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Another accident consequence of history. All set up as individual groups after the English FA. Welsh, Scottish and NI FAs want to keep independence even though we are all part of the UK and NI. This is why there is no GB football squad for the Olympics (as organized by IOC), as they fear UEFA / FIFA would treat all as one if an Olympic team was entered, leading to lose of places for their teams at European Championships and World cupWhy do we produce 4 European football teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, when bigger nations like Germany and France only have one?
Maybe if we had a UK team we'd be unstoppable.
To be honest the GB and NI football team for the Olympics for the 2012 games was only put together begrudgingly because was on home soil. That consisted on 13 English and 5 Welsh representatives.
With current split of population as follows (2022 figures)
England 84%
Wales 5%
NI 3%
Scotland 8%
based on statistics (and I know it not the be all and end all) going to struggle to get many non English players in a GB & NI squad, base do population size. Plenty of other influences such as competing sports. I've no issue with a GB & NI team. It would have enabled some exceptional Welsh and NI players from the past to have feature in international final.
However, what this has to do with 'What you did in Apiary today?' I have no idea.
Seem to me there is only one way this conversation is going with the comments so far