A British XI

[splott parker]

Re: A British XI

if you start putting Irish players in a British XI you're going to upset some people

Yep, but you can’t change geography Ireland is the second largest of 189 permanently inhabited islands in total making up the British Isles.........I must stress I haven’t counted them, well, I got to 125 then Googled it

[life on mars]

Re: A British XI

Yes the celts have been in retreat for some time the greats that come to mind are ;

Pat Jennings .
Nev Southall.
Denis Law.
Best .
Bale 5 years ago.
Giggs.
Souness.
Daglish.
Johnny Giles.
Denis Irwin.
Roy Keane.
Liam Brady .
Mark Hughes.

[splott parker]

Re: A British XI

Yes the celts have been in retreat for some time the greats that come to mind are ;

Pat Jennings .
Nev Southall.
Denis Law.
Best .
Bale 5 years ago.
Giggs.
Souness.
Daglish.
Johnny Giles.
Denis Irwin.
Roy Keane.
Liam Brady .
Mark Hughes.

John Charles
Ivor Allchurch
Cliff Jones
Mike England
Ian Rush
Kevin Ratcliffe
A few Taffs there with a decent shout.

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: A British XI

Yes the celts have been in retreat for some time the greats that come to mind are ;

Pat Jennings .
Nev Southall.
Denis Law.
Best .
Bale 5 years ago.
Giggs.
Souness.
Daglish.
Johnny Giles.
Denis Irwin.
Roy Keane.
Liam Brady .
Mark Hughes.

Chris Pike.

[splott parker]

Re: A British XI

Chris Pike.

Erm....It was a British XI not World XI.

[Rjk]

Re: A British XI

Yep, but you can’t change geography Ireland is the second largest of 189 permanently inhabited islands in total making up the British Isles.........I must stress I haven’t counted them, well, I got to 125 then Googled it

that's what we call them, yes. it's not what they call them in Ireland

[lardy]

Re: A British XI

Yep, but you can’t change geography Ireland is the second largest of 189 permanently inhabited islands in total making up the British Isles.........I must stress I haven’t counted them, well, I got to 125 then Googled it

It is a geographical term, yes, but international football isn't done on geography. It's on national boundaries.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: A British XI

Yes the celts have been in retreat for some time the greats that come to mind are ;

Pat Jennings .
Nev Southall.
Denis Law.
Best .
Bale 5 years ago.
Giggs.
Souness.
Daglish.
Johnny Giles.
Denis Irwin.
Roy Keane.
Liam Brady .
Mark Hughes.

Ramsey and Allen were, unlike any Englishmen, deemed good enough to get into the UEFA team of the tournament in 2016 - Ramsey at his 13/14 best would have walked into a British select team whether it be Great Britain, the United Kingdom or the British Isles. I can remember reading a preview of the 14/15 season in which he was judged by some pundits as the best player in the Premier League.

[Seabird]

Re: A British XI

With reference to the thread title, I did have to think what word to use - perhaps GB & Ireland would have been better? Thanks any way for your responses.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: A British XI

With reference to the thread title, I did have to think what word to use - perhaps GB & Ireland would have been better? Thanks any way for your responses.

I was being playful. We all know what you meant, old fruit 😊

[Seabird]

Re: A British XI

You've got the OLD bit right.

[splott parker]

Re: A British XI

You've got the OLD bit right.

I’m glad you never ridiculed ‘fruit’ in these PC times

[Seabird]

Re: A British XI

No comment.