13 Jul
6:20pm, 13 Jul 2024
28,041 posts
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TROSaracen
Yes the Union Flag was still predominant at the 1990 World Cup, by 1996 Euros it had gone completely. It was between these two tournaments that the FA cancelled the old ‘England members club’ which had the usual knuckle staggers with enormous accumulated points getting tickets every away game. The revised England Fans restarted everything and allowed a new type of fan to get a foothold. |
13 Jul
6:23pm, 13 Jul 2024
5,458 posts
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J2R
The politics of sport from these islands is rather fascinating, I think. We have four nations for football, one of them being Northern Ireland (and, of course, the Republic of Ireland has its own team, as a completely separate country). But in rugby we have a single Irish team, encompassing both north and south. Must be very confusing to continentals.
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13 Jul
6:29pm, 13 Jul 2024
25,106 posts
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larkim
I'd never clocked that before about there being no NI RU team!
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13 Jul
6:46pm, 13 Jul 2024
5,846 posts
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paulcook
Think it’s the same with cricket.
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13 Jul
8:29pm, 13 Jul 2024
68,876 posts
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LindsD
That's why they don't play the national anthem (except when they play in Dublin). They have a specially composed song instead. (Rugby) |
13 Jul
9:21pm, 13 Jul 2024
22,669 posts
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rf_fozzy
I thought they played both the anthems of NI and the Republic of Ireland and Irish Ruby games?
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13 Jul
9:21pm, 13 Jul 2024
22,670 posts
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rf_fozzy
*at Irish Rugby Games
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13 Jul
9:34pm, 13 Jul 2024
68,877 posts
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LindsD
Nope. They play Ireland's Call. In Dublin they play the Irish Anthem too. en.m.wikipedia.org |
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13 Jul
9:54pm, 13 Jul 2024
5,847 posts
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paulcook
Northern Ireland doesn't have a national anthem. They play God Save the King at Northern Irish football matches. Though as was suggested in previous posts on here, my knowledge of Irish history and current states is somewhat lacking; so I'm not really in much of a position to guess much further what they play for what event, similar to the nuances of the flag issue. |
13 Jul
11:05pm, 13 Jul 2024
1,381 posts
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Hertford Tiger
I do think it would help the union if we only fielded one football team. I know we would lose 3 of our 4 FIFA votes but it would give a sense of unity. I would say the same about all sports but I’m not sure rugby, netball or cricket have enough other countries playing to be able to lose 2 or 3 of them. |
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