LMAO BBC all over big time, I pointed it out to the misses, same with NI folks, called brit when they win and irishman when they lose, same for Murray, Brit Scot. tey still do that to this day, it aint about fans caring, it is just a media reporting thing with a very english channel, lets not associate england with losing, I thnk it is definately done intentionally
Scottish is still British, as is Northern Irish. Who reads the word 'Scottish' and doesn't make the connection with Britain? You'd have a point if it were something like English and Scottish, which are two different countries and can't be interchanged. Also: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/14000734.stm What is the first word of that article? Can you find any use of the word 'Scottish' on that entire page?
Yeah, cheers B4F. One or two examples doesn't prove any point. I could find a video of Christian Poulsen scoring a couple of goals...
Yeah i have to say i don't find the BBC to ditch Murray at all, their support of him as a British player i find to be really likeable, i like to see the Union Flag flying high. I have to admit in the particular instance of Murray though i will cheer him when he's playing but am never too bothered when he loses, due to the fact he is (to quote my own brain) 'a miserable Scottish hobo'. That's more to do with me finding him unlikeable really.
Don't think Northern Ireland is british though it is part of the UK (like on your passport which says the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Sorry, my mistake. I forgot it's 'GB and NI' in the Olympics etc. In that case I don't think Northern Irish sportsmen are ever referred to as British (which is the point someone made that I responded to) so you can forget that bit. It's really just Scottish and Welsh.
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom,therefore Britain,but its up to the people themselves whether they call themselves ''British'' or ''Irish''. George Best when he was European footballer of the year in some quarters was British,but when his career went tits up he was called a ''Drunken Irishman''.
KPR, Britain and UK are not interchangeable. UK means GB and NI. So while NI is in the UK, a Northern Irishman is not British.
Whilst I agree - I have some friends over there and from what I gather - you can choose either Irish or British nationality. So you could technically have British nationality whilst having never stepped foot in Great Britain.
Lennox Lewis is actually British,he emigrated to Canada when he was a child much like my cousin who emigrated to Canada in 1964 but still kept her British passport
I thought you would have figured that out by now. Just like he knows the psyche of every United fan..
Nationality is a very complex matter. I was born in Liverpool to parents who were both born in Liverpool and hence I'm Scouse. As Liverpool is in England therefore I'm English. But both my Mother's parents were born in Scotland so therefore I'm half Scots. England is a country within the UK and therefore I'm British. The UK is part of the EU and therefore I'm European. The Uk is a member of the United nations and therefore I'm........... BLOODY CONFUSED It's even more confusing for my Son's partner. She was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia were she grew up. She talks with an Australian accent but has dual nationality and 2 passports! Now they both live in Australia and neither of them feel Aussie! I'm just glad that I'm Scouse.
