Never really understood why it wasn't alreadyOriginally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
Never really understood why it wasn't already
Typical German
Yes - just call everything Deutschland and get over it
Yes. Odd, that. Are there any explanations you know of?
In some sports the NI players are included in an all Ireland team not UK e.g. Hockey - so the 'United Kingdom of GB and NIwould be a mismomer as does not include NI in those cases. Obviously this grates somewhat with the unionists.
I seem to recall some confusion over the status of athletes as Northern Irish had the choice between representing GB and Ireland hence the need to include Ireland with GB was negated. Possibly a very crude outline but you get the drift i.e. the IOC see the Ireland team as representing the whole island as they do in most decent sports like rugby and cricket
one BBC piece concludes thathttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37058920One thing is certain. "Team Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and UK Overseas Territories" doesn't roll easily off the tongue.
An earlier article talks about strong branding and "It's always been like that"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rogermose...y_team_gb.html
If UK, thats your lookout, imo.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
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