity for their players to appear at the top level. | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 7:52 | comment | added | Allure | For that matter, did the non-Scottish people of the UK support Andy Murray when he won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016? | |
| Jun 22, 2021 at 7:51 | comment | added | Allure | If there were an association football competition where each continent sends one team, would England/Scotland/Wales support Team Europe? What if there were a galactic competition - would England/Scotland/Wales support Team Earth? | |
| Jun 21, 2021 at 18:58 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |