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Post by chislenko on Dec 17, 2017 15:43:16 GMT
After reading the Welsh FA thread there was good discussion about nationality etc before it descended into the usual slanging match. Anyway not interested in what you consider yourself / which country you follow and certainly not interested in starting another cross border bashing thread, but just for a bit of fun / out of interest leaving aside place of birth but based on the current FIFA parent / grandparent rule who could you represent
I'll start based on the number of parents / grandparents
Wales 3
England 2
Italy 1
I should imagine with most of us coming from a border region there will be quite a bit of "cross pollination"
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Post by Rio Doherty on Dec 17, 2017 15:54:05 GMT
England,
Wales,
Republic Of Ireland,
Italy.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 17, 2017 16:15:14 GMT
England, Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
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Post by Captain Duff on Dec 17, 2017 16:28:58 GMT
Just so people are clear what the rule is, here is the current FIFA Article 7: Acquisition of a new nationality: Any player ... who assumes a new nationality and who has not played international football [in a match (either in full or in part) in an official competition of any category or any type of football] shall be eligible to play for the new representative team only if he fulfils one of the following conditions:
a) He was born on the territory of the relevant association;
b) His biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant association;
c) His grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant association;
d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant association.
England and, err, England for me  |
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Post by Wortleyblue on Dec 17, 2017 16:40:13 GMT
Cheshire Yorkshire & Lancashire
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Post by Al on Dec 17, 2017 16:44:07 GMT
England and the USA
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Post by richard on Dec 17, 2017 16:48:38 GMT
After reading the Welsh FA thread there was good discussion about nationality etc before it descended into the usual slanging match. Anyway not interested in what you consider yourself / which country you follow and certainly not interested in starting another cross border bashing thread, but just for a bit of fun / out of interest leaving aside place of birth but based on the current FIFA parent / grandparent rule who could you represent I'll start based on the number of parents / grandparents Wales 3 England 2
Italy 1
I should imagine with most of us coming from a border region there will be quite a bit of "cross pollination"
England
Republic of Ireland
France
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 17:39:45 GMT
England,Wales,Scotland and Borneo. Just checked with my brother. Not Borneo but Belize |
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Post by rcb on Dec 17, 2017 17:42:59 GMT
Just so people are clear what the rule is, here is the current FIFA Article 7: Acquisition of a new nationality: Any player ... who assumes a new nationality and who has not played international football [in a match (either in full or in part) in an official competition of any category or any type of football] shall be eligible to play for the new representative team only if he fulfils one of the following conditions:
a) He was born on the territory of the relevant association;
b) His biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant association;
c) His grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant association;
d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant association.
England and, err, England for me Very interesting. It shows heritage/blood line only counts back for two generations, therefore excluding great-grandparents. |
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Post by Hoff Side on Dec 17, 2017 18:52:38 GMT
England
Latvia
Wales
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Post by thetheremin on Dec 17, 2017 19:08:29 GMT
England
Wales
Scotland
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Post by brettpaton23 on Dec 17, 2017 21:14:13 GMT
Australia
England
Scotland
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Post by southernblue on Dec 17, 2017 21:16:21 GMT
Nobody, I'm crap.
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Post by devablue on Dec 17, 2017 21:35:27 GMT
England
Scotland
And randomly, Malaysia
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Post by andyha on Dec 17, 2017 23:02:19 GMT
England
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2017 8:22:38 GMT
England
Wales
Scotland
Blacon Youth
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Post by iandychesterfc on Dec 18, 2017 12:52:22 GMT
England, Wales and Singapore
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Dec 18, 2017 12:54:27 GMT
England for points A, B and C.
Wales for point D.
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Post by ivawhopper on Dec 18, 2017 22:44:32 GMT
England, Wales, New Zealand and Tonga.
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Post by Lobster on Dec 18, 2017 22:53:24 GMT
Just so people are clear what the rule is, here is the current FIFA Article 7: Acquisition of a new nationality: Any player ... who assumes a new nationality and who has not played international football [in a match (either in full or in part) in an official competition of any category or any type of football] shall be eligible to play for the new representative team only if he fulfils one of the following conditions:
a) He was born on the territory of the relevant association;
b) His biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant association;
c) His grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant association;
d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant association.
England and, err, England for me Very interesting. It shows heritage/blood line only counts back for two generations, therefore excluding great-grandparents. How does it work if a player is born, brought up and spends all of his life somewhere like the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Falklands or some other Crown dependency that doesn't have its own national team? I presume they would be a UK national, but which (if any) of the home nations could they play for? Jersey is no more English than it is Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. |
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Post by chislenko on Dec 19, 2017 0:57:11 GMT
Very interesting. It shows heritage/blood line only counts back for two generations, therefore excluding great-grandparents. How does it work if a player is born, brought up and spends all of his life somewhere like the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Falklands or some other Crown dependency that doesn't have its own national team? I presume they would be a UK national, but which (if any) of the home nations could they play for? Jersey is no more English than it is Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. Great point lobster, even though I am Welsh and Ryan "I will turn up when I feel like it Giggs" was apparently a great player I would have swopped him for the under used by England Matt Let Tissier any day of the week. |
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Post by soulseal on Dec 19, 2017 8:21:53 GMT
That doesn’t excuse you from playing for England 😂 |
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Post by ubb1689 on Dec 19, 2017 9:21:04 GMT
GAWA
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Post by happyclapper52 on Dec 19, 2017 14:53:58 GMT
England
Wales
Scotland
Blacon
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Post by wxmred on Dec 19, 2017 15:21:00 GMT
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Post by Lobster on Feb 17, 2018 22:07:34 GMT
How does it work if a player is born, brought up and spends all of his life somewhere like the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Falklands or some other Crown dependency that doesn't have its own national team? I presume they would be a UK national, but which (if any) of the home nations could they play for? Jersey is no more English than it is Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. Great point lobster, even though I am Welsh and Ryan "I will turn up when I feel like it Giggs" was apparently a great player I would have swopped him for the under used by England Matt Let Tissier any day of the week. Reading about Maik Taylor, who played in goal for the All Stars on Thursday, reminded me of this thread. Taylor was capped 88 times by Northern Ireland, but had no family connection to NI at all. He was born in Germany to a German mother and an English father serving in the Army. That made him a British citizen born aboard, which meant he was entitled to play for any of the UK nations, and he chose Northern Ireland. |
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Post by rossettred on Feb 17, 2018 22:34:29 GMT
Wales and England - I am a rarity in Wales I suppose, as England are my second team for footy and rugby - they are my first team for cricket - I attend at least one match each year.....
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