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Billy Goat Sverige
06-09-2017, 12:43 PM
:hehe:

https://twitter.com/TelegraphSport/status/873152489230651393
Ash
06-09-2017, 12:56 PM
:hehe:

https://twitter.com/TelegraphSport/status/873152489230651393

They have to start with the easy stuff before getting down to the nitty-gritty of beling allowed to set fire to catholics every thursday.
Luis Anaconda
06-09-2017, 01:06 PM
:hehe:

https://twitter.com/TelegraphSport/status/873152489230651393

Never really understood why it wasn't already
Awimb
06-09-2017, 01:10 PM
Never really understood why it wasn't already

Typical German
Ash
06-09-2017, 01:10 PM
Never really understood why it wasn't already

Yes. Odd, that. Are there any explanations you know of?
Burney
06-09-2017, 01:10 PM
They have to start with the easy stuff before getting down to the nitty-gritty of beling allowed to set fire to catholics every thursday.

I'd have thought you'd be right behind that one, a.
Ash
06-09-2017, 01:19 PM
I'd have thought you'd be right behind that one, a.

It might be going a tad far tbf.
Awimb
06-09-2017, 01:21 PM
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.
Luis Anaconda
06-09-2017, 01:22 PM
Yes. Odd, that. Are there any explanations you know of?
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
Luis Anaconda
06-09-2017, 01:22 PM
Typical German

Yes - just call everything Deutschland and get over it
redgunamo
06-09-2017, 01:23 PM
Never really understood why it wasn't already

If UK, thats your lookout, imo.
Ash
06-09-2017, 01:30 PM
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 that
One thing is certain. "Team Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and UK Overseas Territories" doesn't roll easily off the tongue.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37058920

An earlier article talks about strong branding and "It's always been like that"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/rogermosey/2009/09/why_team_gb.html