QuoteAgreed. The writer could have taken the aptness further and omitted the seemingly obligatory GFA reference too. Official FAI response is the meat though.Originally Posted by BonnieShels
"The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 provided for Northern Ireland-born people to claim either British or Irish nationality"
Has the Examiner been sending folk up to the Belfast Telegraph for training?
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Agreed. The writer could have taken the aptness further and omitted the seemingly obligatory GFA reference too. Official FAI response is the meat though.
Working from a template the lot of them.Has the Examiner been sending folk up to the Belfast Telegraph for training?
Maybe he thought MO'N meant Martin O'Neill.
Probably.
Although I was responding to Bonnieshiels who posted:
"could a career in the LOI beckon with MON and Madge taking over the IFA's representative team?"
Which, in context, I presumed he meant Michael O'Neill & Jim Magilton.
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
The eligibility issue is 'because' of the Good Friday Agreement according to Uncle Gerry via SSN. So now we know.
Here's Sunday's radio programme. It is on BBC's iplayer so I'm not sure you can listen outside the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...s_the_Cap_Fit/
That might be a problem for all those Republic of Irish nationals who've renounced their UK citizenship.
Listening in Dublin now. Pre, pre-game drinking entertainment.
Yep, it can be heard outside the UK, but where is the subtitle option?
It wasn't that bad actually. The funniest bit was when Gerry Armstrong claimed it was "morally wrong" for the FAI to ask players if they wanted to play for Ireland.
They may not have UK citizenship but surely they can live in that State if they wish. You wouldn't be advocating some sort of cleansing, would you?
It would be morally wrong in my opinion if the FAI did not explore every avenue available to improve our team WITHIN the rules.
Brazil have a population of over 200 million.
We have a tiny population.
If we want to be competitive on the international stage we must use every available resource to get the most out of our team.
To Gerry I say, they are our players too.
They are no-one's players. How come so many people miss this? If they want to play for one or the other then let them.
Just in case anyone has missed it, Gather round cannot use the phase "Irish National" without a prefix or other tag as his computer software won't allow it.
What the hell is Republic of Irish?
And to think Nationalist verbal gymnastics are considered bizarre?
Last edited by BonnieShels; 11/10/2011 at 1:48 PM.
Er, no. You do jump to some odd conclusions. Much of my family and neighbors in Belfast were forced from their homes, schools etc. in the early 70s. I'm no fan of 'cleansing' by whatever euphemism.
The problem's more that some of them want to play for both successively. No-one's suggesting they be press-ganged.
As long as the prefix fits mate. Remember, all tags are targeted. But you'll be pleased I've just found a s/h bargain computer for £125. My old one is about 90% sellotape and coffee grounds by now.Just in case anyone has missed it, Gather round cannot use the phase "Irish National" without a prefix or other tag as his computer software won't allow it.
Last edited by Gather round; 11/10/2011 at 2:07 PM.
Who can live in what State if they wish?
"Cleansing" of whom, exactly?
The Englishmen came over in the year 2005
But little did they know that we'd planned a wee surprise
Sir David scored the winner, and Windsor Park went wild
And this is what we sang...
Calm down lads, it was a gag around this Good Friday Agreement that everyone's talking about. And how it allows us all to pick what nationalit(y)(ies) we are.
PS PM for the Not Brazilian.
I genuinely can't believe this thread is 89 pages long.
Dear Christ, you have to worry about the intellectual capacity of the planks in the IFA if they still haven't got their head around the CAS ruling. They should focus their energy on the pitch and beating someone who isn't the Faroe Islands instead of continually flogging this dead horse
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