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brightn'ove · May 24, 2013

Move to gibraltar!

"Gibraltar has been accepted as a full member membership of Uefa, European football's governing body.

Their application was approved on a majority vote at the organisation's congress in London, with no votes against and no abstentions.

The British Overseas Territory off the south coast of Spain has a population of just under 30,000.

Gibraltar will be allowed to enter qualifying for the 2016 European Championship."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22657481

Goldstone1976 · May 24, 2013

Gib is just off the coast of Spain. Maybe that's been Gus' plan all along?

brightn'ove · May 24, 2013

Goldstone1976 said:
Gib is just off the coast of Spain. Maybe that's been Gus' plan all along?

well it's not just off the coast of spain... it's ON the coast of spain!

Goldstone1976 · May 24, 2013

brightn'ove said:
well it's not just off the coast of spain... it's ON the coast of spain!

It is an island, right? Albeit with only a tiny strip of water. Or...?

SULLY COULDNT SHOOT · May 24, 2013

Nah! Ive already committed to Sealand.

Goldstone1976 · May 24, 2013

Goldstone1976 said:
It is an island, right? Albeit with only a tiny strip of water. Or...?

Well, b*gger me; it isn't an island at all. No wonder Spain claims it!

SeagullSongs · May 24, 2013

Goldstone1976 said:
It is an island, right? Albeit with only a tiny strip of water. Or...?

Edit: Well that's a bit shit :lolol:

PWA · May 24, 2013

Where will Gibraltar be on the Luxembourg, San Marino, Liechtenstein scale?

MikeySmall · May 24, 2013

My mate played in World Cup qualifiers for Turks & Caicos Islands. He's a scouser.

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=295304/index.html

seagully · May 24, 2013

PWA said:
Where will Gibraltar be on the Luxembourg, San Marino, Liechtenstein scale?

Smaller than all of them

brightn'ove · May 24, 2013

PWA said:
Where will Gibraltar be on the Luxembourg, San Marino, Liechtenstein scale?

it is the smallest, with a population of 30,000.

atfc village · May 24, 2013

Saw Gib play in a 3 2 defeat in The Nat West Island Games v The Isle of Wight in 2011 ,they had a few players who played 5/6 th tier in The Spanish league.The Victoria Stadium in Gib hold's about 4000.

Nottseagull · May 24, 2013

Doesn't this open the floodgates to the Isle of Man, Falklands, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and God knows, maybe even Sark? Actually this could backfire drastically if one of these territories managed to produce a star player. Currenly, 'nationals' of any of these are allowed to choose any of the four UK countries to play for, but that concession would surely end unless the player qualifed in a second way.
http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?152388-Should-Gibraltar-be-admitted-to-UEFA-and-FIFA&highlight=

Tricky Dicky · May 24, 2013

Mustafa Kemal said:
Can someone clarify how Fifa & Uefa works in regards to accepting non-sovereign nations?

Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Guam, British Virgin Islands and of course England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are some existing ones to name a few.

Any chance of Uefa accepting a Catalonia team etc?

How about an Isle of Wight team ?

Nottseagull · May 24, 2013

Tricky Dicky said:
How about an Isle of Wight team ?

Don't be so scilly!

happypig · May 24, 2013

Another tricky away tie for Scotland then

turienzo's lovechild · May 24, 2013

Mustafa Kemal said:
Can someone clarify how Fifa & Uefa works in regards to accepting non-sovereign nations?

Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Guam, British Virgin Islands and of course England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are some existing ones to name a few.

Any chance of Uefa accepting a Catalonia team etc?

spain were really strongly against gibraltar joining uefa, evening threatening to withdraw their club sides from competitions....they'd go absolutely apeshit if catalunya/basque country were allowed in

not least because their talent pool would be dramatically reduced

there's a pretty strong argument for catalunya and the basque country becoming independent footballing nations in my view

tomfitz12 · May 24, 2013

MikeySmall said:
My mate played in World Cup qualifiers for Turks & Caicos Islands. He's a scouser.

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=295304/index.html

how did they manage do win 1 without scoring any goals?

Lovecake · May 24, 2013

brightn'ove said:
it is the smallest, with a population of 30,000.

However beat San Marino 7-5 (weird score) and Faroe Islands 3-0 so think they'll be a little bit stronger than them

Lovecake · May 24, 2013

Nottseagull said:
Doesn't this open the floodgates to the Isle of Man, Falklands, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and God knows, maybe even Sark? Actually this could backfire drastically if one of these territories managed to produce a star player. Currenly, 'nationals' of any of these are allowed to choose any of the four UK countries to play for, but that concession would surely end unless the player qualifed in a second way.
http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?152388-Should-Gibraltar-be-admitted-to-UEFA-and-FIFA&highlight=

Nah, UEFA changed the rules to only allow sovereign states, as recognised by the UN, to join, however, Gibraltar's application came before said rule so they were allowed to enter. Will probably be the last application of this sort.

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