Why not britain? or United Kingdom? do they not include the SCOTS? WELSH? IRISH?
not only in soccer but also in other sports
2006-07-11 19:06:45 · 5 answers · asked by jp 6 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
In FIFA, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have separate memberships and have their own leagues. In the Olympics, GB and NI have a united membership to the IOC.
2006-07-11 19:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term British includes the countries of England, wales and Scotland but not Ireland. The term United Kingdom includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Most sports competitions started between these countries and slowly included other countries. Therefore each county plays under it's own name. The Olympics are about the only well known competitions where the teams come from Britain but there are other sports such as rowing, figure skating etc.
2006-07-11 19:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scots and Irish have their own soccer leagues.
2006-07-11 19:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by badbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see, the term is " national team". english are a nation, ireland is an other and scot is the other. though they govern under a single government.
single government doesnt mean that all are one nation.
on the whole, i mean, nationality is diffrent from government.
sorry about my english, hope u get my mean.
2006-07-11 21:38:18 · answer #4 · answered by Christina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-07-11 19:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by Joolz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋