If yes, what about Wales, Scotland etc......

How about Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan??

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland - Yes

Hong Kong and Macau - For Now

Taiwan - Yes, if you aren't Chinese gov't -- No, If you're Chinese gov't.

England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland all have their own national teams :rolleyes:

England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland all have their own national teams :rolleyes:

Then England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are indepentent countries??

Then England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are indepentent countries??

No, they're part of the United Kingdom however when it comes to football they're independent.

No, they're part of the United Kingdom however when it comes to football they're independent.
There is no national team for UK ??

No, it has been discussed, but no.

There is no national team for UK ??

NO

NOBe nice now:), some people live under rocks..

Be nice now:), some people live under rocks..
yeah :rockman: and some people live at the bottom of well

This is that UFOLazio kid who got banned from here a couple of years back.

This is that UFOLazio kid who got banned from here a couple of years back.
:ewan: :ewan: HIHI

There is no national team for UK ??

no. though it would be better for all involved.

(H)

no. though it would be better for all involved.

(H)

I think so, England + Giggs is really amazing

The British ruggers gang up occasionally for tournaments. Maybe the football teams should as well (Y)

or not.

I think so, England + Giggs is really amazing


haha yeah UK squad= England + Giggs, maybe Keane on the bench

haha yeah UK squad= England + Giggs, maybe Keane on the bench
Actually Keane is from Ireland and the Republic thereof

If we were to lump Duffa, Given, Keane, Keane2, maybe Holland, O'Sheasey with "Britain" then that constitutes something of an improvement

people who think ireland is part of britain are ace. i reckon 99.999999% percent of americans do :( oh wait they dont even know that england isnt just britain :eek:

people who think ireland is part of britain are ace. i reckon 99.999999% percent of americans do :( oh wait they dont even know that england isnt just britain :eek:

I know what you mean, it pisses me off too.

haha yeah UK squad= England + Giggs, maybe Keane on the bench
http://img101.echo.cx/img101/8933/britnire1zq.jpg
(the pic sucks, but i hope it will be enough to explain)
see that big isle on the right? we call it Britian. it involves England, Wales, Scotland. the northern part of the isle on the left is called Northern Ireland. Britian + Northern Ireland = United Kingdom. everything that's "under" this northern part is called Republic of Ireland, and it's indepedent state. you understand me now?

http://img101.echo.cx/img101/8933/britnire1zq.jpg
(the pic sucks, but i hope it will be enough to explain)
see that big isle on the right? we call it Britian. it involves England, Wales, Scotland and the northern part of the isle on the left, this northern part is called Northern Ireland. It also belongs to Britian. everything that's "under" this northern part is called Republic of Ireland, and it's indepedent state. you understand me now?

That's not 100% correct.

Britain = England, Scotland and Wales
UK = England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland

That's not 100% correct.

Britain = England, Scotland and Wales
UK = England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland
my mistake :jap:
i hate my own inattention :kader: got so many problems because of it :nape:

Why are England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland independant in football anyways?

Why are England, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland independant in football anyways?

No, at one time they had a joint team with Mexico. That's how Gav has a mexican passport.

This is that UFOLazio kid who got banned from here a couple of years back.
The only change is that since then Lazio have turned into a mediocre team, so he's come back glory supporting Barcelona :|

No, at one time they had a joint team with Mexico. That's how Gav has a mexican passport.

ye know too much!!!! :mexican:

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?attachmentid=124039

I dont see whats so hard to understand.

England, Scotland and Wales are all seperate countries, so why shouldn't they have seperate football teams.

Is a tiny bit like saying, why have france spain portugal etc when you could just have Europe.

if there was a uk team

--------------------------------------Given----------------------------

Neville---------------Terry-------------------Ferdinand----------A.Cole

----Beckham-------------------Gerrard----------------------Duff-----

------------------------------------Lampard------------------------

------------------Owen---------------------------Rooney

Bench
Robinson
J.Cole
R.Keane
R.Giggs
C.Bellamy
Robbie Keane
Campbell
Kilbane
J.Defoe

No, they're part of the United Kingdom however when it comes to football they're independent.


YES they are.

your from england yet u think UK is a country? the UK is not a country. England, Scotland, Wales and NI are seperate countries in football, because they are seperate countries

YES they are.

your from england yet u think UK is a country? the UK is not a country. England, Scotland, Wales and NI are seperate countries in football, because they are seperate countries

Don't try and give me a Geography lesson son.

The United Kingdom (UK) is the nation state consisting of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The UK is a nation you little ****e.

However, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland have their own national teams as they are countries in their own right but they are politically governed by Westminster.

only part I dont understand is why are yall the UK during the olympics but separate in soccer, rugby, etc.?

I dont see whats so hard to understand.

England, Scotland and Wales are all seperate countries, so why shouldn't they have seperate football teams.

Is a tiny bit like saying, why have france spain portugal etc when you could just have Europe.

then why dont they have separate olympic teams then? thats the part I dont get

then why dont they have separate olympic teams then? thats the part I dont get
i dont know why it is so too

Well.. they have separate teams on footie because FIFA recognizes England, Scotland, Wales and NI as separate federations... the international olympic comitee however does not... i'm not sure whether they have separate national olympic comitees but I'm thinking they don't... also, the first international match was between England and Scotland, while I'm guessing the UK competed as a single team in the first olympics...
The UN recognizes UK as a single member too

Don't try and give me a Geography lesson son.

The United Kingdom (UK) is the nation state consisting of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The UK is a nation you little ****e.

However, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland have their own national teams as they are countries in their own right but they are politically governed by Westminster.
Scotland has its own parliament for devolved issues.

Scotland has its own parliament for devolved issues.

The Scottish Parliament was reconstituted as a body which deals with matters which have been devolved to it by the UK Parliament!

Basically it is constrained very tightly by Westminster and can therefore not govern Scotland fully.

There are several areas of national policy, which are reserved to Westminster, and the Scottish Parliament has no power over. Foreign and Defence policy are debated and legislated at Westminster, as are employment, social security and fiscal policy, as these policies affect the United Kingdom as a whole. Also economic decisions including the nationalisation or privatisation of national utilities are taken at Westminster. As Scotland is still an integral part of the United Kingdom, the national policies listed above are beyond the jurisdiction of the Scottish Parliament.

if there was a uk team

--------------------------------------Given----------------------------

Neville---------------Terry-------------------Ferdinand----------A.Cole

----Beckham-------------------Gerrard----------------------Duff-----

------------------------------------Lampard------------------------

------------------Owen---------------------------Rooney

Bench
Robinson
J.Cole
R.Keane
R.Giggs
C.Bellamy
Robbie Keane
Campbell
Kilbane
J.Defoe

Don't think Roy Keane, Shay Given, Robbie Keane, Damian Duff or Kevin Kilbane would get in that team ... They are Irish!
P.S.
I did a wee bit of searching on the web and it seems we have seperate national teams because Britain was instrumental in founding International Football.
The first ever international match was between Scotland and England in 1872 in Glasgow. ( 0-0 score. )
It also seems that the Fifa vice-president always has to be from one of the home nations. The current vice-president is David Will from Scotland.
Check out http://www.fifa.com/en/history/index.html?static=7

Ro. Keane would make it on somehow..I'll leave u to ponder what letter comes after the o. :boohoo:

Ro. Keane would make it on somehow..I'll leave u to ponder what letter comes after the o. :boohoo:

Both Keane's would NOT get on a UK team because they're from the REPUBLIC of Ireland :s***:

That's some complicated stuff, man.

our parliament is just a diddy way of thinkin we are our own country. i wish we were :( england sucks ba'z :fool:

I dont see whats so hard to understand.

England, Scotland and Wales are all seperate countries, so why shouldn't they have seperate football teams.

Is a tiny bit like saying, why have france spain portugal etc when you could just have Europe.

TheUk competes together in the Olympics as where but Frace and Portugal don't. You douche.

look the UK is a collection of 'nations' as such... Wales,Scotland and N.Ireland long ago used to be independant areas.
Nowadays all the 'nations' have their own independence parties, plaid cymru and the SNP whatnot. They're all accountable to the govt. in London in terms of politics but FFS why would the Scottish want to be on the same football team as the English.

The whole point of it being the UK in the Olympics is because the IOC don't recognise the concept that Scotland etc have their own national pride, people in england would never consider supporting a scottish player as part of 'Team U.K'

They do in Rugby...

only on special tours, in the rugby world cup and six nations are england, wales, scotland and ireland.

No kidding... the point is, they still do it.

umm... Republic of Ireland isn't a part Britain, no?

Republic of Ireland isn't part of either Great Britain or United Kingdom...
GB is Wales, Scotland and England
UK is GB + Northern Ireland

was the Republic of Ireland part of UK once in history?
if yes, how did it depart from the UK?

oh my ******* god... :nape:

By treaty i think, but yea....they were apart, that's why NI is still there.

Many Corwall residents also think of Cornwall as a home nation, there are movements to reflect this.

Corwall sucks, and you suck.

was the Republic of Ireland part of UK once in history?
if yes, how did it depart from the UK?
http://www.answers.com/topic/history-of-ireland :)

TheUk competes together in the Olympics as where but Frace and Portugal don't. You douche.
Being that he is a resident of the United Kingdom im willing to bet he is much more knowledgeable about the collective and individual cultural identities of the peoples of Britain and the UK whereas (was that the word you were looking for?) you, as I am, are just an outsider with no real understanding of the situation and feelings of those people involved. On top of that your atrocious grammer/spelling gives you no credibility at all

You douche. LOLZ BBQ (do I even need the eyes rolling here?)



For some of the more obvious questions people have on here about political history and the like, i suggest www.wikipedia.org. Of course, its not great for everything, but it will do just fine for many of these point of clarification that will be/should have been cleared up by the average Middle School Social Studies text book. Im not trying to be an asshole, im just trying to help (Y)

By treaty i think, but yea....they were apart, that's why NI is still there.
The treaty you speak of was that which, I believe, established Ireland's independence as a free state in 1921. For more info on this, see the movie Michael Collins (or if your not lazy, read a book) but as I recall, the issue of ceeding the 6 counties which made up most of historic ulster to Britain (Mayo, Armagh, Derry, Antrim, Tyronne, and Monahaghn and yes, I had to look the names up) divided the Irish patriots, like Collins and DeValera and sparked a civil war. It was an issue of conceeding the north to Britain, or potentially having no independence at all.

'Least, thats what I heard