England always join the World Cup as a state rather than under the umbrella of United Kingdom together with Scotland and Wales. Why? Other nations join the World Cup as countries instead of England.
2006-06-30 14:45:40 · 10 answers · asked by ™©yclops®¥ 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Because out of those countries England is the only one known to play soccer and to have a passion for it.
2006-06-30 14:48:33 · answer #1 · answered by jjc92787 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original reason is because The Football Association, which was founded in 1863 and which is the first ever soccer association in the world, only included English clubs. Soccer was originally an English sport only.
So the clubs of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland had to form three separate associations later. The Scottish Football Association was founded in 1873, the Football Association of Wales in 1876, and the Irish Football Association of what is nowadays Northern Ireland in 1880.
By the way, I already answered the following before when a somewhat similar question was asked ("Why in the FIFA world cup we see the flag of the England and not of the GreatBretain ? What is the difference?"):
"First of all, you have to differ between the United Kingdom and Great Britain. Nowadays, the United Kingdom is composed of Great Britain plus Northern Ireland. Great Britain itself is composed of England, Scotland and Wales. The country represented at the United Nations is the United Kingdom as a whole, not just Great Britain.
The football players play in separate teams because this is sports and not politics. In association football, England has a separate team from that of Scotland and that of Wales. This is why you see the flag of England when there's a football game and the flags of Scotland and Wales when those two other teams play.
By the way, their football clubs also play in separate leagues."
2006-06-30 14:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England, Scotland and Wales are all separate countries. They would have all entered qualifying, but only England made it into the tournament.
2006-06-30 15:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because Scotland & Wales are separate countries belonging in the United Kingdom as is N Ireland ,,,,,
2006-06-30 14:52:46 · answer #4 · answered by Casper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubbish, I don't think its strictly up to England. I don't think Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland are all that excited about coming together either.
2006-06-30 14:49:00 · answer #5 · answered by Sonie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
football is an "english" sport and an "english" passion we join as england cause we are an independant team england is a nation, united kingdom is just a join of nations, wich doesnt make united kingdom a nation
2006-06-30 15:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England is a country not a state. We are not part of the usa, heaven forbid.
2006-06-30 15:02:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
but i think there's no england, wales, and scotland in the olympic
in the olmpic, it's just great britain, or uk i don't know
2006-06-30 15:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by Rock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they want all the glory for themselves. and probably because scotland and wales have no good players to offer.
2006-06-30 14:50:18 · answer #9 · answered by standstill 22 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but maybe its because those countries are registered with FIFA as different national associations.
2006-06-30 15:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by kwame 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋