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It's not only England. Italy missed 2 as well. Pretty pathetic. I guess the pressure is higher than it used to be.There will be questions asked in years to come about why our social studies teacher chose those players to take the penalties.
They'll treat that like they've won the World Cup…On a happy note Scotland in the group stages would be 22nd out of 24.
So that's worth a cheer
The reason goes back to the start of football, the Football Association started in England in 1863 and then Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland decided to form their own and have their own teams and leagues to play each other. Andorra and San Marino also have international teams. Scotland and England are separate countries in a political union just as Germany and Netherlands are. There was a British team for the London Olympics, but it was the English team with the other three associations formally not objecting. They dont want a British team because there would then be pressure to have the same at the Euros. Makes little sense when Wales got to the Semi finals in France losing to Portugal and they got out of the group stages in the one just finished losing to Belgium.I still think it's strange that Scotland, England and Wales have their own team while they belong to the same country. I'm wondering why the Frisian didn't use that to have their own team.
I still think it's strange that Scotland, England and Wales have their own team while they belong to the same country.
Scotland is a country, Wales is a principality which is why Charles is prince of Wales and Northern Ireland is a province. In Sport all compete separately in the Commonwealth games. In Cricket The English team is actually England and Wales. In Rugby the Irish team comes from the whole Island not the Republic. This goes back to when no one else played these sports and no one cared about ramifications. The first game of Rugby between England and Scotland was in Calcutta and the fixture is still called the Calcutta cup, but Calcutta has changed its name to Kolkata. Things have changed Luxembourg was never a country it was a Grand Duchy, now it is a sovereign state.True, I know bugger all about football, to be frank. I wanted to make the point specifically that Scotland, England, and Wales are countries, as opposed to regions within a country.
The first game of Rugby between England and Scotland was in Calcutta and the fixture is still called the Calcutta cup, but Calcutta has changed its name to Kolkata.
It was a better tournament as five nations and Ruby was a much better watch then.When I used to live in Scotland, I have a pal who was a member of the SRU and so we used to go watch Rugby matches at Murrayfield often, great atmosphere. Saw most of the Five Nations matches held there when I lived in Edinburgh (yes, I know it's the Six Nations now) and I saw heaps of internationals, including when the All Blacks gave Scotland a drubbing once - I felt Like I was the only Kiwi in the entire stadium... Watched the Baa Baas play, too, great match. I've even done a haka on the pitch at Murrayfield, me and another kiwi bloke I worked with snuck onto the pitch after a match!
It was a better tournament as five nations and Ruby was a much better watch then.