Sorry Gandy, no personal offence meant. I of course understand what it means to support your national team, after all England have been pretty crap for years, but, I won't hold back on my thoughts and comments about them either. Hope that makes sense. I was just responding to a so called Liverpool follower, I just can't stand them or their club. ILD OTBC
Hi ILD, no offence taken I assure you. I was born in Norwich, so I support City first and England secondly. I do have Irish parents, and apart from being a frequent visitor, also spent whole summers there in the 50's and 60's, so I do have an affinity with them. I kind of understood why rubadub made that remark, but finding out he was a Liverpool fan lost him all credibilty! Totally agree with Davrid about the nonsense of tenuous nationality, Pilks included. I could be considered for Ãire, but I'm holding out for a call from Roy. At 59, that may be a long wait internationally, so QPR are my only hope of furthering my football career at club level. Sláinte
Thanks I think there's enough of us around the same age on here to get a team together, not sure about wearing the hoops though, but we could be the Canary 59ers, got a sort of ring to it? ILD OTBC
I could play for 4 countries: England (Dad), Ireland (Gran), Wales (Mum) and Russia (Grandad). Guess I qualify for the Mongrels.
England use this rule too when it suits them. John Barnes, Tony De Rigo, Luther Blissett, among others have all managed to qualify to play for England despite being born elsewhere. I'm not trying to defend the 'granny' rule, I think it needs to be looked at. It was brought in in recognition of the fact that a large percentage of young people from certain countries (whole villages in many parts of rural Ireland e.g.) emigrated and decimated an already narrow pool of elegible candidates for selection. I'm in favour of the rule being restricted to first generation offspring, but it is a debate which will run and run.
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