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Post by thomas on Nov 1, 2022 15:26:12 GMT
Wales football team consider name change after the World Cup
Informal discussions have already been held with UEFA on the subject
Wales will consider changing its name to Cymru on the international stage after the World Cup.
Cymru - the Welsh name for Wales - is already used by the Football Association of Wales in its internal and external communications and by staff at the governing body's headquarters in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The FAW plans to speak to various stakeholders in Welsh football about the merit of changing the country's name in international competition, while the PA news agency can reveal informal discussions have already been held with UEFA on the subject.
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Post by thomas on Nov 1, 2022 15:27:08 GMT
I like it. Think its a great idea. Perhaps Scotland should follow and change to our native Alba as well?
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Post by Vinny on Nov 1, 2022 15:35:43 GMT
Or perhaps just scrap the England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland teams and have a team GB like we do at the Olympics and bring together the best players from all four parts of our united sovereign country?
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Post by thomas on Nov 1, 2022 15:39:52 GMT
Or perhaps just scrap the England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland teams and have a team GB like we do at the Olympics and bring together the best players from all four parts of our united sovereign country? No thank you. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 1, 2022 20:02:34 GMT
Or perhaps just scrap the England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland teams and have a team GB like we do at the Olympics and bring together the best players from all four parts of our united sovereign country? ...and the cricket and rugby teams? No thanks. |
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Post by Vinny on Nov 1, 2022 20:19:49 GMT
I absolutely would.
The UK is a sovereign country. We shouldn't be fielding four teams when even the USA, which has 50 states, only fields one, in any international it takes part in.
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 1, 2022 20:48:29 GMT
Would make the Six Nations rugby pretty crap.
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Post by borchester on Nov 1, 2022 21:14:22 GMT
Or perhaps just scrap the England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland teams and have a team GB like we do at the Olympics and bring together the best players from all four parts of our united sovereign country? Let us not get carried away with ourselves. Suppose that sort of thing spread to the rugby? The only reason the Forestry Commission exists north of the border is to keep the Scottish wooden spoon manufacturers in raw material. |
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Post by Vinny on Nov 1, 2022 22:13:43 GMT
Would make the Six Nations rugby pretty crap. We'd just have to invent a new competition and invite the New Zealand All Blacks to take part. |
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 1, 2022 23:42:30 GMT
Or perhaps just scrap the England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland teams and have a team GB like we do at the Olympics and bring together the best players from all four parts of our united sovereign country? No thanks. |
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Post by Steve on Nov 2, 2022 0:11:00 GMT
I like it. Think its a great idea. Perhaps Scotland should follow and change to our native Alba as well? Arguable But it all sounds like a political gesture rather than a reflection of what their supporters want. And IIRC FIFA take a dim view of mixing politics with football (and rightly so) |
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Post by thomas on Nov 2, 2022 8:28:29 GMT
I like it. Think its a great idea. Perhaps Scotland should follow and change to our native Alba as well? Arguable But it all sounds like a political gesture rather than a reflection of what their supporters want. And IIRC FIFA take a dim view of mixing politics with football (and rightly so) People calling their own countries name in their own native languages is a political gesture? Not sure i understand how? |
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Post by thomas on Nov 2, 2022 8:43:33 GMT
I like it. Think its a great idea. Perhaps Scotland should follow and change to our native Alba as well? And IIRC FIFA take a dim view of mixing politics with football (and rightly so) Except BLM and taking the knee..................... |
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Post by Steve on Nov 2, 2022 10:08:23 GMT
Arguable But it all sounds like a political gesture rather than a reflection of what their supporters want. And IIRC FIFA take a dim view of mixing politics with football (and rightly so) People calling their own countries name in their own native languages is a political gesture? Not sure i understand how? because it's a minority language in Wales so clearly someone is trying to force an agenda to make it the default |
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Post by Steve on Nov 2, 2022 10:10:29 GMT
And IIRC FIFA take a dim view of mixing politics with football (and rightly so) Except BLM and taking the knee..................... FIFA has never endorsed any of the various BLM groups. Taking the knee at football was and is an action in protest of the sad neanderthals that like to throw racist abuse at non white footballers |
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