Many people outside of the UK struggle to understand why a single nation- the United Kingdom â should have four national football teams- England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Indeed, in the very early days of the English FA Cup the Scottish club Queenâs Park participated in the English competition. The Football Association, the first governing body (1863) of the sport which regulates the game in England deliberately did not call itself âEnglishâ in order to make the game more appealing to Scots. http://www.soccernomics-agency.com/?p=653 For those to vote - we salute you.
Stanley Kubrick adored Scottish football, and, once The Shining was complete, he went on to film a documentary called St Mirren: A Heart Surrendered. In fact, such was his love for the Buddies, Kubrick's residual profits from Full Metal Jacket were ploughed into buying Thomas Stickroth* from Bayer Uerdingen in 1990. When asked in 1997 about Kubrick's influence on the team, Campbell Money, the club's legendary goalkeeper, reflected, 'Everyone around here loves Stanley; he attends a lot of matches, joins in the five-a-side training, and actually has a wicked left peg on him. If Hugh Murray ever gets injured, Stanley could definitely come in as an adequate replacement for a few games.' *Still a record transfer fee.
